Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Meditation & Play: Powerful Techniques for Treating Anxiety, Depression & Anger in Children & Adults - 2015 Alaska Cruise - Seminar

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• Neuroscience of the emerging infant’s brain
• The foundational impact of early attachment experiences
• Interpersonal neurobiology
• Formation of core negative beliefs and fears
• Explicit and implicit memory
• Hebb’s axiom: Neurons that fire together, wire together
• Neural firing patterns and the brain’s alarm system
• The paradigm shift regarding neuroplasticity

• Mindfulness Path for Growth
• Five Core Skills of Mindfulness
• Set, clarify and re-affirm intentions
• Cultivate a witnessing awareness: metacognition
• Stabilize attention
• Strengthen self-regulation
• Practice loving-kindness for self and others
• Neuroscience and the essential nature of practice
• The essential question: What am I practicing?

• Play centers in the brain: The neurology of play
• The wisdom of balls, balloons, bubbles and bells
• Engage the adolescent brain
• Mindful play between parent and child
• Strategies to create mindful moments within the client/counselor relationship
• Transform a withdrawn child to expansive with mindful movement
• Techniques to strengthen family relationships
• Grounding attention through touch, taste and smell

• Red zone and green zone
• Basic themes in beginning mindfulness practice
• Mindful transitions
• Stop-Breathe-Reflect-Choose practice
• Development of client self-talk and scripts
• Mindfulness practice and cultivating a new vision of self
• Tools for ADHD, anxiety, depression and anger
• Positive visualization practice
• Yoga and other body centered practices

1. Recognize how early attachment experiences impact on child’s emerging brain.
2. Identify client’s deep emotional learning and core negative beliefs.
3. Outline the Five Core Skills of Mindfulness and the Mindfulness Path for Growth.
4. Describe the essential nature of practice in transforming negative states and cultivating positive states.
5. Develop techniques that help focus the mind of a client with ADHD.
6. Demonstrate a simple series of yoga stretches that help support mindfulness awareness.
7. Discover mindfulness-based practices that address age-appropriate developmental stages.
8. Apply simple yoga positions, play activities and games for improved client outcomes.
9. Teach brain-changing mindfulness skills and practices to clients.
10. Integrate mindfulness more fully into your personal and professional lives.
11. Explain how mindfulness meditation and play can alleviate anxiety and depression.
12. Develop practical skills that create mindful moments within the client/counselor relationship.

Juneau, Alaska – Some 30,000 people live in Juneau. Its total area makes it one of the biggest towns, in size, in the world. Only Kiruna, Sweden, and Sitka, Alaska, exceed Juneau’s 3,248 square miles. Today, Juneau is famous not only for gold and government, but also for its breathtakingly beautiful glaciers and stunning views of both water and mountains.

Skagway, Alaska – Skagway was the gateway to the gold fields for the thousands who flocked to Alaska and the Yukon with the hope of striking it rich. Skagway may have boasted the shortest route to the Klondike, but it wasn’t the easiest. Today, Skagway has less than 1,000 residents, but still retains the flavor of the gold rush era.

Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising) – Princess is one of a select few cruise lines permitted to cruise the pristine waters of Glacier Bay, the highlight of our 7-day Voyage of the Glaciers cruise. Just west of Juneau, this breathtaking national park and preserve boasts some of the world’s most spectacular tidewater glaciers, such as Margerie Glacier, which often drops colossal chunks of ice into the sea. Not surprisingly, Glacier Bay National Park and its epic ice giants are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising Alaska’s magnificent park system. During your scenic cruise, friendly Park Rangers will join the ship to share their knowledge of this amazing place.

Ketchikan, Alaska – Visitors to Ketchikan will be intrigued by its rich Native heritage, which includes the world’s oldest collection of totem poles at the Totem Heritage Center. The Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian are all a part of the city’s colorful history. Ketchikan, with its abundance of salmon, is also a sportfishing paradise. Sightseers will be impressed with both the scenic town and its surroundings, especially Misty Fjords National Monument.

Victoria, British Columbia – Although it’s a port city, Victoria is not as industrially oriented as Vancouver. The harbors, especially Inner Harbour, are dotted with pleasure craft, ferries and floatplanes. The city is renowned for its beautiful gardens, charming houses and very British feel.

COUNSELORS: PESI, Inc. is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. ACEP#: 5637. This course qualifies for 3.0 clock hours per day OR 12.0 clock hours for entire conference.

SOCIAL WORKERS: PESI, Inc. Provider #:1062, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: January 27, 2014-January 27, 2017. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social workers participating in this course will receive 3.0 () per day OR 12.0 () continuing education clock hours for entire conference education clock hours in participating in this intermediate course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: PESI, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this activity for 3.0 hours of continuing education credit per day OR 12.0 hours of continuing education credit for entire conference. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: This activity consists of 180 minutes of continuing education instruction per day OR 720 minutes of continuing education instruction for entire conference. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. You should save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

ADDICTION COUNSELORS: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing education by the National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), provider #: 00131. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance. This course qualifies for 3.5 contact hours per day OR 14.0 contact hours for entire conference.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS: PESI, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #: 3322. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 3.0 contact hours or .3 CEUs per day OR 12.0 contact hours or 1.2 CEUs for entire conference. Partial credit will be issued for partial attendance. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Course Level: Intermediate.