Self-Regulation: Sensory Strategies for Attention and Focus

Join us in exploring the importance of understanding sensory processing, which is essential for self-care and wellness!
About this Event
<h4>Do you have times of the day when you have difficulty focusing either because there just seems to be no fuel in the tank or you are overwhelmed with thoughts, energy or emotions? </h4>

<h4>How can we change our levels of alertness to be “just right” for the task at hand? </h4>

<h4>If our internal engine is in high speed it may be difficult to pay attention, stay in your seat and complete tasks. If we are lacking fuel in the tank and our engine is low, we may be lounging and daydreaming unable to mobilize to tackle the day. </h4>

<h4>Gaining insight into sensory strategies we use to assist in achieving that just right level of focus allows us to be able to use them when we need them and promotes well-being, self-confidence, learning, as well as improving relationships with family, friends and co-workers.</h4><h4>
</h4><h4>Learning Objectives:</h4><h4>
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Participants will identify what strategies they are currently using to self-regulate.
Participants will explore sensory strategies for increasing alertness and calming for optimal alertness.
Gaining the ability to self-regulate our alertness and focus promotes wellness for everyone!

Sessionn Details:

📅 Date: June 26, 2024

⏰Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. EDT

📍 Location: Online via ZOOM

Tracy Lapreziosa, OTR/L, currently serves as the Accomodations and Wellness Coordinator for Networks for Training and Development. She joined the Networks team as of July 2017, however has been associated with Networks through her practice as an Occupational Therapist since the 90s.Tracy is a graduate of Elizabethtown College with a BS in Occupational Therapy and Kutztown University with a MA in Counseling Psych. She also has a specialty certificate in school based therapy from MCP Hahneman University. Tracy has decades of experience working with children, adolescents and adults with developmental and/or physical disabilities as well as Spectrum disorders in a variety of settings including schools, homes and work environments. She has also studied Sensory Integration Practices with Sensory Integration International and completes accessibility evaluations which include the effects of the environmental sensory inputs on one’s ability to function efficiently in their environments.Tracy believes that understanding our own unique sensory processing is critical to our self-care, relationships and overall wellness. Integrating sensory strategies into everyday life benefits everyone!

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Funding provided by Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and Northumberland County Behavioral Health / Intellectual & Developmental Services