Faculty:Dafna LenderDuration:3 Hours 18 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Jan 14, is Archive: 2021 Description Do you know therapists who seem to have “the magic touch” when it comes to getting children to trust and connect with them?What if there are actual behaviors that you can learn and incorporate into your way of being with children that can solicit openness, relaxation and trust?Watch Dafna Lender, LCSW, for this compelling 3-hour workshop, as she walks you through the complexities of using polyvagal theory with your young clients..
Archive: Faculty:Dafna LenderDuration:3 Hours 18 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Jan 14, 2021 Description Do you know therapists who seem to have “the magic touch” when it comes to getting children to trust and connect with them?What if there are actual behaviors that you can learn and incorporate into your way of being with children that can solicit openness, relaxation and trust?Watch Dafna Lender, LCSW, for this compelling 3-hour workshop, as she walks you through the complexities of using polyvagal theory with your young clients.
your own social engagement system is Using and tuning into the child’s physiological state you’ll learn:Regulating and calming techniques for more curiosity, openness & connectionHow sending safety messages to brains of mistrusting kids will make them more open to new relational experiencesTo use voice, rhythm, facial expressions and touch to elicit trustTo surprise the brain of a defensive child with novel responses to grab attention, interrupt their automatic defensiveness, and generate curiosityExercises and activities to make shut down, guarded or angry clients feel more relaxed, open and ready to connectIf you’re working with kids – you don’t want to miss this opportunity..
Using your own social engagement system and tuning into the child’s physiological state you’ll learn:Regulating and calming techniques for more curiosity, openness & connectionHow sending safety messages to brains of mistrusting kids will make them more open to new relational experiencesTo use voice, rhythm, facial expressions and touch to elicit trustTo surprise the brain of a defensive child with novel responses to grab attention, interrupt their automatic defensiveness, and generate curiosityExercises and activities to make shut down, guarded or angry clients feel more relaxed, open and ready to connectIf you’re working with kids – you don’t want to miss this opportunity.
Handouts Manual - is Polyvagal Theory for Children (2.3 MB) 28 Pages Available after Purchase Outline Polyvagal Theory – Application for ChildrenFoundational Principles and featuresApplying Polyvagal Theory in Clinical PracticeHarnessing your Social Engagement SystemHow to Reset when Compromised by Stress and TraumaElicit Trust - Voice, Rhythm, Racial Expressions, TouchExercises that hone in on various vocal qualitiesCreate and maintain an open facial expression with defensive childrenStrategies to incorporate safe touchPlayfulness and Paradox to Suspend DefensivenessSurprise the brain of a defensive child with novel responses to:Grab attentionDown-regulate sympathetic activationInterrupt automatic defensivenessGenerate curiosityMovement and Breathing Exercises to Create ConnectionVentral vagal activities for open and engaged statePromote attachment behaviorDorsal vagal activities to pendulate between arousal and relaxationRhythmic activities for maintaining regulationCounteracting shut down, guarded or angry behavior (responses) Faculty Dafna Lender, LCSW Related seminars and products: 5 Dafna Lender, LCSW serves as the program director at The Theraplay Institute in Evanston, IL and is certified as a practitioner, supervisor and trainer in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)..
Handouts Manual - Polyvagal Theory for Children (2.3 MB) 28 Pages Available after Purchase Outline Polyvagal Theory – Application for ChildrenFoundational Principles and featuresApplying Polyvagal Theory in Clinical PracticeHarnessing your Social Engagement SystemHow to Reset when Compromised by Stress and TraumaElicit Trust - Voice, Rhythm, Racial Expressions, TouchExercises that hone in on various vocal qualitiesCreate and maintain an open facial expression with defensive childrenStrategies to incorporate safe touchPlayfulness and Paradox to Suspend DefensivenessSurprise the brain of a defensive child with novel responses to:Grab attentionDown-regulate sympathetic activationInterrupt automatic defensivenessGenerate curiosityMovement and Breathing Exercises to Create ConnectionVentral vagal activities for open and engaged statePromote attachment behaviorDorsal vagal activities to pendulate between arousal and relaxationRhythmic activities for maintaining regulationCounteracting shut down, guarded or angry behavior (responses) Faculty Dafna Lender, LCSW Related seminars and products: 5 Dafna Lender, LCSW serves as the program director at The Theraplay Institute in Evanston, IL and is certified as a practitioner, supervisor and trainer in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).
Dafna trains psychotherapists is internationally in these methods and trains in three languages..
Dafna trains psychotherapists internationally in these methods and trains in three languages.
She is is also a supervisor and author in the field of treating attachment and trauma issues in children.Dafna has spent her career focusing children’s development of a secure attachment with their caregivers while resolving issues in their traumatic history..
She is also a supervisor and author in the field of treating attachment and trauma issues in children.Dafna has spent her career focusing children’s development of a secure attachment with their caregivers while resolving issues in their traumatic history.
her career, is Early in Dafna worked in treatment foster care and witnessed child after child “fail” out of foster placements due to difficult behavior..
Early in her career, Dafna worked in treatment foster care and witnessed child after child “fail” out of foster placements due to difficult behavior.
Children is were disruptive, unsettled and unhappy, and their caregivers felt defeated..
Children were disruptive, unsettled and unhappy, and their caregivers felt defeated.
Dafna’s sense of discouragement is went away after taking the Theraplay training and learning direct, concrete ideas and interactions that she could apply in home with her treatment families to promote healthier, more hopeful relationships..
Dafna’s sense of discouragement went away after taking the Theraplay training and learning direct, concrete ideas and interactions that she could apply in home with her treatment families to promote healthier, more hopeful relationships.
Dafna is has successfully treated children with a variety of backgrounds, including children raised in orphanages, with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, exposed to domestic violence and community violence and children of parents with chronic mental illness..
Dafna has successfully treated children with a variety of backgrounds, including children raised in orphanages, with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, exposed to domestic violence and community violence and children of parents with chronic mental illness.
Dafna is has worked in the field of child welfare and child mental health for 20+ years.Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Dafna Lender has an employment relationship with The Theraplay Institute..
Dafna has worked in the field of child welfare and child mental health for 20+ years.Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Dafna Lender has an employment relationship with The Theraplay Institute.
She is receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Dafna Lender has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose..
She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Dafna Lender has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.