Tina Payne Bryson – Brain-Based Strategies for Children and Adolescents: Anxiety, ADHD, Emotion Regulation, Executive Function and Other Challenging Behaviors

Outline

• The Whole-Brain Child – Integration Strategies The Whole-Brain Child – Integration Strategies
  • Science of integration and well-beingScience of integration and well-being
  • Bilateral integration: left/right brain Bilateral integration: left/right brain
    • Name it to tame itName it to tame it
    • Connect & redirectConnect & redirect
    • Surfing emotional wavesSurfing emotional waves
    • Build resilience for difficult transitionsBuild resilience for difficult transitions
  • Vertical integration: upstairs/downstairs brain Vertical integration: upstairs/downstairs brain
    • Strategies to regulate emotional reactivityStrategies to regulate emotional reactivity
    • Reduce fight, flight, freeze responsesReduce fight, flight, freeze responses
    • Teach clients about their brainsTeach clients about their brains
    • Use it or lose it and neuroplasticityUse it or lose it and neuroplasticity
• Emotions and Behaviors – Regulation Strategies Emotions and Behaviors – Regulation Strategies
  • Rethink intake and assessmentRethink intake and assessment
  • Nervous system arousal/investigate toxic stress and co-regulationNervous system arousal/investigate toxic stress and co-regulation
  • Zones of arousal physiological, emotional, and behavioral correlatesZones of arousal physiological, emotional, and behavioral correlates
  • Role of curiosity/beyond diagnoses and limits of our lensRole of curiosity/beyond diagnoses and limits of our lens
  • Interdisciplinary, interpersonal neurobiology approaches to mental healthInterdisciplinary, interpersonal neurobiology approaches to mental health
  • Role of sensory processing and information processingRole of sensory processing and information processing
  • “Bottom-up” approaches“Bottom-up” approaches
  • Impact of movement on the nervous systemImpact of movement on the nervous system
  • Dysfunctional emotional regulation/ formulate a treatment approachDysfunctional emotional regulation/ formulate a treatment approach
  • Challenge typical diagnoses with arousal and relationship in mindChallenge typical diagnoses with arousal and relationship in mind
  • Case studiesCase studies
• A Neurobiological Lens of Attachment A Neurobiological Lens of Attachment
  • How attachment wiring impacts the attentional system and narrativesHow attachment wiring impacts the attentional system and narratives
  • Mental models and neurological wiringMental models and neurological wiring
  • Weave attachment into treatment and change modelsWeave attachment into treatment and change models
  • Narrative and the attempt to understand the present functioningNarrative and the attempt to understand the present functioning
  • Attachment experiences in the classroomAttachment experiences in the classroom
  • Using relationship to regulate neurophysiological statesUsing relationship to regulate neurophysiological states
• Specific Brain-Based Strategies Specific Brain-Based Strategies
  • Anxiety disordersAnxiety disorders
  • ADHDADHD
  • AttachmentAttachment
  • Behavioral avoidanceBehavioral avoidance
  • Emotional dysregulationEmotional dysregulation
  • Executive functionExecutive function
  • Oppositional/disruptive behaviorsOppositional/disruptive behaviors
  • Shifting attachment patternsShifting attachment patterns
  • Stress modulationStress modulation
  • TraumaTrauma