Emotional Regulation

Jacquie Bezo, an Educational and Behavioural Consultant with POPARD, will discuss some of the challenges individuals with ASD may face in the area of stress & coping.

Examples of both concrete and abstract methods of relaxation will also be reviewed.

Leslie Burgess (POPARD Educational & Behaviour Consultant and Registered Yoga Therapist) discusses a booklet she organized called Yoga in the Classroom. This booklet outlines how to set up a yoga program with your students. She describes breathing techniques and simple poses. Within the related content area of this eLearning lesson there is a link to view a full 30-minute yoga program with Leslie. This yoga program can also be found on the Downloads page of this website, under Resources.

Leslie Burgess (POPARD Education and Behaviour Consultant) interviews Karina Naples, a Vancouver secondary school teacher, about practicing yoga with her students with an autism spectrum disorder.