Calm – Safe and Sound Protocol
The Safe and Sound Protocol is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to reduce sound sensitivities and improve auditory processing, behavioural state regulation, and social engagement behaviours through filtered music.
The SSP’s effectiveness has been proven in a wide range of studies, most notably in two clinical trials involving children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Trial participants demonstrated statistically significant improvements in:
Emotional control
Behavioural organisation
Hearing sensitivity and listening
As a practical application of Polyvagal Theory, the SSP acts as a non-invasive, acoustic vagal nerve stimulator, helping to re-tune the nervous system to better support connection, collaboration and resilience. The SSP involves listening to specially filtered music through headphones alongside a provider, in-person or remotely. Suitable for children and adults, the SSP has demonstrated benefits for individuals with trauma, anxiety, sensory processing differences and more.
Developed by world-renowned researcher and Unyte’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Dr. Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory focuses on what is happening in the body and the nervous system, and explains how our sense of safety, danger or life-threat can impact our behaviour.
Understanding Polyvagal Theory gives us a scientific framework that can be applied through physiological, or “bottom-up” therapies, to help change and improve how we feel, think and connect with others.
Integrate
Our approach follows the natural sequence of nervous system development, starting with the primitive reflexes that form its foundation. These early reflexes are meant to integrate in infancy, but when they remain active, they can create gaps in the layers of development that sit above them, things like attention, focus, coordination, learning, and sensory processing.
We call this a functional disconnection: a gap between brain and body that often sits beneath the symptoms families come to us about. Through targeted movement work, we help the nervous system complete what it didn’t finish the first time round, building a stronger foundation for everything that follows.
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Accredited INPP™ Practitioner
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+ 20 years experience in education (BA of Ed)
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Safe & Sound Protocol Trained
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