Sensory Based Strategies for Self-Regulation | 1 CE Credits

CARE Counseling has partnered with Stormy Hill, MD, from Recovery Ways to provide an overview on how our senses can help our brains and bodies stay more calm. The presenter will discuss how our senses impact self-regulation and how they can be used as tools to help calm or alert the brain and body. Specifically, they will share sensorimotor strategies that can be used to organize the brain and the many ways to use them with clients beyond just sensory rooms. During the presentation, they will explore the 8 senses, review alerting and calming strategies within each sensory system, and review the differences between a sensory diet and sensory toolkit. This presentation will introduce sensory and sensorimotor as a therapeutic lens for working with clients. 

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Level of programming is introductory: assumes minimal familiarity with the topic.

This Grand Rounds is designed to help participants: 

• Name the 8 senses 
• List 3 strategies for alerting the brain and body. 
• List 3 strategies for calming the brain and body. 

The presentation is designated for CARE Counseling mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students.  

CARE Counseling is also approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

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About the speaker:

Talitha (Stormy) Hill, MD, has worked for seven years in the field of mental health as occupational therapist, and over nine years in sensory processing. Her diverse background includes working in school-based settings‚ sensory integration clinics/private practices‚ hospital setting with complex medical conditions‚ mental health clinics for children‚ residential treatment centers for adolescents‚ and residential treatment centers for substance abuse rehabilitation. Talitha (Stormy) was elected as one of the Woman to Watch for Utah Business Magazine in 2014 for her work in this area. Her recent research study was also chosen as a semi-finalist for funding innovative social change within Utah Community Foundation. A main focus for Talitha (Stormy) is to provide design and implementation of sensory rooms‚ staff training and education‚ and life skills program design for substance abuse/dual diagnosis treatment centers. She has a BA from Duke University‚ her medical doctorate from Michigan State University.  

*The speaker has indicated one conflict of interest; speaker works at RecoveryWays and will talk about sensory rooms at the facility during the presentation, however promotion of services at RecoveryWays will not occur. There was no commercial support for this training.