Why is the effect stronger in adults than children? I am in mum in Derby that have been trying to get a Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider in my area. Rather, my husband and I hope to support him in lowering his overall anxiety, access a more consistent state of regulation, and support his sensory integration and social communication so that he can accomplish the things he wants, like playing with friends, eating more than five foods, and inventing Bakugans with names he can spell without my help. You then resume the listening.
This post contains vital information for remote clients of the Safe and Sound Protocol as well as for those researching the programme, and explains why it is essential to be SUPPORTED through the SSP, and to understand that this is not a "plug and play" music programme that you can do by yourself, having read a couple of books on Polyvagal Theory and trauma. The Safe and Sound Protocol is a research-based and evidence-informed treatment that is intended to be used alongside other therapies to significantly enhance their effectiveness. Hours one and three of the five hours of listening are completed with one of our therapists, as these are the parts of the system that most commonly trigger a need for co-regulation and we want to ensure that we are there to help you feel very well supported. Have you read our blog on an Adult's experience of SSP? "…improvements in speech therapy. So, how do we avoid having a William situation, and ensure a peaceful and effective situation? Also, I figured, Playing quietly with mom and dad while listening to Disney music? This new pathway: "links the regulation of the bodily state to the control of the face and head including middle ear muscles.
Reduced HRV is associated with numerous health problems, including cardiac arrhythmia. His first four months of life, he did not sleep or stop crying unless he was breastfeeding, being vigorously swung back and forth, or wrapped marsupial-like against my chest and moving. Many people will ask why Safe and Sound Protocol? I suddenly am not finding it difficult to stick to a daily exercise routine, and to get better sleep. In both trials there was a significant reduction in hearing sensitivity exclusively for the filtered music group. The mother then followed up with a course of cranial osteopathy. I also went into both flight and fight at different points during the listening process and for a couple of weeks afterwards: when some difficult news stories arose, I found myself crying and convinced I was in mortal peril, even though my logic brain understood that those events were occurring in a different part of the world; and I told my friends I was feeling a little "kill-y", just more irritable than usual. So basically, you download the SSP app to your phone, put some headphones on, and listen to music that has been specially treated to deliver a "re-set" to your poly-vagal nervous system. Since the initial round of SSP, William's mother has also done SSP for herself and he has had a repeat of days 3-5. With SSP having support, connection and affection tends to not only help tumultuousness to settle, but also makes the process far more likely to be effective. Plz help I need it for my 3 years old boy. There are special headphones that use bone and air conduction to transmit Disney songs that are specially gated and redesigned to communicate to the brain that a child is "safe". Adrenal dysfunction. I was physically startling like somebody had jumped out and screamed "boo" at me, even at things like somebody laughing 10 feet away.
This reduced stimulation helps individuals assimilate the information in their nervous system at their own pace. I like to think it is an "after effect" of those first moments before the pandemic began when we just sat and existed together, to the tune of music, no words, both of us safe and sound. It also has become much easier somehow to put things into place for myself that make my life easier: I subscribed to a clean eating meal kit to cut down on trips to the grocery store and to save time planning meals, while still eating healthy. I let him take his new paints and mix colors to his heart's content.
He had a history of lengthy hospital stays and trauma. Offering engagement and activity suggestions for in between listening sessions. Previously with bodywork, the picture was so incredibly overwhelming and I was so prone to new and different injuries in response to even the slightest mis-movement of my body, that we were constantly just putting out fires. Dr Porges says, before things can get better, the nervous system goes through changes and then it resettles to a different way of working, a smoother way. Our brain and body's first priority is to keep us alive, when our body or brain feels or perceives a threat, our nervous system moves into states of defense (fight, flight, or freeze). Handouts that Jennie has created. "I enjoy being around people". This intervention uses prosodic music that has been filtered to train the middle ear muscles to focus on the frequency found in human speech…which leads to improved connection, communication, and therapies. Here are two examples of breathing changes before and after listening to the SSP. So how do you "treat" or teach a child who does not feel safe in their body as a baseline?
From a high level point of view, all we did was go color in coloring books whilst being forced to listen to pop and country music, that occasionally sounded a little warped. Beyond psychotherapy there are other professional practice areas such as Speech/Language, Occupational Therapy and Education that have reported attention-getting gains. Additionally, clients who have experienced trauma have nervous systems that are on alert or heightened, assuming danger is near. There are no reported negative side effects for the SSP, apart from some participants experiencing a minor sensory discomfort when putting on the headphones for the first time, but for most people this dissipated quickly. History of disassociation.
In addition, are they strikingly cheap or strikingly expensive? We see big gains in auditory processing, acquisition of speech and language, sensory integration, motor planning, reduction of sensory sensitivities and related behavioral meltdowns, and changes in bowel and toileting function. To be successful, therapy of any type must go beyond what can be accomplished with drills by recognizing the importance of someone being in a state in which they are able to learn. Learning is partly a social process, thus improving the social engagement system, this can help some kids who struggle to learn. The stress that we have been assisting our clients with, while we have been going through it ourselves, has taken a significant toll on our nervous systems. An important feature of the VVC is that it can also be activated through stimuli that promote feelings of safety.
The goal of this therapy is to reduce stress, improve behavioural state regulation, and to reduce auditory hypersensitivity using acoustic stimulation in order to facilitate better social engagement. Involving listening to specially filtered music. After taking the protocol myself, I felt convinced that this tool would take the world by storm. He is crying more and screaming less. I am interested in SSP and based in London, could you send me details of how to get in touch? He was like a permeable little being during that hour. Some adults will report some bowel changes or feeling gassy. Adults can listen to familiar favourites that you would hear on the radio, classical music, or you can listen to Disney music if you prefer - especially if you're listening alongside your child. Hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal is stimulated by the nervous system which puts the body into 'fight or flight' mode.
The vagus nerve winds its way from our brainstem down to our gut. Increase in social engagement. It has been used much more with individuals who have developmental disability, speech/language disorders, and autism. In the case of early childhood stress, the middle ear does not become attuned to human vocalizations; child's ear focuses on low frequency sounds, of which are associated with danger. Studies suggest that attention, state regulation, and the ability to engage socially are improved.
Which work to generate expressions, voice tone, volume, and eye contact. The Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) provides an alternative response to a threat, which is to freeze. We learnt, that while the product SSP was new, the research behind it was decades old. Note the smoother peaked curves in the pink wave three months post-SSP in the first graph. "My child has started connecting with other children on the playground at school". When doing the protocol together, professionals have seen positive results. Healthy variability in the heart rate is reduced.
If you have good insurance or not a lot of money pressure, it's certainly worth your time. We added more books, and he pushed, without extinguishing the surge of energy until he had gone back and forth dozens of times. Our disassociation is less. The vagus nerve, our 10th cranial nerve, is the primary component of the PNS and also has two branches: the Ventral Vagal Complex (VVC) and the Dorsal Vagal Complex (DVC). It's important to emphasize that the states generated by the Protocol will very likely not remain unless the process of coming to calm alertness with the help of another is given practice through experience.
Here is an example of the Social Engagement System 'waking up' during the administration of the SSP. It is also worth mentioning that the reason why an experienced practitioner may suggest that a parent also completes SSP themselves is that it is essential for parents to connect deeply with their children during this process. Anybody else have experience with this? My husband and I used to lament that from the moment he was born, it has appeared that our son did not feel at home in the world. I have been living with chronic pain almost my entire life. Leaving them to play Lego while they listen is not going to provide the magic bullet they think they are paying for, and neither is completely disregarding carefully given instructions.
Louisverity12 · 29/04/2020 14:24. In the end, doing SSP in that context just ended up making my move a whole lot more stressful than it needed to be. Also, heart rate and rhythm is affected in ways that disrupt healthy functioning. For example, the week after doing the protocol, Cooper created an idea for an Easter carnival and set up "stations" and activities for the whole family in our basement. A client rescued from a bad experience with a cut-price SSP experience with a practitioner, who did not offer any support during the programme.