Supporting Parasympathetic Recovery
Description
Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD
Webinar Length: 1 hour
Target Audience:
- Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
Objectives:
- Review research related to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
- Discuss techniques to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system, including short-term relief strategies as well as long-term practices that can increase efficacy of our parasympathetic nervous system over time