The Polyvagal Certificate Course 04 (Aug-Dec 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. Course Welcome
3. Time Zone Converter & Zoom Link (coming soon)
4. Course Schedule - Cohort 04 (Aug - Dec 2024)
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5. Community Agreements (Video)
6. Community Agreements (PDF)
7. Before we begin...
8. Materials for Class
9. How to Obtain CEs
10. Join the reflection space and conversation in our cohort App
1. Emotional support & other support resources
1. Module 1 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Les Aria, PhD
3. RECORDING: Live Module 1: Our Autonomic Nervous System (Les Aria, PhD)
4. Slides: Module 1 - Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System
5. Module 1 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 1.1: Notice thoughts-emotions-body sensations
7. Prompt: 1.2: Notice physiological shifts
8. Prompt 1.3: The 3Ns Practice
9. Share your prompt self-reflections on the PVI App
10. Path of the vagus nerve (anatomy) by Sam Webster
11. Module 1 Quiz: Autonomic Nervous System
12. Module 1 Survey
1. Module 2 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Michael Allison
3. Slides: Module 2 - Hierarchy of States
4. Module 2 Prompts Preview
5. Prompt 2.1: Meet the body where it is
6. Prompt 2.2: The Habit of Safety
7. Prompt 2.3: A Morning Ritual
8. Module 2 Quiz
9. Module 2 Survey
1. Live Discussion with Dr. Porges - February 14, 2024 @ 18:30 ET
1. Attend Practice Pod 1
1. Module 3 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR
3. Slides: Module 3 - Neuroception
4. Module 3 Prompts Preview
5. Prompt 3.1: Habit of Safety + Neuroception
6. Prompt 3.2: Active source of safety intention-setting
7. Prompt 3.3: Reflection on offering cues of safety
8. Module 3 Quiz
9. Module 3 Survey
1. Module 4 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Arielle Schwartz, PhD
3. Slides: Module 4 - PVT, Movement, and Regulation: An Embodied Approach to Trauma Recovery
4. Module 4 Prompts Preview
5. Prompt 4.1: Observing voices in your community
6. Prompt 4.2: Radical welcome vs isolation/marginalization
7. Prompt 4.3: Discuss findings and proposed changes
8. Module 4 Quiz
9. Module 4 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 2
1. Module 6 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT
3. Download Handouts for Class: Felt Sense Polyvagal Models & Body Cards
4. Slides: Module 6 - Listening to Our Bodies
5. Watch: Clearing Space Backwards on YouTube (10 min)
6. Module 6 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 6.1: FSP Grounding Practice
8. Prompt 6.2: Polyvagal-Informed Focusing with a partner
9. Prompt 6.3: Pausing
10. Prompt 6.4: Reflective listening ("resonating")
11. Module 6 Quiz
12. Module 6 Survey
1. Module 5 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Niloufer Merchant, EdD
3. Slides: Module 5 - Co-regulation and Safety in Connection: Biological, Cultural and Societal Implications
4. Module 5 Prompts Preview
5. Prompt 5.1: Savoring connection
6. Prompt 5.2: With whom do you feel safe?
7. Prompt 5.3: Plan coregulation with someone
8. Prompt 5.4: Your communal practices
9. Module 5 Quiz
10. Module 5 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. 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. Second Live Discussion with Dr. Porges - May 15, 2024 @ 18:30 ET
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. Prompt 9.1: Sensing old and new in your body
7. Prompt 9.2: Tuning into your sequential pathways
8. Prompt 9.3: Sowing ancestral seeds
9. Prompt 9.4: Share your declaration/proclamation
10. Module 9 Survey
11. Module 9 Quiz
1. Please share about your pods
2. Please share about the course
3. CE Instructions

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111 lessons

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The Polyvagal Certificate Course 04 (Aug-Dec 2024)

Course curriculum

Getting Started

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)

First Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD

Practice Pod 1

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

Module 4: Movement and Self-Regulation (Arielle Schwartz, PhD)

Practice Pod 2

Module 5: Listening to Our Bodies (Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT)

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

Practice Pod 3

Module 7: Relationships - Home, Workplace, & In-Between (George Thompson, MD)

Module 8: Community as Medicine (Niki Elliott, PhD)

Second Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD

Practice Pod 4

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

Surveys & CE Next Steps (if applicable)

About this course

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