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Extended Adolescence - When 25 Looks More Like 18: Clinical Strategies for Clients Struggling to Meet the Demands of Adulthood


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Speakers:
Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP |  Steve O'Brien, PsyD
Duration:
6 Hours 33 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jun 09, 2021
Product Code:
POS058030
Media Type:
Digital Recording
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Description

The interplay of new technologies, socio-cultural shifts, and educational stressors have created obstacles for young people like never before.

Research suggests that while today’s youth enter adolescence much sooner, they actually reach adulthood much later...resulting in an “extended adolescence.” Our traditional therapeutic tools now fall short, as we endeavour to help clients meet the demands of adulthood.

Watch award-winning author and international speaker Sharon Saline, Psy.D., and national trainer and child/family consultant Steve O’Brien, Psy.D., for an enlightening experience designed to redefine and redesign your treatment approach to help young people forge a path to adulthood.

You will learn strategies to:

  • Navigate ADHD, anxiety, autism and other obstacles to develop life skills
  • Reprogram the dopamine dependent brain
  • Cultivate openness and flexibility with Gen Z culture
  • Collaborate with well-intended but over-involved parents
  • Instil motivation to advance real-world engagement
  • Promote “connected independence” in young adults

This timely and engaging training will shed new light on Generation Z youth and equip you with practical, contemporary tools for empowering these young people to shift gears and move toward a rewarding and meaningful adulthood.

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Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP's Profile

Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP Related seminars and products


Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP, clinical psychologist and author of the award-winning book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life and The ADHD Solution Card Deck, specializes in working with neurodiverse children, teens, adults and families living with ADHD, learning disabilities, high-functioning autism, twice exceptionality and mental health issues. With decades of experience as a clinician, educator, coach and consultant, she translates complex information into accessible language and concepts that everybody can understand and apply in their lives. Her workshops offer practical, insightful strategies to improve managing workers, promote effective communication and increase productivity. She lectures and facilitates workshops internationally on topics such as understanding ADHD, executive functioning, anxiety, motivation and neurodiversity. Dr. Saline is a regular contributor to ADDitudemag.com and Psychology Today.com and a part-time lecturer at the Smith School for Social Work, and has been a featured expert on MASS Appeal on WWLP-TV. Her writing has been featured in numerous online and print publications including The Psychotherapy Networker, Smith College Studies in Social Work, Attention Magazine, Additude Magazine, Psych Central and Inquirer.com.

Learn more at www.drsharonsaline.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Sharon Saline maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Smith College School for Social Work. She is the founder and co-facilitator of Workshops at Northampton Area Pediatrics and is a consultant with the Greenwood School. Dr. Saline receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Sharon Saline is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Massachusetts Psychological Association, the Children and Adults with ADHD, and the Attention Deficit Disorder Association.


Steve O'Brien, PsyD's Profile

Steve O'Brien, PsyD Related seminars and products


Dr. Steve O’Brien is a clinical psychologist with close to 30 years of experience treating children, adolescents, and families in his Clearwater, Florida practice. His specialty areas include treatment for childhood anxiety and depression, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and divorced/blended family adjustment. Dr. O’Brien utilizes an integrative model which tailors treatment to the developmental level of both children and parents. His approach integrates individual child therapy with intensive parental and familial interventions. Dr. O’Brien has worked in a variety of clinical settings including community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, and medical clinics. He earned his PsyD at Nova Southeastern University and received specialized training in applied developmental psychology. Pediatric, child psychiatric, and school consultation is a significant part of his clinical work, and he is a frequent guest speaker in the Tampa Bay area. Dr. O’Brien previously worked as a continuing education provider for the Juvenile Welfare Board, and is a well-received speaker for PESI, training professionals primarily in the areas of child/adolescent mental health treatment and complex family issues.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Steven O'Brien maintains a private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Steven O’Brien is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Florida Psychological Association.


Objectives

  1. Evaluate relevant research on extended adolescence and emerging adulthood.
  2. Determine factors which promote normative vs complicated adolescent identity development.
  3. Evaluate the interplay of technological, societal, and educational stressors on the transition from adolescence to young adulthood.
  4. Distinguish how DSM-5™ disorders develop in adolescents hinder the “adulting” process.
  5. Choose therapeutic strategies for reducing symptom severity in young adults and for reducing systemic conflict.
  6. Design clinical interventions for common disorders of the Gen Z population.
  7. Employ therapeutic techniques for cultivating a growth mindset and resilience in young adults.

Outline

When 25 Looks More Like 18, Origins of Extended Adolescence

  • Psychosocial implications of a “Check-listed Childhood”
  • Plugged-in but disconnected: “The Loneliest Generation”
  • Short-term gratification for the dopamine dependent brain
  • Gender, race, privilege and other “identity influencers”
  • Interplay of technology, society and educational stressors
  • “Virtual Reality IS Their Reality”

Reaching Adolescents and Their Families

  • Tips for rapport building with Generation Z
  • Mindfully managing parental involvement
  • Build working alliances without alignments
  • Cultivate cooperation and bypass resistance

Modifying the Clinical Interview – What’s Changed

  • Model openness and flexibility with Gen Z culture
  • Distinguish between pathology and generational differences
  • Precursors to other disorders – are you seeing these traits clearly
  • Navigate more complex Identity exploration and confusion
  • Differentiate oppositional behaviour from healthy identity expression

Clinical Strategies for Clients Struggling with:
Anxiety - Social, OCD, Panic

  • Promote “real” interaction in a virtual world
  • Facilitate flexibility by reducing device dependent behaviour
  • Neutralize perfectionistic worry to combat outcome certainty
  • Reduce fears around healthy risk taking

Depression

  • Dealing with fallout of social media and cyber harassment
  • Reframe devaluing self-talk from negative online comparison
  • Mood-management and preventing isolation
  • Reduce desensitized views of self-harming thoughts/behaviours

ADHD

  • Social media boundaries to reduce impulsivity and negative consequences
  • Device management to reduce distraction
  • Self-structuring for time blindness
  • “Appointment-Making” for better follow through

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurodiversity

  • Social coaching to reduce “passing as neurotypical” stress
  • Brain-based, self-regulation strategies to manage overstimulation
  • Foster flexible self-view around gender identity and sexuality
  • Healthy routines to promote friendship, productivity and fun

Cultivating a Growth Mindset for Life

  • Teach tools for long-term resilience and self-advocacy
  • Determine need for other professional services
  • Advance healthy development in future generations
  • Research findings and limitations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • School Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Educators
  • Addiction Counselors

This workshop is intended for professionals working with clients 15-25.

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