Helping Children Thrive
with Polyvagal Theory
This class can be attended live or via the on-demand recordings. All class times are posted in Eastern Time / New York time zone.
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ABOUT THIS MASTER CLASS
Helping children know that they can have feelings and still be okay, safe, and loved and supporting them to process their emotions is a key part of parenting. As parents, knowledge of the Polyvagal Theory empowers you to support the development of the social nervous system in children to help them become well adapted. In this session we’ll explore how Polyvagal Theory and early engagements with social support can help our children build resilience and vitality into adulthood.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Dr. Stephen Porges
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University and the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award.
Dr. Porges is the originator of the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral, mental, and health problems related to traumatic experiences. He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017) and co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). He is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol™, which is currently used by more than 1500 therapists to reduce hearing sensitivities and improve spontaneous social engagement, language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.
Learn more at stephenporges.com.