What does SMART do?
SMART utilizes an array of therapeutic equipment, such as weighted blankets, balance beams, fitness balls, and large cushions, in shared play to support children’s natural ways of regulating their bodies and their emotions to facilitate attachment-building, and to allow for embodied processing of traumatic experiences.
The treatment blends movement and relationship to regulate arousal states and powerful affect, thereby engaging the subcortical and cortical neural pathways to increase behavioral and psychological integration.
Moreover, SMART widens the child’s window of tolerance for both positive and negative emotional states and for interpersonal connection so that healthy development can proceed.
Who would benefit from SMART therapy