Conscious Care & Support (CCS) Training Deliverables
St. Clair Tri-County Staff Training & Development Committee Presents…
Conscious Care & Support (CCS) Training Deliverables
What is the Conscious Care and Support (CCS) Program?
Conscious Care and Support (CCS) is a training, development and consulting program for community support professionals, parents, family members, teachers, case coordinators, and psycho-social professionals – supporters who provide service and support to individuals of all ages who have autism or other developmental disabilities (ASD/DD).
The program has demonstrated to significantly improve the skills of supporters beyond what is currently considered best practice in Ontario. As a result, individuals with ASD/DD get much better treatment and support as reported by measures of improved quality of life, learning, emotional well-being and significantly reduced self-injurious behaviour and aggression. CCS does not replace existing practices which are primarily behavioural interventions and traditional medical protocols. It does however significantly enhance the effectiveness of these approaches
Overall, CCS addresses two key components to complement and enhance current approaches, namely:
1. Biomedical, energy balancing and protection, sensory and neurodevelopment interventions.
2. Development of supporters’ emotional maturity and mindful self-regulation skills.
What Will Be Covered?
1. Biomedical, energy balancing and protection, sensory and neurodevelopment interactions.
Responding to real “on the ground” needs experienced in community-based support agencies and in families, CCS has been developed over the past 15 years to enhance behavioural interventions and traditional medical protocols and bring a comprehensive model of support and service.
To develop more caring and competent supporters and significantly improve treatment and support practices, CCS applies well-researched strategies and tools from the relevant applications from the disciplines of:
• Biomedicine | • Gastrointestinal Health |
• Social neurobiology | • Sensory integration |
• Bilateral and bio meridian activation | • Brain coherence |
• Nutrition | • Neurofeedback |
As part of the training, participants will learn to identify the primary causes, optimal prevention, and awareness-based calming strategies for de-escalation for people who can engage in self-injurious behaviours and aggression.
The training will provide an overview of the CCS model, how the CCS model compliments current/future work being done in the sector (i.e. directions provided by Journey to Belonging), and some interactive reflections in small groups.
2. Development of supporters’ emotional maturity and mindful self-regulation skills.
Enhanced self-awareness enables supporters to further develop mindful, emotional self-regulation skills. This can be done through reframing some cognitive thinking traps/patterns, and by better regulating their autonomic nervous system to increase their capacity to be calm through the tool of mindfulness.
Participants will explore what A Centre for Conscious Care calls “The Human Prison Within”- innate vulnerabilities and barriers that prevent supporters from consistently bringing their “A-game” as they provide support. Participants will then learn how the tool of B-FIT Mindfulness supports breaking out of their internal prisons/vulnerabilities.
About the Facilitators
Adriana McVicker, Senior Facilitator, A Centre for Conscious Care
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Xavier Noordermeer, Senior Facilitator, A Centre for Conscious Care
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COST: $40 (Lunch Included)
DATE: Thursday, May 8, 2025
TIME: 9 am – 3 pm
LOCATION: Hidden Hills Golf & Country Club (25393 St. Clair Road, Dover Centre)