Description

Contact: [email protected]

Our bodies are instruments that will support us in our bid to be productive, use our executive functions, and remain calm and regulated while we use our available energy for learning. So many students in our classroom and clients in our therapy rooms are struggling to achieve an even homeostasis in their bodies causing “behaviors” that inhibits their process of learning and achieving in social opportunities. This one-day workshop will cover pertinent research from A.D. Craig and discuss assessment and intervention from a sensory integration and social-emotional perspective. Included will be a discussion on the Polyvagal Theory of Dr. S. Porges bringing theory and practice together in a sensible way to use in therapy sessions and classrooms. Assessment and intervention ideas will include both the postural-praxis perspective as well as the social-emotional lens on behavior. 

Why do we need to know about Interoception?  

• It is integral to body awareness with links into praxis and emotional behavioral control 

• The proprioceptive system needs to connect to the interoceptive system for efficient regulation and control 

• Interoception links up with our inner awareness to assist in feeling calm and regulated in a spatial surround 

• Interoception frequently is the missing link in behavior. It is a way of understanding the body’s adaptive response to triggers from the environment in support of efficient function and productivity 

• Interoception is also linked to our emotional awareness and a key ingredient for understanding how emotions feel in our bodies in support of building empathy and perspective taking 

Outline/Agenda

All times are Singapore Time Zone 

8.30 to 9.00am Registration 

9.00 to 10.30am Interoception and Body Awareness  

10.30 to 11.00am Morning Break 

11.00 to 12.00pm Proprioception, Interoception and Sensory Modulation 

12.00 to 1.00pm Lunch 

1.00 to 2.00pm Polyvagal Theory and Interoception 

2.00 to 2.45pm Assessment 

2.45 to 3.00pm Afternoon Break 

3.00 to 5.00pm Intervention (Therapy sessions and classroom accommodations) 

Learning Objectives:

Workshop participants will be able to: 

• Describe 5 significant markers of Interoception  

• List 3 major factors to consider with regards to interoceptive and  proprioceptive functioning 

• Discuss the overlap between Polyvagal theory and Interoception 

• Discover tools to support assessment of Interoception 

• Include multiple techniques with regards to interoception and proprioception into the therapist toolbox 

Speaker’s profile 

Maude Le Roux,OTR/L, IMC, SIPT, CTC, DIR-FT Champion and Expert Trainer 

Maude Le Roux is a global trainer in multiple methodologies and a mentor to therapists from multidisciplinary teams. She opened her practice, A Total Approach in Glen Mills, PA, USA in 2001, and the satellite office in Allentown, PA in 2023. Maude started her training career in 2007 and opened her online academy in 2019. She has designed the Developmental Pathways Model (DPM), which she applies to her own unique assessment and intervention protocol for major diagnosis such as Dyspraxia, ADHD and Executive Functions, Autism, Reading and Writing Disorders, and Trauma and Attachment. Maude served 9 years on the Board of Directors for ATTACh and currently serves on their Advisory Board. She also serves on the Advisory Board for LSWorks (Neuralign program). She is a co-author of two books and more recently wrote a chapter on Trauma and the Body in “Healing Connections” which launched in September 2024. Maude received an award for “Continued child advocacy” through the ATTACh organization in September 2024. She also received the Champion Award through ICDL in November 2024. Maude has a “whole child” approach to care and intervention and equipping the child, while empowering the parent is at the core of who she is as a clinician and trainer. 

Who can benefit? 

Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Educators, Psychologists, Social Work professionals, Parents 

Educational Level: Intermediate 

Registration: Contact [email protected]

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