REFRAMING AUTISM
USA, UK & Europe Tour
Worldwide Tour
Holly Bridges' Reframe Autism Tour
Holly is the Australian author of ‘Re-frame Your Thinking Around Autism’
which has sold in 29 countries around the world, and the creator of A.R.T.
– the Autism Reframe Technique – a new and progressive approach to autism therapy.
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Who might benefit from A.R.T.?
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A.R.T. for Doctors
A.R.T. for Optometrists and Behavioural Optometrists
A.R.T. for Chiropractors / Osteopaths/ Body Therapists
A.R.T. for Occupational Therapists
A.R.T. for Speech Therapists
A.R.T. for Psychologists / Therapists
A.R.T. for Parents
A.R.T. for Adults on the Spectrum
A.R.T. for Support Workers
A.R.T. FOR DOCTORS
- Autism from a neuro-physical perspective
- The interconnection of the nervous system and the social engagement system
- How the vagus nerve influences the social system
- How the vagus nerve shuts down the social system and executive functioning
- How physical exercise and massage can increase serotonin and states of health and restoration
- How to talk to your clients about the vagus nerve and autism
- How to work with adults on the spectrum
- Latest research on the interconnection of physical and mental health
- How natural medicine can complement traditional medicine
- Interconnectedness of the body systems and how they affect mental and social wellbeing
- Case studies of clients who have progressed far beyond normal expectations
- Advances in Neuroscience and health – what it means for autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)
- Case studies – changes in autism when the mental / physical states are aligned
- Cutting edge concepts of stress and anxiety
- Anxiety as a body issue
A.R.T. FOR OPTOMETRISTS AND BEHAVIOURAL OPTOMETRISTS
- The importance of a parasympathetic state in visual acuity
- How a parasympathetic state influences eye movement and vision
- How vision is influenced by the flight/fight/immobilise system
- Peripheral vision and the parasympathetic state
- Case studies of clients whose vision shifted through working with the body
- How improving vagal tone improves the visual system
- How the eyes link to interoception and sensory awareness
- How trauma inhibits the visual system
- How the vagus nerve influences the five cranial nerves associated with vision
- How improving vagal tone improves visual acuity
- Exercises to promote vagal tone
- Why people on the spectrum can’t get into a parasympathetic state
- Vision, vagal tone and learning difficulties
- Working with people on the spectrum
A.R.T. FOR CHIROPRACTORS / OSTEOPATHS/ BODY THERAPISTS
- How to share the PVT simply with clients
- How to understand the PVT simply in a therapeutic context
- Simple exercises to promote parasympathetic state
- How to work with autistic clients (kids and adults)
- Efficiently shift clients into a parasympathetic state
- The importance of appreciating autism from a neuro-physical perspective
- The nuance of working with autistic adults
- The complexity of the emotional state and the configuration of the nervous system
- Tools for self- reliance and autonomy
- Exercises to promote vagal tone
- Simple exercises to promote serotonin release that your client can learn
- Deconstructing our unconscious disability prejudice
- Working with people on the spectrum
A.R.T. FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
- The efficiency of first working with the body for better outcomes
- Tools to promote a parasympathetic state
- How manual dexterity is influenced by vagal tone
- The importance of vagal tone for movement and agility
- How being in a parasympathetic state influences speech, motion and executive function
- Why the autist cannot fully access a parasympathetic state
- Promoting self- reliance and autonomy in clients
- Working with a new therapeutic model
- Deconstructing our unconscious disability prejudice
- Getting your client on board
- The therapeutic efficacy of promoting self-reliance in clients
- Tools to shift your client out of defence and defiance
- Advances in Neuroscience and health – what it means for autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)
A.R.T. FOR SPEECH THERAPISTS
- Tools to promote a parasympathetic state
- Getting your client on board
- How working with vagal tone attunes the social system naturally
- How the dorsal vagus immobilizes the social system – eyes, ears, voice, throat, speech
- How physical exercise and massage release serotonin
- How sense of self is improved with vagal tone and a restorative state
- The therapeutic efficacy of promoting self-reliance in clients
- Stretching the bounds of what we think is possible in autism
- Promoting self- reliance and autonomy in clients
- Working with a new therapeutic model
- Tools to shift your client out of defence and defiance
- Advances in Neuroscience and health – what it means for autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)
A.R.T. FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS/THERAPISTS
- Why working with the body is effective for enhancing mindfulness
- Why mindfulness and breathing techniques are so challenging for people on the spectrum
- Why people on spectrum have poor body awareness
- How we can enhance CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) by first working with the body
- Improve learning capacity, self-awareness, self-regulation and executive functioning in your clients
- Tools to shift your client out of defence and defiance
- The therapeutic efficiency of promoting self-reliance in clients
- The therapeutic efficiency of working with the body
- Stretching the bounds of what we think is possible in autism
- Promoting self- reliance and autonomy in clients
- Working with a new therapeutic model
- Advances in Neuroscience and health – what it means for autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)
A.R.T. FOR PARENTS
- Advances in Neuroscience and health – what it means for autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)
- Tools to shift your child out of defence and defiance
- Improve learning capacity, self-awareness, self-regulation and executive functioning in your child
- Stretching the bounds of what we think is possible in autism
- Why mindfulness and breathing techniques are so challenging for people on the spectrum
- Why people on spectrum have poor body awareness
- Why gut health is relevant to autism
- Why there are so many comorbid illnesses with autism
A.R.T. FOR ADULTS ON THE SPECTRUM
- Autism from a neuro-physical perspective
- The interconnection of the nervous system and the social engagement system
- How the vagus nerve influences the social system
- How the vagus nerve shuts down the social system and executive functioning
- How physical exercise and massage can increase serotonin and states of health and restoration
- Stretching the bounds of what we think is possible in autism
- Why mindfulness and breathing techniques are so challenging for people on the spectrum
- Why people on spectrum have poor body awareness
- Why gut health is relevant to autism
- Why there are so many comorbid illnesses with autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)
A.R.T. FOR SUPPORT WORKERS
- Autism from a neuro-physical perspective
- The interconnection of the nervous system and the social engagement system
- How the vagus nerve influences the social system
- How the vagus nerve shuts down the social system and executive functioning
- How physical exercise and massage can increase serotonin and states of health and restoration
- Stretching the bounds of what we think is possible in autism
- Why mindfulness and breathing techniques are so challenging for people on the spectrum
- Why people on spectrum have poor body awareness
- Why gut health is relevant to autism
- Why there are so many comorbid illnesses with autism
- Tools for self-reliance and autonomy
- Tools for reducing stress in the body (not mindfulness or breathing techniques)