Course Level 

Intermediate

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Audience 

OT, PT, SLP, educators, mental health professionals, and interested others

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Course Description

The day’s program will focus on empowering and equipping therapists with reflection, healing, enlightening, knowledge, and creativity as all 3 speakers provide their expertise and gifting engagement. Breakout rooms will be embedded into the course to allow for small group reflections along with a panel discussion of experienced occupational therapy practitioners to contribute to the discussion of each topic presented.

Equipping as a Healing Practitioner: Irene Ingram
Practitioners evolve with repertoires of skills that lead them to their individual gifting. Setting goals for oneself such as “I want to be able to engage in amazing ways”, is the necessary catalyst for acquisition of greater gifting in an area. Understanding the relationship of self with the spirit of healing, the power of imagination and vision, and limiting or empowering beliefs will be explored during this portion of the course.

Relationship as a Healing Force: Kim Barthel
Present and connected relationships are a powerful healing force. They are an intrinsic modulator, a co-regulator of arousal states, and a motivator for all kinds of positive change. With secure relationship at the core of any intervention or frame of reference, there is much reason for hope. It is my belief that therapeutic relationship skills can be cultivated; they can be taught, and they can be learned. What is attunement? How do we learn to connect to ourselves so we can better connect with others? How do we harness the advantages of understanding non-verbal communication? These are some of the questions that will be explored during this portion of the course are intended to deepen our compassionate self-inquiry – towards supporting our relationships whether they are in clinical settings or far beyond.

 

Developmental Expression of Engagement: Patricia Oetter
This last section of our conference will focus on the development of connection and engagement from womb to school age. It will be done in the context of my Extended Matrix Model which was somewhat based on the work of Joseph Chilton Pearce. His work considered social emotional development in the developmental stages of Womb, Mother, Kid Power and Brain Power. The Extended Matrix Model Considers these stages from the perspectives of Task, Environment, and Interaction. It will also integrate
the interdependent concepts of co-regulation and regulatory functions with the development of engagement and connection skills.

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Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the power of personal goal setting for gifting in areas of treatment.

2. Discuss the impact of engagement with vision in a relationship.

3. Interpret and summarize the components of an attuned relationship.

4. Discuss the impact of non-verbal communication as a therapeutic tool.

5. Recognize the importance of self-awareness and self-regulation as an aspect of therapeutic relationship

6. Identify a major feature of engagement/connection in environment, task and interaction for each developmental level (womb, mother, kid power and brain power).

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Agenda

8:45 - 9:00 am CT Opening and General info: Heather Schmidt
9:00 -10:00 am CT Equipping as a Healing Practitioner: Irene Ingram
10:00 -10:15 am CT Break out rooms
10:15 - 10:45 am CT Panel Discussion
10:45 - 11:00 am CT Break
11:00 -12:00 pm CT Relationship as a Healing Force: Kim Barthel
12:00 - 1:00 pm CT Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:00 pm CT Relationship as a Healing Force: Kim Barthel
2:00 - 2:15 pm CT Break out rooms
2:15 - 2:30 pm CT Break
2:30 - 3:00 pm CT Panel Discussion
3:00 - 4:00 pm CT Developmental Expression of Engagement: Patti Oetter
4:00 - 4:30 pm CT Panel Discussion

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Course Requirements

For recorded session viewing: Following the passing score of 80% on the post-course quiz, the participant will be sent a course completion certificate.

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Continuing Education