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Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® Program
LEARN A SOLID PLAY THERAPY THEORY THAT COMBINES THE POWER OF PLAY WITH INTERPERSONAL NEUROBIOLOGY!

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Have you been searching for ways to create a deeper impact for your clients? Or perhaps you are wanting to improve or learn more about ...

Becoming an external regulator to support children with integration and repatterning the activation of their nervous system.

Supporting healing at deeper levels through right brain to right brain attuned communication.

Teaching children interoceptive (body) awareness (...the key ingredient for self-regulation and co-regulation).

Creating a neuroception of safety for a child when emotional flooding happens.

Setting boundaries with the brain in mind to not minimize, shame or shut down the child's play, but keep them engaged in their therapy process.

Building collaborative relationships with caregivers to support their child's therapeutic process.

Developing goals, tracking a child's therapeutic process, and translating what's happening during the child's therapy session to their caregiver(s) and others in the world.

Helping children develop a secure attachment to themselves (...a foundation of resilience).

Applying SPT concepts from a cultural lens for a more inclusive and culturally sensitive clinical orientation where a client's unique experiences and needs are honored.

How to feel a little more like YOU in the therapy process (...because we know inauthenticity is the fastest way to burnout and compassion fatigue).

Learn all of this and so much more! Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy is a comprehensive 32-hour program that explores the foundational skills of SPT. This six-month online program is designed for both beginning and advanced practitioners and will take you on a journey to explore the neuroscience behind what is happening in the play therapy process, how to effectively work with caregivers and what it means to create a neuroception of safety allowing both the child and the caregiver to have a deeper integration, and (....if this wasn't enough), you'll come to understand the magic of aggressive play, sand and art from the perspectives of nervous system regulation, attunement, attachment, mindfulness, and authenticity.
Come discover what showing up in the playroom truly means and explore what is happening in the play therapy process, how change occurs, and ultimately what it takes to help children heal at profound levels. And the best part is, you get to be you on the journey!

Check out what past students had to say about their experiences in the course!

"SPT is the missing piece in play therapy. I gained an understanding of who I am in the playroom - a humanness that wasn't there before." -Frances Donohue

Join the growing number of mental health professionals, those in related roles (Child Life Specialists, School Counselors, Occupational Therapists, Coaches, etc.) and parents/caregivers who are learning SPT!

*For program details and objectives, see below.
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FREE Webinar: Working Through the Daily Stress of Being an Educator

This Free Webinar was recorded on August 10th, 2022 and is for educators or anyone that works in schools. Stress and anxiety are impacting everyone, making teaching and learning very challenging. To support a healthy learning environment for all of us, we must address our own stress and anxiety first. None of us can be effective when our brains and bodies are overwhelmed. Neuroscience can help us understand what is happening in moments of dysregulation. More importantly, it can guide us in moving through the stress and keeping ourselves healthy. Why does this matter? When we make choices instead of simply reacting, we decrease the likelihood of behaviors escalating for both us and our students! Scroll below for details.

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FREE Webinar: Being an External Regulator: Supporting Regulation from the Bottom Up

This Free Webinar was recorded on January 12th, 2023 and is for educators and school professionals! Without the ability to self-regulate, students can't apply other SEL skills or shift their behaviors. Explicit teaching isn't enough. Students need bottom up co-regulatory experiences to learn to self-regulate. Doing this effectively isn't easy and takes practice This free 1 hour webinar will teach you the process for helping students borrow your regulatory capacity as they develop their own. Learn tools that support you in embodying regulation as you teach students and classrooms to regulate through challenges. And the best part is, what you learn can be applied one-on-one, in groups, or with the whole classroom. Scroll below for details.

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FREE Webinar: Using a Student’s Behaviors to Decode their Needs

This Free Webinar was recorded on May 10th, 2023 and is for all professionals working with students! As professionals working with students, it's been a long year. Many of us have spent much of it trying to make sense of students' behaviors Maybe even feeling helpless, or angry, not knowing exactly what to do next. We understand your dilemma and don't want you to spend the summer and next year, asking the same questions. Register for this free webinar to explore how behaviors, even those we don't love, can provide a roadmap explaining what's going on AND what we can do about it. If you're asking, “but what if the behavior is disrupting learning for other students?” Great question! We’ll chat about that too. Scroll below for details.

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FREE Webinar: Don’t Let an Amygdala Hijack Your Class!
This Free Webinar was recorded on August 10th, 2023 and is for all educators and professionals working with students! Providing students with a sense of security can be challenging without understanding how the brain perceives safety and threat ...

Have you spent hours trying to create a warm environment, yet still find your students wanting to leave the classroom?

Do you have good relationships with your students, yet still have some responding to you negatively?

Have you had students seemingly "lose it" over what appear to be small issues?

Register for this free webinar and learn how the brain perceives safety and threat so you can support a sense of safety and belonging for your students this school year. Scroll below for details.
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FREE Webinar: “I Just Want the Behavior to STOP!”
This Free Webinar was recorded on April 18th, 2024 and is for all educators and professionals working with students! Are you tired of feeling like you're constantly hitting a wall when it comes to behavior change? ... You're not alone. Many of us who work in schools find ourselves in a cycle of frustration, trying to stop student behaviors without seeing any real progress. But what if there's a different approach? In this free upcoming webinar, we'll explore a perspective that challenges traditional methods of behavior change and offers a path to real growth and transformation. During the webinar, you'll learn:

The surprising reason why focusing solely on stopping behaviors can backfire

The key components missing from traditional approaches to behavior change

Practical tips and techniques for creating lasting change and fostering positive growth

Don't miss this opportunity to break free from the cycle of ineffective strategies and discover a new way forward. Register for this FREE webinar and take the first step towards a more empowered approach to behavior change! Scroll below for details.
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FREE Webinar: Breaking Down Barriers to Working with Schools and Educators

Whether you are working with schools or consulting on behalf of your clients, this free webinar is for you!
What to expect: Explore a Developmental Framework: Learn how to meet educators where they are, paving the way for meaningful connections! Keys to Impactful Collaborating: Implement essential strategies such as talking about stress rather than trauma, focusing on whole classrooms rather than individuals, and much more!
Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights that can transform your work with schools and educators!
*This Free Webinar was recorded on May 8, 2024.

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FREE Webinar: Bridging Gaps in Social-Emotional Learning: Why Aren’t Students Using What They Learn?
Educators and school professionals this free webinar is for you!
You’re committed to teaching SEL, but are you noticing that students are not applying what they learn? It’s not just you—this is a common challenge that educators face. The good news? There are specific, actionable changes you can make to ensure your SEL lessons lead to lasting behavioral change in your students. Enjoy this free webinar and discover what your current SEL program might be missing and how to fix it. Explore how to integrate these vital pieces into what you’re already doing. During this webinar, you’ll learn:

The missing pieces in most SEL programs

How to help students internalize and use SEL skills independently

Simple strategies you can incorporate into your existing curriculum

Take the first step toward more effective SEL teaching. 💕 *This Free Webinar was recorded on September 11th 2024.
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FREE Webinar: The Real Lives of Educators: Will I Ever Feel Rested Again?

Educators and school professionals this free webinar is for you!
Did you used to believe that being a teacher would be easy and that you’d get lots of time off? 🤣 Working in schools has become even more challenging. Daily stressors, big and small, impact your nervous systems. It’s easy to lose yourself in these moments. When this happens, you carry this heightened state to your next interaction, compounding the stress. By the end of the day, you’re exhausted, and your nervous system is ready to explode or shut down! Then, couple this with our expectations versus the realities of working in schools, and we have the perfect storm fostering feelings of overwhelm, helplessness, and frustration. Explore these and other dynamics impacting your daily functioning and behaviors. Walk away with an understanding that will move you from reacting in the moment, to responding in ways that support your well-being, so you can reclaim our inspiration for teaching.
How is this content different?
Our work at the Synergetic Education Institute is about empowering students AND adults. It shouldn’t be a zero sum game. The well-being of your students doesn’t have to be at your expense. *This Free Webinar was recorded on October 16th 2024.

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Video 1: The Neurobiology of Preparing Brains and Bodies to Learn in the Classroom

Even highly skilled educators need help to be effective when students are not ready to learn. Stress and anxiety influence daily school life academically and behaviorally, as these impact processing capabilities in the brain, creating dysregulation… And, dysregulation is contagious, growing from one to two students to entire classrooms. You can see the problem if what we’ve been trained to do is ignore certain behaviors. Neuroscience can help us understand what is happening for educators and students in moments of dysregulation and help us learn to recognize when students are not in brain or body states conducive to learning. This is the first step in understanding how to prepare brains and bodies to learn by providing clues about what is needed and what support will move students back to a place of learning.

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Video 3: The Classroom is a Nervous System: Working with Daily Regulation and Dysregulation Cycles

Discover the true importance of regulation and how it's often misunderstood. Don't let regulation be just another buzzword in your vocabulary. Join Judy to explore how regulation and dysregulation cycles affect students and adults throughout the day. Learn how finding moments of regulation in the midst of dysregulation can be a powerful tool in improving your well-being and shifting students’ behaviors. By gaining a deeper understanding of how dysregulation is a natural part of everyday life, we can recognize important clues for supporting students in becoming aware of their own activation and learning effective strategies through challenging moments. Apply this understanding to class-wide activation. Viewing the class as a collective nervous system gives you the ability to support entire groups of students at the same time, without burning out your own nervous system. Empower yourself and your students!

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Video 2: Creating a Felt Sense of Safety and Belonging in School Starts with the Brain

Safety and belonging start with the brain! Creating a safe and welcoming environment is the foundation of classroom culture and community and is crucial for academic success and overall well-being. We spend so much time creating beautiful classrooms, however, providing students with a sense of security can be challenging if we don't understand how the brain perceives safety and threats. You cannot talk someone into feeling safe. Learn to use approaches that foster a sense of safety, nurture trust and belonging, and support students in approaching challenges with curiosity instead of fear as they learn that they can manage to do things that are difficult.

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