Integration of Brain & Body-Based Interventions in Trauma Treatment
Thank you to everyone who attended this conference, held on April 19, 2021.
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Do you work with children or adults who have complex symptoms related to developmental trauma?
Are you uncertain about what constitutes bottom-up (body-based) approaches and top-down (brain-based) approaches for the treatment of trauma?
Would you like to understand the science behind why integrating body and brain-based approaches is effective?
Are you interested in practical demonstrations of how to integrate these strategies?
The George Hull Centre Institute for Childhood Trauma & Attachment is pleased to invite you to join us on April 19th, 2021 for an extremely practical day of virtual learning. We will be demonstrating the combination of top-down and bottom-up treatment approaches, targeting manipulation of sensory and motor experience to help regulate higher cognitive functions, including emotion regulation, cognition, and theory of mind.
Traumatized individuals frequently feel estranged from their internal and external world and often do not know where their body is in space; leaving them feeling clumsy, uncoordinated, and unable to engage in purposeful action/agency. How can we combat such foundational difficulties and facilitate the transformation into an embodied, active person who can connect with others through curiosity, language, and play?
Participants in the conference will:
- Learn about the neuroscience that informs these interventions
- See actual demonstrations of how to integrate the approaches to aid in the treatment of trauma (in Ellen Yack’s clinic)
- Learn how to make homemade body-based tools that can be used in virtual treatment settings
Participants will have access to a recording of the Conference until May 19th.
Speakers
Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry is the director of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research unit at the University of Western Ontario. She established the Traumatic Stress Service and the Traumatic Stress Service Workplace Program, services that specialized in the treatment and research of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and related comorbid disorders. She currently holds the Harris-Woodman Chair in Mind-Body Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests focus on studying the neurobiology of PTSD and treatment outcome research examining various pharmacological and psychotherapeutic methods. She has authored more than 150 published papers and chapters in the field of traumatic stress and is currently funded by several federal funding agencies. She is the recipient of the 2019 Banting Award for Military Health Research. She regularly lectures on the topic of PTSD nationally and internationally. She has recently published a book Healing the traumatized self: consciousness, neuroscience, treatment with Paul Frewen.
Ellen Yack, M.Ed., B.Sc., O.T. OT Reg. (Ont.) is the Director of Ellen Yack and Associates Paediatric Therapy Services, a private agency providing occupational therapy and psychotherapy services to children, adolescents and their families in Toronto. Her areas of clinical expertise include sensory processing disorders, autism spectrum disorders, global developmental delays, developmental trauma disorder and disorders of self-regulation among others. She provides consultation to, and specialized assessments for, numerous children’s mental health and child welfare agencies, school boards, and autism services, including developing specific recommendations for children who have sensory and self-regulation challenges related to their history of trauma. Ellen conducts a variety of workshops across Canada.
She co-authored the book Building Bridges through Sensory Integration: Occupational Therapy for Children with Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders and contributed to Children, Youth and Adults with Asperger Syndrome and Auditory-Verbal Therapy for Young Children with Hearing Loss and their Families, and Practitioners who Guide Them.
Rates
Regular $125*
Student $80*
*Plus Eventbrite fee
Frequently Asked Questions
Conference registrants have access to:
- A full day of virtual learning from 9:00am to 3:30pm and session recordings for one month following the conference.
- A certificate of attendance.
Access links to the sessions will be provided on April 16th via email.
We will be posting the recordings of all sessions after the conference. Session recordings will be available for one month.
All cancellations must be sent in writing via email to instituteconferences@georgehull.on.ca. Refund requests will be accepted up until March 31, 2021 at 5PM EST. A $25 administrative fee will be applied to all refunds in addition to Eventbrite ticket fees, which are non-refundable. Cancellations after March 31, 2021 or no shows will not be eligible for a refund.
Yes you can. Please email lisa@eventpartner.ca with your name and the name and contact information of the person to whom you would like to transfer your registration. You may make any name changes up until April 12th,2021. No name changes will be accepted after April 12th, 2021.
Yes! Full time university or grad school students pay an $80 conference fee. Email lisa@eventpartner.ca with a scanned copy of your current class schedule to receive your special discount code. Limited spots available.
The George Hull Centre Institute for Childhood Trauma & Attachment is pleased to offer delegates a certificate of participation for the training.
More Questions? Please email us at instituteconferences@georgehull.on.ca