Regulation and Caveman Brains: An Accessible Approach

Self Advocates Version

Understanding our brains makes understanding regulation easier. Regulation and the Caveman Brain is a simple, accessible approach to teaching neurodivergent and disabled individuals more about their brains and how regulation and dysregulation work.

Book this session for self-advocates you support.

This version of Regulation and the Caveman Brain is provided in a 90-minute workshop.

Cartoon of a caveman scratching his head standing in front of a cave. He has a bone through his nose.

Learning Goals

In this workshop you will

  • learn how to describe what you might do, think, or feel when you are using your caveman brain.

  • choose one regulating activity you can practice on your own or with help at home.

  • learn how to tell others what happens to you when you’re using your caveman brain and how they can help.

A dark blue nighttime background with stars in the sky. There is a black silhouette of two people at the top of a mountain with the clouds ringing the tops peaking out. The person on the top of the mountain is pulling the other one up by their hand

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