$65.00
Emotional awareness begins with more than knowing the names of emotions. Students must also learn to notice and understand the body signals that often accompany emotional experiences. This connection between body awareness and emotions can play an important role in regulation, self-advocacy, social participation, and overall school success. This 2-hour course explores the connection between interoception and social-emotional learning (SEL) in school settings. Participants examine how body signals contribute to emotional awareness and how interoceptive differences may present in students with anxiety, ADHD, autism, trauma histories, escalation, or shutdown.
Through current research, case studies, interactive activities, and practical school-based examples, participants learn strategies for helping students connect body clues with emotions and make more informed regulation choices. Emphasis is placed on adding body awareness to existing SEL instruction and everyday school routines, rather than creating another separate program. Participants leave with practical tools and strategies that can be used immediately in therapy sessions, classrooms, and other school environments.
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Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity ID# 17737. This distance-learning, interactive format is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. |
Kim Wiggins, OTR/L, is an experienced occupational therapist specializing in the treatment of children since 2001. She is a full-time therapist at a City School District in upstate New York, owner of www.OTKimWiggins.com, and has been a nationally known speaker since 2011. Kim is certified in Mobile Devices for Children with Disabilities, Puzzle Art Therapy, Handwriting Without Tears, Zaner Bloser, The Size Matters Handwriting Program, The Listening Program, and as an Irlen Screener. To view Kim’s courses, check out her product page.
