Full Course Description
Module 1: Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children & Adolescents: Non-Medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors
OBJECTIVES
- Utilize clinical strategies to reduce the frequency, duration and severity of behavioral episodes that challenge therapists, educators, professionals and parents.
- Implement both proactive and reactive strategies for oppositional, defiant and disruptive behavior in children and youth.
- Discriminate between the clinical presentation of behavioral episodes & psychiatric symptoms to inform treatment.
- Communicate how a skilled observation of behavior informs your treatment approach.
- Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents.
- Effectively develop a behavior intervention plan and safety plan across all settings including home and school.
OUTLINE
Behaviors that Make Us Crazy
- Tantrums
- Running out/away
- Noncompliance
- Nagging
- Refusing to work/help
- Yelling/screaming
- Bullying
- Panic/anxiety reactions
- Lack of follow through
- Not following directions
Disorders
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- ADHD
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
Assessment
- The Functions of Behavior
- Fear based (Fight, Flight, Freeze or Submit)
- Escape
- Attention
- Sensory
- Pain
- Control
- Mental Health Disorder or Behavior Problem
- The power of skilled observations
- The interview
- Comparison to the group
- The FBA-Incredibly powerful assessment tool
- The art of choosing a diagnosis (if you have to at all!)
Treatment Strategies Part I
- Proactive
- Behavior plans
- Motivational incentives
- Set the stage for success
- Remember the initial goal
- Appropriately address the functions of the behavior
- Reactive
- P.C.P.
- Corrective measures
- It’s like playing chess in a tornado
Treatment Strategies Part II
- Specific Strategies for the Following Behavioral Challenges:
- Tantrums
- Running out/away
- Noncompliance
- Nagging
- Refusing to work/help
- Yelling/screaming
- Bullying
- Panic/anxiety reactions
- Lack of follow through
- Not following directions
Treatment Strategies Part III
- Specific Strategies for the Following Disorders:
- ODD
- ADHD
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
Treatment Strategies Part IV
- Special Populations & Circumstances
- Asperger’s Disorder
- Divorce, separation
- Abuse and neglect
- Parent misbehavior
- Foster care
Copyright :
23/02/2017
Module 2: ODD, ASD, ADHD & Mood Disorders: Over 50 Behavior-Changing Techniques for Children & Adolescents
OBJECTIVES
- Utilize effective clinical techniques for working with kids with behavioral issues, high functioning ASD, ADHD and mood disturbance.
- Determine how to promote “whole brain” change to improve clinical outcomes in children with verbal processing and auditory learning issues.
- Develop tools for daily mindfulness and self-regulation practice to improve child/adolescent level of functioning.
- Analyze the diagnostic symptoms of behavioral/emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your choice of intervention strategies.
- Dissect how to reduce power struggles & anger through CBT and validation techniques.
- Explore clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders and ODD as it relates to diagnosis.
OUTLINE
DSM-5® Updates & Making Effective Treatment and Academic Goals for:
- ODD/CD
- ASD
- ADHD
- Anxiety/Depression
- Trauma
- Substance Abuse
The Brain-Behavior Connection
- Executive Functioning
- Auditory Processing
- Emotion Regulation
- Sensory-Motor
Proven Treatment Techniques for ODD
- Environmental support to increase autonomy
- Self-Regulation to decrease arousal states
- Reverse aggression and inattention caused by technology and video games
- Promote healthy brain function with structured daily living practices
- Reduce power struggles and anger through CBT and validation techniques
- Foster positive peer involvement & altruism
- …and more
Proven Treatment Techniques for ASD
- Group and individual techniques for developing social skills of:
- Improved prosody
- Appropriate eye contact
- Awareness of personal space
- Effective use of gesture and posture
- Redirection from preoccupational interests
- Coping with transitions
Proven Treatment Techniques for ADHD
- Reduce excessive movement and climbing
- Improve executive functioning and attention to detail
- Develop an effective teaching/learning environment
- Promote fluid task shifting
- Develop “whole-brain” problem-solving skills
- Boost sensory regulation
- Effectively advocate for seating assignment, home/classwork planning, and task fatigue
- …and more
Proven Treatment Techniques for Anxiety/Depression/Trauma
- Inoculate anxiety in high pressure situations with behavioral tools
- Facilitate anxiety control and decrease escapism at school and home
- Reverse lethargy and withdrawal through
- CBT techniques
- Increase distress tolerance skills utilizing sensory tools and imagery Nurture mindfulness skills and prevent hopelessness and worthlessness
- Prioritize worries for mindfulness practice through narrative activities and engagement of acceptance and commitment
- Create hands-on tools for decreasing sensory sensitivity
- Teach body awareness
Copyright :
15/02/2017