SMART Training

 
SMARTmoves provides a proficiency-based learning pathway in the SMART model of treatment designed to progressively scaffold the therapist‘s clinical competency. Progress along the certification pathway varies according to access to SMART Regulation Tools and Video, their prior clinical experience, and one’s individual pace of learning.

SMART has been effectively applied in outpatient, home-based, private practices, schools, and residential facilities. In our trainings, we foster a learning atmosphere of playfulness, curiosity, collaboration, and experimentation, blending lecture, clinical video examples, experiential activities and discussion to convey core concepts, theory, and skills.

Step 1: Foundations Course

A 12-hour introductory course covering the basics of the SMART model including the core Therapist Skills, Tools of Regulation, and an overview of the three threads of the SMART Spiral ; Somatic Regulation, Trauma Processing, and Attachment-building. The course utilizes lecture, clinical video, discussion, and experiential exercises. SMARTmoves offers this course in both an online and in-person format. 

Step 2: Basic Consultation 

Small group Video Reflection to secure your ability to apply the Regulation Tools, Therapist Skills, and Regulation Map and bottom-up concepts to the Somatic Regulation Thread of SMART within your own practice. Consultations are facilitated by a SMART approved consultant and are a prerequisite for participation in the Implementation Course.

Step 3: Implementation Course 

This 20-hour intermediate course deepens the therapist’s knowledge and skills of assessment, treatment and weaving of the three threads of SMART. The course addresses traumatic state-based dysregulation, promotes the child’s interoceptive and body awareness, and develops an embodied sense of safety in relationship through enhancing rhythms of engagement.

Step 4: Advanced Consultation 

Small group Video Reflection integrates the entirety of the model. Therapists present and reflect on the arc of session and arc of treatment with diverse clients, in different care settings. Focus is on the ability to synthesize and refine interventions,incorporating caregivers as appropriate. Participants compile clinical case material, present clinical video for feedback on treatment. Format engages peer-to-peer feedback to support self-sustaining systems for delivery of SMART.

Step 5: Certification Assessment 

Certification capstone demonstrating competency in the SMART model.  Activities include showing proficiency through submission of written and video case materials and participation in a final Video Reflection with colleagues and SMART partners.

SMARTmoves Participant Policies

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Cancellation Policy

• 30+ days before the course start date: 100% refund, minus handling fee.
• 7–29 days before the course start date: 50% refund, minus handling fee.
• Less than 7 days before the course start date: No refund. You may instead transfer your enrollment to a future course offering.
• SMARTmoves, LLC reserves the right to cancel or postpone courses.