Three part course

Supporting Resilience

in babies and children

With Matthew Appleton
In a world that is changing more quickly than any time in human history and facing many crises, we need to put resilience at the centre of child education and health.

In this course, Matthew Appleton looks at how babies and children may be overwhelmed by stressful experience, but also how they can be undermined by overprotection.

Drawing upon the understanding of self-regulation, based on the model of A.S. Neill’s Summerhill School, Matthew shows how to support both babies and older children so that they can grow into who they really are.
Matthew Appleton is a registered Body Psychotherapist and Craniosacral Therapist based in the UK. Matthew has been facilitating Prenatal and Birth Workshops for adults for nearly 20 years and he teaches Integrative Baby Therapy to health professionals internationally.

This course will give you:

  • an overview of the model of health based on pulsation
  • the importance of embodied relationship at the heart of resilience building
  • how different types of crying communicate ways in which ground and environment are out of synch
  • the rupture and repair model of being with the child
  • how lessons from Summerhill and indigenous cultures can be integrated into family life and therapeutic practice

Matthew Appleton

COURSE CONTENT

(This course is a recording of a live online series which took place 2022.)

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course introduction

supporting resilience in babies and children

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module one

Pulsation as an Expression of Health

This module gives an overview of the model of health based on pulsation. You will learn how armouring becomes chronically held in the body and how this relates to ‘set points’ in the self-regulating systems of the body.

Early life experience, from conception through to early childhood sets the emotional and physiological tone for the rest of life. This module explores how we can recognize armouring and support the return to healthy pulsation and how this relates to resilience.
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module two

Ground, Environment and Relationship

This module puts the ground of embodied relationship at the heart of resilience building parenting and therapy. Matthew differentiates between left brain and right brain functioning and how these generate different types of relationship.

You will learn about different types of crying and how these communicate different ways in which ground and environment are out of synch with each other.

The rupture and repair model of being with the child - rather trying to fix a problem – shows ways in which building a healthy ground through relationship fosters resilience.
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module three

Lessons from Summerhill and Indigenous Wisdom

Our culture often tries to mould children in ways, that do not honour their inherent nature. In this his module Matthew describes his experience of working at Summerhill School and insights from meeting with indigenous elders. You will learn about:

  • the distinction between freedom and licence
  • the value of boredom in building resilience
  • the difference between a goodchild and a healthy child
  • how lessons from Summerhill and indigenous cultures can be integrated into family life and therapeutic practice, to support resilience.
Why this course?
  • Entry/intermediate level
  • Power Point Presentations
  • Practical Exercises
  • Q and A with presenter
  • 4.5 hours course duration
  • Life long access
  • Certificate of Attendance on request

who can this benefit

  • practitioners working with babies and parents
  • new parents
  • anyone wishing to support new parents and families

learning outcomes

  • get an insight into the model of health based on pulsation
  • gain an understanding of importance of embodied relationship
  • learn about the child’s expression through crying and how to apply the rupture and repair model
  • discover lessons from Summerhill and indigenous cultures can be integrated into family life and therapeutic practice



join course

£70
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Includes :
  • Life  time access to course content
  • Certificate of Attendance on request

course & Gold Membership

£199/yr
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Includes :
  • life time access to course content
  • Access to all our Live and Recorded classes for 1 year
  • Access to Monthly Support Groups
  • 20% discount on all other courses

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