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Digital Seminar

Autism Interventions through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory: Improve Social Engagement, Increase Emotional Regulation, and Reduce Anxiety


Speaker:
Stephen Porges, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 20, 2023
Product Code:
POS059379
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Join Dr. Stephen Porges, the developer of Polyvagal theory (PVT)—also known as the neuroscience of safety—as he guides you through a perspective to understand the atypical social behavior, defensiveness, stress responses, and mental health comorbidities of many individuals on the spectrum. Through the PVT lens, you’ll learn how:

  • The nervous system evaluates risk in the environment, without awareness and often independent of a cognitive narrative
  • Deficits in the regulation of the Social Engagement System relate to the core features of autism
  • To regulate threat and defensive reactions in autistic clients by shifting physiological state to that of calmness with feelings of safety leading to accessibility and spontaneous social engagement
  • A biologically based auditory intervention stimulates social behavior and communication in autistic children

Through research and an understanding of the science, this workshop provides a more compassionate understanding of the severe social and emotional dysregulation of autistic individuals and a more optimistic narrative of minimizing these disruptive behaviors.

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Speaker

Stephen Porges, PhD's Profile

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Kinsey Institute, Indiana University and Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill


Stephen W. Porges, PhD, is a distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium within the Kinsey Institute. He holds the position of Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland, and is a founder of the Polyvagal Institute. Dr. Porges served as president of both the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He has published approximately 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. His research has been cited in more than 50,000 peer-review publications. In 1994, Dr. Porges proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders.

He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton, 2017), Polyvagal Safety (Norton, 2021), co-author with Seth Porges of Our Body Polyvagal World (Norton, 2023), and co-editor with Deb Dana of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). Dr. Porges is also the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol™, which currently is used by approximately 3,000 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce hearing sensitivities, and to improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Stephen Porges has employment relationships with Indiana University Bloomington and the University of North Carolina. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Porges is co-owner of Polyvagal Music, LLC. He receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He receives royalties from Integrated Learning Systems/Unyte. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Stephen Porges is a emeritus member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Psychophysiological Research. He holds a patent on Televagal equipment.


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Objectives

  1. Describe the principles and features of the Polyvagal Theory and how they can be applied in the management, education, and treatment of an individual on the autism spectrum. 
  2. Summarize how the Polyvagal Theory can explain several clinical symptoms observed in autism. 
  3. Explain how deficits in the regulation of the Social Engagement System relate to the core features of autism.  
  4. Describe a neural process (neuroception), which evaluates risk in the environment and triggers adaptive reactions, can explain some of the defensive behaviors and hypersensitivities observed in autism. 
  5. To understand how specific features of “acoustic” stimulation may calm the nervous system and contribute to the improvement of social engagement behaviors. 

Outline

  • What families of autistic individuals want and expect from the scientific community 
  • Several core features of autism are emergent properties of a dysregulated autonomic nervous system and a depressed social engagement system  
  • Autism is frequently associated with difficulties in being accessible to co-regulation and being chronically locked in a state of defense 
  • Rehabilitating a depressed social engagement system through methods that elevate social behavior as a neuromodulator in the treatment and support of individuals on spectrum  
  • Heterogeneity of underlying neural mechanisms in those with an autism diagnosis leads to limitations in predictions of outcomes with suggested strategies   

Target Audience

  • Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors 
  • Marriage & Family Therapists 
  • Nurses 
  • Nursing Home/Assisted Living Administrators 
  • Occupational Therapists 
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants 
  • Physical Therapists 
  • Physical Therapist Assistants 
  • Psychologists 
  • School Administrators 
  • Social Workers 
  • Speech-Language Pathologists 
  • Teachers/School-Based Personnel 

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