Elizabeth Warner, Ed.M. Psy.D.
Introduction to Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART)
Friday, May 22nd from 11am-12pm ET
$40 | 1 CEs Available
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Join Elizabeth Warner, Ed.M. Psy.D., for a brief introduction to Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment, or SMART. SMART is a bottom-up therapy that was developed for children and adolescents with complex trauma.Ā Developmental Trauma Disorder as a descriptive diagnosis accounts for the extensive trauma histories and resulting pervasive dysregulation in children and youth. However, many adult clients with complex trauma (C-PTSD) experienced ongoing neglect and/or abuse in their early development have significant problems with emotional regulation, and unintegrated fragments of these experiences in their sensory systems, bodies, and pre-conscious minds. The developmental nature of these fragments can be addressed with this in mind.Ā Ā
Introduction to SMART: HearĀ the story of how SMART developed, including how the model grew out of the clinical evidence generated through viewing videotape of sessions with many children and therapists in diverse settings. Plus, understand the role of the specially designed SMART room.
Learn the Fundamentals: The fundamentals of the model will be illustrated through three conceptual images: SMART Spiral, SMART Regulation Map, and Developmental Hierarchy.
Explore Case Examples: Explore three case examples (a child, an adolescent, and an adult) that demonstrate the model, its successes, and how it can work as a complete treatment in some cases andĀ complement other modalities in other cases.Ā
Introduction to SMART
One-hour webinar
Elizabeth Warner, Ed.M. Psy.D. leads this brief introduction to Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment, or SMART. Learn the background and fundamentals of the modal, its clinical applications, and where to go to learn more.Ā
$40 | 1 CEs Available
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Participants Who Complete This Course Can Earn 1 Continuing Education (CE) Credit Hour Upon Completion
Identify the ways the SMART model can help to address complex trauma.
List and explain the three illustrative conceptual images used to describe SMART.
Describe the clinical outcomes associated with the SMART model and how it can compliment other modalities.
Elizabeth Warner, Ed.M. Psy.D.
Elizabeth Warner, Ed.M. Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist with 40 years of experience working with children and families in psychiatric inpatient and outpatient settings, schools, mental health clinics and residential treatment. Early in her career, she worked with autistic and traumatized children and their parents, using innovative treatment methodologies and videotape for process study at the Language & Cognitive Development Center.
Since 2008, Elizabethās focus has been on the development of an innovative bottom-up treatment for children from 1.5 years to 22 years whose lives have been impacted by chronic stress and complex trauma, and their caregivers. As project director at the Trauma Center at JRI, a center of excellence in trauma treatment, training and research, she oversaw training and consultation in Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) for outpatient, in-home, therapeutic day school, and residential treatment settings in the U.S., Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, and Singapore. She collaborated with community-based therapists to develop SMART applications for in-home therapy and constructed two videotape coding systems for studying regulatory processes in treatment. Currently, she is developing SMART for adults, and has applied it, as well as DBR, as an adjunct to trauma psychotherapy. The SMARTmoves team, now located in Auburndale, Massachusetts continues development of curriculum and training as well as collaborating with therapists wishing to apply SMART in other cultures and diverse settings.
