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Digital Seminar

Over 75 Quick "On the Spot" Techniques for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems


Faculty:
Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC
Duration:
6 Hours 11 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 15, 2024
Product Code:
POS051945
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Leaving nothing to the abstract, “75 Quick, ‘On-the-Spot’ Techniques for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems” will guide you through focused, clear and successful methods for treating children. Every professional who seeks to fill their toolbox with tested methods will finish this training with a wealth of fresh ideas and rejuvenated spirits.

If you do not have a lot of experience working with children and teens, you will finish with a defined strategy for success. If you are a seasoned professional, you will learn new tricks and techniques to re-energize and revitalize your practice!

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 6.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Faculty

Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC's Profile

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Dr. Christina Reese, LCPC, has been working with children and their families for over 20 years and uses play therapy, art therapy and cognitive behavior therapies to help families solve problems. She has been the director of an outpatient mental health clinic and has worked in private practice, as a court ordered therapist and in residential treatment centers. She works with a variety of diagnoses from ADHD to Oppositional Defiant Behavior, bipolar and mood disorders, and attachment disorders. She has her PhD in counselor education from George Washington University and is a licensed clinical supervisor. She has written six books on trauma and attachment and presented over one thousand hours of instruction on those topics.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Christina Reese maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Sheppard Pratt Health System. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Reese receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Christina Reese has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

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Objectives

  1. Utilize effective, clinical techniques for the treatment of behaviour disorders in children.
  2. Develop specific behavioural interventions that address the developmental stage of the child and adolescent.
  3. Appraise the efficacy of biologically-based interventions to address behavioural and emotional disorders in children.
  4. Analyse clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, ODD and Conduct Disorder as it relates to diagnosis.
  5. Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents.
  6. Analyse the diagnostic symptoms of behavioural/emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your choice of intervention strategies.

Outline

Behavioural Overview

Etiology

  • Nature v. nurture
  • Hormones, neuropsychology, behaviourism
  • Gender differences
  • “Eye of the beholder”

DSM-5® Updates

  • ADHD
  • Oppositional defiant disorder
  • Conduct disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Childhood anxiety and depression

Medication Interventions

  • Psycho-stimulants
  • Mood stabilizers
  • Anti-depressants/anti-anxiety
  • Atypical anti-psychotics
  • Illegal/illicit substances and treatment effects

Tools for Helping Behaviour Problems

Quick Techniques to Manage Anger

  • Time in!
  • Restitution
  • The peace table & empathy building
  • Actor/observer
  • Standing 8 count
  • Art of compromise
  • …And many more!

Quick Techniques to Manage Depression

  • Cut-n-paste
  • The mirror effect
  • Inside movie
  • Types of journaling
  • …And many more!

Quick Techniques to Manage Anxiety

  • Ceiling fan breathing
  • Set the clock
  • Progressive relaxation
  • Top dog/underdog
  • …And many more!

Quick Techniques to Manage Autism/Asperger’s

  • Facial expressions and social cues
  • Building a broader structure
  • The burrito
  • Island of Solace
  • …And many more!

Quick Techniques to Manage ADHD

  • Noise to the system
  • Anticipation
  • Therapeutic games
  • …And many more!

Techniques to Help the Client’s World

Parents/Caregivers and Teachers/Schools

  • Intentional dialogue
  • The listening jar
  • Time out/quiet time
  • Token economies/response cost (and avoiding pitfalls)
  • The good behaviour game

Manage Therapist Frustration

Limitations of Research and Potential Risks

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Teachers
  • School Guidance Counsellors
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses
  • School Administrators
  • Educational Paraprofessionals
  • Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children

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