Training Calendar and Registration
Sensory Understanding
- 11/17/20
Registration Deadline: 11/10/20 12:00 PM
Category: Other
Children are sensory beings. They process and understand their world through sensory and physical experiences before they can process information socially, emotionally or cognitively. As a result, many children who have been exposed to trauma have altered sensory systems that lead to challenges with noise, light, smell, touch, taste, movement and subsequent self-regulation. These challenges are often viewed as “behavior problems.” However, sensory experiences also hold opportunities for children’s brains to more accurately process information from the environment, as well as to learn self-regulation strategies. This session will focus on the relationship between trauma and the senses, ways to support trauma integration through intentional environments, and ways to use sensory strategies to support self-regulation.
Gateways Content Areas: E- Interactions, Relationships, and Environments, G- Personal and Professional Development
CDA Content Areas: 1-Health & Safety, 3- Social/Emotional
Trainer: Alyssa Acton, Child Abuse Council
Location: Zoom