Beyond Medication
Gaining Skills Quickly in the Child with a Brain-Based Disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Sensory Processing/Intergration Disorder, Learning Disability): From Low Tech to High Tech and everything in-between
— Workshop Agenda —
Participants need to wear comfortable clothing they can move around easily in, bring a large blanket and a small hand towel.
7:30 am – 8:00 am: Registration
Coffee and Breakfast Snacks Provided
8:00 – 8:15 am: Introductions and Expectations
8:15 – 8:30 am: Breaking Down the Workshop Objectives
8:30 – 9:00 am: Brain-Based Disorders
• What are they?
• Structural vs. Non-structural Disorders
• The Good and the Bad about LABELING
• Who diagnoses and how do they diagnose?
• Who is working with children with brain-based disorders and what are they doing?
9:00 – 9:15 am: In-Tuned™ Philosophy and Principles
9:15 – 10:15 am: Underpinnings That Create Invisible Hurdles for the Child with a Brain-Based Disorder
10:15 – 10:30 am: BREAK
10:30 – 11:00 am: Research, Current Evidence and What’s in Store for the Future
11:00 am – Noon: Experiential Lab: How we can use our own nervous system to change someone else’s.
Noon – 1:00 pm: LUNCH Food, Drinks and Conversation provided for all who want to participate.
1:00 – 1:15 pm: Discussion about experiential lab
1:15 – 2:00 pm: Hand on Work: Waking Up the Nervous System and Empowering the Skeleton (Learn techniques)
2:00 – 2:30 pm: Heavy Work and Crossing the Midline: Waking Up the Nervous System and Engaging the Brain Hemispheres (Learn techniques)
2:30 – 3:00 pm: In-Tuned™ Postural Balancing and Core Activation (Learn techniques)
3:00 – 3:15 pm: BREAK
3:15 – 3:45 pm: Therapeutic Listening Programs/Sound Devices and the Genesis of the In-Tuned™ Sound Project
3:45 – 4:00 pm: How to Use Therapeutic Listening and Sound Devices in the Real World (@ home and @ school)
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Ocular Motor (Vision System) Deficits in the Child with Brain-Based Disorder.
How to recognize and What Can YOU do. (Learn techniques)
4:30 – 5:00 pm: The Child with a Brain-Based Disorder and Poor Handwriting…it’s not all about the hand. How to recognize underlying barriers to legibility and learn how YOU can help the child. (Learn techniques)
5:00 pm: Workshop ends