Empowering Self-Regulation:
Learning to be Powerfully You
Self-regulation training and education for pediatric professionals
Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You Course Coming Soon!
ONLINE TRAINING
This course is for clinicians interested in understanding self-regulation and gaining access to the Powerfully You curriculum. We will take a deep dive into regulation, its neurophysiological basis, and a wide variety of supports. You will leave empowered with knowledge and treatment strategies to support not only your clients, but their caregivers and even yourself!
Currently our course is available on-demand as we revamp our course offerings for hybrid delivery (available 2027). This affords you the opportunity to complete the 12 hour course recordings at your convenience, while still offering an opportunity to ask questions and participate through the course community.
Our four week format included 12 live Zoom hours and 1 hour homework over the month ***All registered participants will receive recorded access and can receive full credit for completing the course on demand.***
Completing this course gives you access to the curriculum subscription for one year. After one year the subscription renews at $29/year and includes 2 hours of AOTA approved continuing education per year.
Group Discounts:
20% off for groups of 3+
25% off for groups of 5+.
Please reach out to info@powerfullyyou.org with the names of group participants for group discount access.
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Ready to learn more about the training?
Self-regulation is defined as the ability to adapt our neurological arousal, emotional state, attention, and behavior to meet our own needs and the demands of the situation.
The ability to be self-regulated is built from many underlying skills over a lifetime, starting in infancy. We learn self-regulation through many exposures to people who help us to feel safe when our brain and body are experiencing stress.
Even when we have the necessary foundational skills our ability to self-regulate can change from moment to moment because it is dependent on the state of our nervous system.
As professionals working on self-regulation with our clients, we need a variety of tools and a depth of understanding to enable us to empower self-regulation.
To be self-regulated we must be able to notice our own feelings and have the tools to meet our own needs.
The Powerfully You curriculum is a series of lessons designed to teach fundamental skills and concepts that encourage self-awareness and enable self-regulation, leading to improvements in emotional mastery.
Powerfully You provides a lens through which individuals can view themselves and others in a positive light. This lens values strengths, individual differences, and sees the whole person from a perspective of compassion and curiosity.
In the Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You training we will explore the contributions of these concepts to self-regulation:
Interoception and Body Sensing
Arousal and State regulation
Co-regulation
Sensory Integration and sensorimotor tools
Relational connectedness
Mindful awareness
Awareness of habits/Body Battery
Self-compassion
Inquiry-based thinking
You are your best tool for teaching your clients to be self-regulated. Children internalize the regulation provided to them through co-regulation in the context of a connected relationship.
In Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You, participants will learn concepts and tools that are applicable to everyone, children, and adults alike.
This information will expand your toolbox of regulation strategies to use with your clients, as well as give you information and tools to expand your own resilience and capacity for self-regulation.
FAQs
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Powerfully You providers are typically health professionals and professionals with a psych background, counseling or special education degree.
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The curriculum subscription is available to trained providers only. One year of access to the curriculum is included in your Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You course fee.
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Powerfully You approaches self-regulation from a lens of connection and compassion. We explicitly teach the value of individual differences and emphasize relationship as a foundation for regulation. Powerfully You starts with body sensing and interoception as a foundation of self awareness, leading to a better understanding and use of tools than when we rely on emotions and behaviors as indicators of our state of regulation.
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Our course is currently available on demand. Receive full course credit by watching the recordings of the May/June 2026 course and completing short assignments in the course community. The course community is also a place where you can ask questions and interact with Powerfully You instructors.
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Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You 4-week course is a 13 credit hour course (12 live Zoom hours, 1 hour homework over the month).
Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You 4-month course is a 16 credit hour course (12 hours on demand, 4 hours live online).
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All Zoom meetings are recorded and available for all registered participants to view from the course player (website that hosts the course). If you are unable to make the course time work, you may receive credit for the course by watching the recordings and participating in online discussion boards.
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All course materials, including the live recordings, will be available for one month following the last live Zoom meeting.
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Trained Powerfully You providers have two opportunities for additional training. Experiencing Powerfully You is a group experience that allows providers to apply the concepts of this social emotional learning curriculum to themselves. In addition, group mentorship is available for those wanting to receive support on using Powerfully You effectively. For more information on these learning opportunities please contact us at info@powerfullyyou.org
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Amy Lewis and Heather Spann are pediatric Occupational Therapists with over 20 years of experience each. We are lifelong learners who are passionate about empowering children and were inspired to create a curriculum that supports therapists, educators, and families who want to teach self-regulation in a compassionate and accepting way. Learn more about us here.
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Powerfully You is an AOTA Approved Provider. Our course certificates have been used by other professions, according to their regulations.
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Group discounts of 20% off available for 3+ individuals; 25% off for 5+. Please reach out at info@powerfullyyou.org to request more information.
Self-Regulation Develops Throughout Life
Your client’s ability (and your ability) to self-regulate depends on underlying skills that have developed over a lifetime — starting in infancy. This ability also changes from moment to moment depending on the nervous system’s state.
You have learned self-regulation through people who helped you feel safe when you were experiencing physical or emotional stress. It takes both knowledge and practice to consistently be aware of your inner state and respond appropriately with thoughts and actions. This is why we have the provider training as well as a more immersive experience.
Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You is focused on the foundations and concepts of self-regulation, and equipping you to use the curriculum to the greatest extent. While this training isn’t focused on applying the concepts to your own life… participants frequently report an increase in their own self-regulation and awareness. It’s a wonderful perk to the course.
As a helping professional, you will gain a deep understanding of the foundations of self-regulation. You’ll also improve your own mindful awareness and self-regulation skills through both the Powerfully You training and experience.
Powerfully You seeks to create a community of helpers who see children and adults from a whole-person perspective.
START YOUR JOURNEY TO A MORE COMPASSIONATE, ACCEPTING LENS WITH POWERFULLY YOU.
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Empowering Self-Regulation: Learning to be Powerfully You