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Prescrip)onsforHealthy,Happy,andStrongpeople–TheDolphinWay!
Dr.ShimiKangMD
ClinicalAssociateProfessor:UBC
Psychiatrist:BCWomen’sHospitalMedicalDirector:Child&YouthMentalHealth,Vancouver
#1BestsellingAuthor:TheDolphinWay,TheDolphinParent,TheSelf-Mo)vatedKidMom:Threefantas)c/exhaus)ngchildren!
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ThankyouEatonArrowsmith
Community
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FindingBalanceinanImbalancedWorld:
SimpleLifestyleChoicesthatPowerfully
ImpactNeuroplas)city
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simpleisnoteasyknowingisnotdoingdoingleadstobeing
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WeHumansAreInTrouble
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“Stressisthe#1
healthepidemic
ofthe21stcentury”
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-WorldHealthOrganiza)on
Stress->FreezeFight
Flight
->React
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The Dolphin Way TM
Whatoneskill=successfullife?
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Adaptability
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Differentadapta)ons
“Lemonsinto
lemonade”
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Adaptability=Neuroplas)city
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Howdowecul)vate
adaptability?
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P.O.D.
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Humanshaveunderstoodthevalueofplayformillionsofyears.
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Playislinkedtoourhighestlevelof
thinkingandfunc)oning.
• Emo)onalregula)on
• Abstractthinking
• Organizingthoughts
• Relevantvs.irrelevant
• Planningforfuture
• StrategicthinkingBrownandVaughan,NewYork:Avery,2009,112.
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“Play”canbetwotypes
Convergentplay:
structured,involves
rulesora“correct”
answer.
Divergentplay:
unstructured,free,
aboutexploring
differentwaysofdoing
things.
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Play!
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Play!
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Therearevarioussub-typesofplay
Na)onalIns)tuteofPlay
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PlayviaBodyMovement
Playingthroughmovementislinkedto:
• Innova)on
• Flexibility• Adaptability• Resiliency
Na)onalIns)tuteofPlay
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Playviabodymovementcanassistinthedevelopmentofthecerebellum
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UprightDoctor
Exercise
• PhysicalExercise,thesametypeseen
infreeplay,has
beenfoundto
increasethesame
neurotransmidersasADHD
medica)ons.
hdp://www.additudemag.com/adhd/ar)cle/3967.html
MovementandADHD
• ChildrenwithADHDhavebeenrepeatedlyfoundto
dobederontestswhen
theyareallowedto
“fidgetandmovefreely”
whileworking.
hdp://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/giving-kids-with-adhd-room-to-move-could-boost-test-scores-study/ar)cle24941450/
SocialPlay
Essen)alforthefeelingofbelonging.It
includes:
• AdunementPlay
• RoughandTumblePlay
• CelebratoryorRitualPlay
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Ithelpschildrenencodeanddecodesocialsignals.
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R.Ahernetal,TheBenefitsofPlayGoWellBeyondPhysicalFitness
RoughandTumblePlay
Hasbeenshowntobenecessaryforthedevelopmentand
maintenanceof:
• SocialAwareness• Coopera)on• Fairness
• Altruism
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Na)onalIns)tuteofPlay
RoughandTumblePlay
• PlayreducestheImpulsivity
normallyseenin
ratswithdamage
totheirfrontal
lobes.
Thereisa
connec)on
betweena
lackof
rough-and-
tumble
playand
ADHD
B.Azar,It’sMoreThanFunandGames
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Roughandtumbleplayaswellascelebratoryorritualplaycanassistinthe
developmentofthefrontallobe.
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BrainInjuryAlliance
PsychScene
ObjectPlay
objectmanipula)on
inchildhood
leadsto
higher
cogni)veskills.
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F.R.Wilson,TheHand:HowItsUseShapestheBrain,Language,andHumanCulture
Objectplaycanassistinthedevelopmentofthemotorcortex.
©MPIofPsychiatry
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Imagina)veandPretendPlay
Keytoenhancinga
child’scapacity
forcogni)ve
flexibilityand
crea)vity.
S.B.Kaufman,TheNeedforPretend
PlayinChildDevelopment
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Imagina)veandPretendplayassistsinthedevelopmentofawidespreadnetworkofneurons
calledthe“mentalworkspace”10.1073/pnas.1311149110
StorytellingPlay
Thistypeofplayhelpsusunderstandourselves
andthosearoundus.Na)onalIns)tuteofPlay
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Storytellingplayac)vatesareasinthebrainthat
wewouldusewhenactuallyexperiencingthe
eventsinthestory.LeoWidrich,TheScienceofStorytelling
10.1073/pnas.1008662107
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Nature
• Free)meinNaturehasbeenfoundtobe
verybeneficialfor
thosewithADHD:
• IncreasedConcentra)on
• Symptom
Reduc)on
• BederCogni)veFunc)on
• Calmnesshdps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201306/natures-rx-green-)mes-effects-adhd
Aregimenofsocial,boisterousplaycouldbeonewaytohelpchildrenwithaden)onandimpulsivity.
BrownandVaughan,Play:HowItShapestheBrain
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The Tiger, Dolphin, & Jellyfish
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FavoriteTeacher
FirmYetFlexible,LovewithLimits,Warmth&Control
FORWARD:SHOULDERTOSHOULDER
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Enhanced:aden)on
crea)vitymo)va)on
Produc)vity
problemsolvingmoralcompass.
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Ac)vatesthedefaultmodenetwork–
Wherecertainbiologicalprocesses
exclusivelyoccur.
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Adaptedfromformebesa
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Balance->
ConsciousChoices->
Interact
↑↑
Stress->FreezeFightFlight->
React
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