Sean Inderbitzen – Integrating Polyvagal Theory Into Autism Intervention

Sean Inderbitzen – Integrating Polyvagal Theory Into Autism Intervention

Description Of Integrating Polyvagal Theory Into Autism Intervention

Join Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, Member of MINT, an autistic licensed mental health clinician as he flips our understanding of autism on its head!

Looking through the Polyvagal Vagal lens, we’ll discuss autism as a disordering of the nervous system. Specifically, you’ll discover how much time autistic individuals spend in the sympathetic nervous system—preparing to deal with threats—and not enough in the parasympathetic nervous system.

Building on the work of Drs. Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory), Pat Ogden (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy), and Bill Miller (Motivational Interviewing) and based on his forthcoming book forthcoming book Autism in Polyvagal Terms, Dr. Inderbitzen guides you through innovative interventions for helping autistic clients who are in “fight or flight” mode access the—”rest and digest” response.

What You’ll Learn In Integrating Polyvagal Theory Into Autism Intervention

Objectives

• Explain psychoeducation on autism to clients through a theoretical lens of Polyvagal Theory.
• Evaluate interventions from a host of practices including biofeedback, sensorimotor psychotherapy, social work pedagogy, and motivational interviewing for use with autistic clients.
• Measure emotional awareness of clients on the spectrum from the lens of body awareness, executive functioning, alexithymia levels, and right/brain left brain dominance

Outline

Autistic Nervous System in Polyvagal Terms

• The nervous system from a polyvagal lens
• The autistic nervous system
• Interventions for Psychotherapy with Autistic Clients
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy interventions
• Motivational Interviewing interventions
• Biofeedback interventions
• Social Work Pedagogy interventions

Measurement Emotional Awareness with Clients on the Spectrum

• Alexithymia
• Body Awareness
• Executive functioning
• Right brain/left brain

About Sean Inderbitzen

Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, an autistic psychotherapist and researcher through Mayo Clinic Health System. He regularly trains healthcare professionals to be more confident when working with people on the spectrum. He is coauthor, along with Stephen Porges, of Autism in Polyvagal Terms: New Possibilities and Interventions, part of W.W. Norton’s Interpersonal Neurobiology Series.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Sean has employment relationships with Northlakes Community Clinic and Inderbitzen Consulting Services, LLC. He receives royalties as a published author. Sean Inderbitzen receives grants from Mayo Clinic Health Systems. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sean has a professional relationship with Dr. Stephen Porges, Barry Prizant, and Pat Ogden.

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