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The Digital SSP Home Use is a supervised program where clients are provided supervision by Joanne McIntyre, OT, MS [Psych]. Clients are provided access to the program via an app using their own headphones.
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Home Use (Core) is a five-hour intervention designed to reduce stress and auditory sensitivity while enhancing social engagement and resilience. The intervention uses prosodic vocal music that has been filtered to train the middle ear muscles to focus on the frequency envelope of human speech. Once human speech is properly perceived, the portal to social engagement has been opened. You’ll find yourself or your child is better able to interpret not only the meaning, but the intent in conversations. And the sense of safety that is achieved by better understanding the fluctuations in human voice, calms your (or your child’s) physiological state. Once your system has been primed and your state is calm, further therapy is enhanced and behavioural regulation is improved.
The Safe and Sound Protocol is an evidence-based intervention developed by Dr Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory). The SSP is an acoustic vagal nerve stimulation therapy shown to improve anxiety, auditory sensitivities, communication, and social engagement. It is a unique intervention targeting bottom-up (autonomic nervous system) processing to support emotional regulation and wellness.
How to proceed? You will need to schedule an initial consultation to assess your readiness to start the program. Sessions occur via Skype with a licensed health care professional
The Safe and Sound Protocol is an evidence-based intervention developed by Dr Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory). The SSP is an acoustic vagal nerve stimulation therapy shown to improve anxiety, auditory sensitivities, communication, and social engagement. It is a unique intervention targeting bottom-up (autonomic nervous system) processing to support emotional regulation and wellness.
The SSP Home Support Therapy for individual clients:
You will be emailed a history and questionnaire to complete
If the Initial Consultation recommends the SSP Home Support Program
Commencing the SSP Home Support Program
Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) Additional Information
Over ten or more days, you will listen to the SSP filtered music via headphones. You will access the protocol via an app (a link with instructions to download the app will be emailed to you). Listening sessions are 5-10 minute increments (to a maximum of 30 minutes/day). The length of time depends on how your nervous system manages the input. Sessions are combined with relaxation; coregulation strategies and may include biofeedback or other clinical tools.
Although it is recommended to complete sessions over ten consecutive days, we work from a “less is more” policy. This means that you are closely supported throughout the protocol and monitored for signs such as fatigue or increased emotions that indicate your nervous system needs a break. This is a “Safe” before the “Sound” protocol, and it’s essential that you feel grounded before and throughout your session to maximize success.
We will develop an SSP listening plan that is individualized based on your needs. Given the small increments of time (5-30 minutes), some of the listening sessions may occur on your own at your convenience (if assessed to be safe and feasible).
How does the SSP work?
Based on Polyvagal Theory, the Safe and Sound Protocol is modulated vocal music designed to strengthen the neural network related to listening and feeling calm. Within this neural network is the very important vagus nerve. Our vagus nerve is responsible for your body’s “rest, regulation, restoration, and social engagement.” It also links the body to the brain and vice-versa.
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