Synergetic Approach to Education Credit Options
Certificate of Completion:
Once you have completed the program, you will have the opportunity to download and/or print a certificate of completion. This certificate will acknowledge that you have watched or attended all pre-recorded and live webinar classes throughout the program and that you have completed the associated quizzes.
This program also includes group consultation. If you are unable to attend any of the consultation groups live and online during the program, you will be given the option of submitting questions ahead of time that the group can discuss during the consultation session. All sessions will be recorded.
Program Requirements for Certificate of Completion:
- Attend or watch all live webinars (attendance is strongly recommended, however, all live webinars will be recorded)
- Complete all associated quizzes
Gradute Credit Options:
Program Requirements for Colorado State University Credit:
- Register with CSU and pay associated fees
- Attend or watch all live webinars (attendance is strongly recommended, however, all live webinars will be recorded)
- Complete all associated quizzes
- Complete additional coursework as outlined below
There is an addtional cost for graduate credit and you must register directly with CSU to receive credit.
Registration Cost: $65 for EACH credit hour paid to CSU
You must register with CSU BY 3/1/26, to receive credit for this program.
Student Coursework to Receive Graduate Credit:
Recommended Textbooks:
Chose whichever focus fits your professional orientation.
Education Focused:
- Desautels, Lori (2020) Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline.
Mental Health Focused:
- Dion, Lisa (2018). Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity.
Assignments:
- Posts on forum
- Brain and Body State research & write up
- Developmental perspective research & write up
- Learning tool exploration
- Listen to the 20-minute podcast called “How Trying to be Calm Gets in the Way of Regulation” and write a one page reflection paper
- Perceived Challenges Reflective Writing activity
- Complete a regulatory-focused social-emotional behavior plan
The course is Pass/Fail.
Specific Assignments and Materials
To turn in assignments, please upload to your goggle drive folder. The link was provided by your instructor.
SECTION 1: Foundational Information
Assignments
- Class 1 Post: As you reflect upon your current or previous work with educators, now through the lens of being an SPT therapist first, what thoughts or new perspectives come to mind? Does using this lens impact your thinking and/or behavior? Post Due 11/10/25
- Class 2 Post: The idea that “behaviors make sense” can be misinterpreted to mean that all behaviors are “acceptable” at school or in the classroom. How would you explain this concept to educators? And, why do you think some educators might perceive this statement in this way? What’s the set-up? Post Due 12/1/25
- Class 3 Post: As you reflect upon incorporating self-reflection or developing interoception into the work you are doing, what feels the most natural for you to implement, what feels the most challenging, and why do you think these might be true? Post Due 12/15/25
- Class 4 Post: Using the timeline approach to interventions has benefits and challenges. What do you perceive as the greatest benefits and challenges? How might you work with the challenges you identified? Post Due 1/12/26
SECTION 2: Putting Theory into Practice
Assignments
- Class 5 post: As you reflect upon your current or previous work with educators, now through the lens of a developmental perspective, what thoughts or new perspectives come to mind? Does using this lens impact your thinking and/or behavior? Post Due 1/26/26
- Developmental perspective action research: Assignment Due 2/9/26
- Class 6 Post: Using the concepts of Braindrops, Learning Tools, and somatosensory regulation has benefits and challenges. What do you perceive as the greatest benefits and challenges? How might you work with the challenges you identified? Post Due 2/9/26
- Learning Tool Exploration: Assignment Due 2/23/26
Materials
SECTION 3: Relationships and Interactional Challenges
Assignments
- Class 7 Post: It can be challenging to ask educators to look at their own dysregulation, or why a student might not feel a sense of safety in the classroom. As you think about having some of these conversations, what comes up for you? Get curios about what is being activated in you? Do you feel yourself getting stuck in “Am I ok?” as you wonder how to work with educators around these topics? Post Due 2/23/26
- Developmental perspective paper: Assignment Due 3/9/26
- Class 8 Post: Of the challenges we covered in class which have you experienced in your work with educat6ors? How did you feel about it at the time? As you think about it now, do you have any new insights or ideas? Post Due 3/9/26
- Listen to the 20-minute Lessons From the Playroom Podcast #118 “How Trying to be Calm Gets in the Way of Regulation” and write a short reflection paper. Assignment Due 3/16/26
- Perceived Challenges Reflective Writing Activity: Assignment Due 3/23/26
Materials
SECTION 4: Establishing Regulatory Approaches
Assignments
- Class 10 Post: Creating regulatory spaces can feel overwhelming if you try to do it a certain way. How can you approach this from where you are right now, given only the resources you currently have available to you? And, how can you help educators see this concept from this perspective? Post Due 4/6/26
- Class 11 Post: Given your specific role in working with educators or schools what roles is most appropriate for you in creating support plans? In what ways can you facilitate others in understanding what role they can play in this process? Post Due 4/20/26
- Complete a regulatory focused social-emotional behavior plan. Assignment Due 4/27/26
- Class 12 Post: How will you move forward in your work empowering educators?Post Due 4/27/26
Materials
Registering for CSU Credit:
Registration Cost: $65 for EACH credit hour paid to CSU
Please read BOTH documents below to register for CSU credit by 3/1/26 deadline:
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