The Polyvagal Certificate Course 03 (May-Sep 2024)

In-depth exploration of Polyvagal Theory and its application to our personal and professional lives. Guided by Dr. Porges and 9 leading experts in the fields of neuroscience, healthcare, and therapeutics, this course explores Polyvagal like no other.

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Course curriculum

1. A Note from Steve
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2. Live Sessions: Zoom Link & Time Zone Converter
3. Course Schedule
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4. Course Welcome
5. Community Agreements (Video)
6. Community Agreements (PDF)
7. Before we begin...
8. Materials for Class
9. How to Obtain CEs
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10. Join the reflection space and conversation in our cohort Mighty Network App
1. Emotional support & other support resources
1. Module 1 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Les Aria, PhD
3. RECORDING: Module 1: Our Autonomic Nervous System (Les Aria, PhD) Cohort 03
4. Slides: Module 1 - Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System
5. Please complete: Pod preference form
6. Module 1 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 1.1: Notice thoughts-emotions-body sensations
8. Prompt: 1.2: Notice physiological shifts
9. Prompt 1.3: The 3Ns Practice
10. Share your prompt self-reflections on the PVI App
11. Path of the vagus nerve (anatomy) by Sam Webster
12. Module 1 Quiz: Autonomic Nervous System
13. Module 1 Survey
1. Module 2 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Michael Allison
3. RECORDING: Polyvagal Certificate Course Cohort 3 - Michael Allison
4. Slides: Module 2 - Hierarchy of States
5. ANS States per Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory
6. Module 2 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 2.1: Meet the body where it is
8. Prompt 2.2: The Habit of Safety
9. Prompt 2.3: A Morning Ritual
10. Module 2 Quiz
11. Module 2 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 1
1. Module 3 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR
3. RECORDING: Polyvagal Certificate Course Cohort 3 - Tracy Stackhouse
4. Slides: Module 3 - Neuroception (as presented)
5. Module 3 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 3.1: Habit of Safety + Neuroception
7. Prompt 3.2: Active source of safety intention-setting
8. Prompt 3.3: Reflection on offering cues of safety
9. Module 3 Quiz
10. Module 3 Survey
1. Module 4 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT
3. Download Handouts for Class: Felt Sense Polyvagal Models & Body Cards
4. Recording: Class 4 - Listening to Our Bodies with Jan Winhall - June 24, 2024
5. Slides: Module 4 - Listening to Our Bodies
6. Watch: Clearing Space Backwards on YouTube (10 min)
7. Module 4 Prompts Preview
8. Prompt 4.1: FSPM Grounding Practice
9. Prompt 4.2: Polyvagal-Informed Focusing with a partner
10. Prompt 4.3: Pausing
11. Prompt 4.4: Reflective listening ("resonating")
12. Module 4 Quiz
13. Module 4 Survey
1. RECORDING First Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD
1. Module 5 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Arielle Schwartz, PhD
3. RECORDING: Module 5: Movement and Self-Regulation (Arielle Schwartz, PhD)
4. Slides: Module 5 - PVT, Movement, and Regulation: An Embodied Approach to Trauma Recovery
5. Module 5 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 5.1: Return to the "Reflect & Regulate Practice"
7. Prompt 5.2: Guide another through "Reflect & Regulate Practice"
8. Prompt 5.3: Return to other practices we explored
9. Module 5 Quiz
10. Module 5 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 2
1. Second Live Discussion with Dr. Porges - August 5, 2024 @ 12pm ET (one hour)
1. Module 6 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Niloufer Merchant, EdD
3. How My Nervous System Became My Cup of Tea | Niloufer Merchant | TEDxStCloud
4. Recording: Module 6 - Coregulation with Dr. Niloufer Merchant
5. Slides: Module 6 - Co-regulation and Safety in Connection: Biological, Cultural and Societal Implications
6. Module 6 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 6.1: Savoring connection
8. Prompt 6.2: With whom do you feel safe?
9. Prompt 6.3: Plan co-regulation with someone
10. Prompt 6.4: Your communal practices
11. Module 6 Quiz
12. Module 6 Survey
1. Module 7 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Niki Elliott, PhD
3. Slides: Module 7 - Community as Medicine
4. Module 7 Prompts Preview
5. Prompt 7.1: Observing voices in your community
6. Prompt 7.2: Radical welcome vs isolation/marginalization
7. Prompt 7.3: Discuss findings and proposed changes
8. Module 7 Quiz
9. Module 7 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 3
1. Module 8 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: George Thompson, MD
3. Slides: Module 8 - PVT & Human Relationships
4. Watch: PACE & non-PACE video
5. Module 8 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 8.1: Practice listening to another
7. Prompt 8.2: Journal on a connected moment
8. Prompt 8.3: Complete your Polyvagal-informed, collective narrative
9. Module 8 Survey
10. Module 8 Quiz
1. Attend Practice Pod 4
1. Module 9 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Amber Gray, PhD
3. For class (optional): print and color this vagus nerve
4. Slides: Module 9 - Engaging with the Art of Inquiry & Practice
5. Read - Vagal Pathways: Portals to compassion
6. Module 9 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 9.1: Sensing old and new in your body
8. Prompt 9.2: Tuning into your sequential pathways
9. Prompt 9.3: Sowing ancestral seeds
10. Prompt 9.4: Share your declaration/proclamation
11. Module 9 Survey
12. Module 9 Quiz
1. Please share about your pods
2. Please share about the course
3. CE Instructions

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The Polyvagal Certificate Course 03 (May-Sep 2024)

Course curriculum

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Support Resources

Module 1: Our Autonomic Nervous System (Les Aria, PhD)

Module 2: Hierarchy of Our Neurophysiological States (Michael Allison, founder of the Play Zone)

Practice Pod 1

Module 3: Neuroception - Our Bodies' Threat & Safety Detection System (Tracy Stackhouse, MA, OTR)

Module 4: Listening to Our Bodies (Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT)

First Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD

Module 5: Movement and Self-Regulation (Arielle Schwartz, PhD)

Practice Pod 2

Second Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD

Module 6: Co-regulation (Niloufer Merchant, EdD)

Module 7: Community as Medicine (Niki Elliott, PhD)

Practice Pod 3

Module 8: Relationships - Home, Workplace, & In-Between (George Thompson, MD)

Practice Pod 4

Module 9: Living Polyvagal (Amber Elizabeth L. Gray, PhD)

Surveys & CE Next Steps (if applicable)

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