Using Sensory Strategies to Enhance Attachment with System-Involved Youth and Their Caregivers

Dr. Laura S. Anderson

Training Description

After many years of working with foster and adoptive families, it is clear that there are a few key things that have helped families find greater ease at home. This training provides some understanding of the way that system-involved youth (SIY) with trauma histories and/or attachment disruptions can have differing brain and body chemistry, including differently developed sensory integration systems. Understanding a SIY as a sensory being can provide important hints at finding ways to soothe and connect with them. This training is designed to rethink classic trauma triggers and behavioral recommendations -and to offer strategies that can truly be helpful to SIY and families to navigate daily family life. The goal of this training is to explore issues related to sensory processing and assist participants working with SIY and caregivers in finding concrete sensory integration strategies that are trauma-informed and strengthen attachment.  The…