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Anxiety Treatment for Children & Adolescents – An Intensive Online Course
Online Course
$389.97 USD
$299.99
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Product Details
Format:
Online Course
Authors:
PAUL FOXMAN, PHD
KIMBERLY J MORROW, LCSW
DEBRA BURDICK, LCSW, BCN
ELIZABETH DUPONT SPENCER, MSW, LCSW-C
Publisher:
PESI Inc.
Copyright:
7/15/2016
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
VPC001120
Objectives
[+] [-] 049040 - An Intensive 2-day Workshop on Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents
  1. Describe how to use the “Three Ingredients” framework to explain how anxiety develops in children and adolescents.
  2. Recognize the role of family, schools, media, and global events in contributing to anxiety.
  3. Apply fun, engaging therapy activities to motivate your clients to change for each anxiety disorder.
  4. Apply a semi-structured child interview tips to develop targeted treatment plans.
  5. Describe four behavioral health recommendations to help all clients.
  6. Identify the pros and cons of prescription drugs and complimentary medicine for anxiety.
  7. Identify how to manage ethical risks with families of divorce.
  8. Describe a three-step process for teaching stress management skills to young clients.
  9. Apply group therapy activities to reduce social anxiety.
  10. Identify the “Floating Technique” for panic anxiety.
  11. Demonstrate exposure interventions to treat OCD, separation anxiety, social anxiety and phobias.
  12. Apply anxiety reduction techniques to yourself to be a motivating role model.

[+] [-] 049675 - OCD: Ten Best Treatment Strategies for Children & Adolescents
  1. Discover assessment tools to appropriately diagnose children with OCD
  2. Utilize exposure and response prevention skills to successfully treat kids with OCD
  3. Identify how to help kids and parents change the way they think about OCD
  4. Tell how working with the family and school system will help children through ERP treatment

Outline
[+] [-] 049040 - An Intensive 2-day Workshop on Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents
DAY ONE
Sources of Anxiety and Treatment Overview
  • What research tells us about therapy effectiveness applied to children
  • How anxiety develops in children: the “Three Ingredients Framework”
  • Biological sensitivity
  • Anxiety personality style
  • Stress overload
  • Treatment goals, strategies and recommendations
  • The baseball analogy for behavior change and symptom reduction
  • Behavioral health recommendations
Interventions: Stress Management and Anxiety-Regulation Skills
  • The 1st intervention: “3-S” process for stress management
  • Symptoms
  • Sources
  • Solutions
  • The 2nd intervention: anxiety regulation skills
  • “Relaxation Response”
  • Breathing practices
  • Mindfulness practices for children
  • Flow activities
  • Yoga games
  • Martial arts
  • “Baby Buddhas” meditation for preschoolers
  • Other approaches to self-regulation
School Recommendations, Medication, DSM-5® Classification, and Interventions for Separation Anxiety Disorder
  • Recommendations for schools
  • Pros and cons of medication
  • Nature’s remedies
  • Herbal treatments
  • Homeopathy
  • DSM-5® anxiety disorders: current updates
  • Separation anxiety
  • Normal separation process
  • Therapeutic exposure
  • “Helicopter,” “bulldozer” and “snowplow” parenting
  • Strategies to help parents let go
Interventions for Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorder
  • Generalized anxiety
  • Why we worry
  • Introducing language for new thought patterns
  • 9 strategies for replacing worry with alternative cognitive habits
  • Panic disorder
  • Diagnosis and treatment success rates
  • Agoraphobia component
  • Treatment metaphors
  • “Floating Technique”
  • “LifeSkills” Self-Help Program
DAY TWO
Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorders: expanded classification
  • Relationship between obsessions and compulsions
  • Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
  • Excoriation (skin picking)
  • Body dysmorphia
  • PANDAS (medically induced OCD: Pediatric Autoimmune Disorder Associated with Streptococcus Infection)
Interventions for Social Anxiety Disorder and Selective Mutism
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Selective mutism
  • Self-esteem issues and treatment
  • Social communication skills
  • Group therapy
Interventions for Phobias and Stressor- and Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Specific Phobias
  • Diagnosis and examples
  • Virtual realty exposure
  • Stressor and Trauma-related disorders
  • Expanded diagnostic classification
  • Attachment disorders
  • Adjustment disorders
  • Acute stress disorders
  • Trauma-related disorders
  • New frontiers in trauma treatment
Wrap Up
  • Therapy progress measures
  • Case consultations

[+] [-] 049675 - OCD: Ten Best Treatment Strategies for Children & Adolescents
Diagnosing OCD
  • Obsessions - Intrusive thoughts
  • Compulsions - Excessive ritualistic behaviors
Assessment tools for OCD
How to ask questions kids will answer
  • CYBOCS to assess and develop treatment plan
Explanation of the brain using kids language
  • The overactive amygdala
  • Using age - appropriate metaphors
Treatment of OCD using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Developing fear hierarchies
  • Creative ways to get kids to do exposures
Changing how kids and parents think about OCD
  • Anxiety as a paradox
  • Talking back to OCD
Teaching parents how to coach their child through ERP
  • Talking back to OCD
  • Using play techniques to face fears
Working with schools
  • Accommodations
  • Tips for teachers and guidance counselors
  • What strategies work
Termination
  • Relapse prevention
  • Goals for a final session
Resources

Author

PAUL FOXMAN, PHD

Paul Foxman, PhD has led hundreds of workshops throughout the US and Canada, and he has appeared on television and radio as an expert on the topic anxiety. His books include The Clinician’s Guide to Anxiety Disorders in Kids & Teens (PESI, 2016), Dancing with Fear (Hunter House, 2007) and award-winning The Worried Child (Hunter House, 2004). He also co-authored a casebook, Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders (with Glatzer) (Hunter House, 2002). Dr. Foxman’s most recent book, Traumas and Triumphs, was published in 2022. Dr. Foxman is known for his knowledge and clarity, sense of humor, compassion, and engaging speaking style.

Dr. Foxman is a clinical psychologist, as well as founder and director of the Vermont Center for Anxiety Care. In 1985, he co-founded the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne, VT, now flourishing form kindergarten through high school. Dr. Foxman has over 40 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings including hospitals, community mental health centers, schools, and private practice.

Dr. Foxman’s education includes Yale University (BA in Psychology), Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (PhD in Clinical Psychology), and training at the Department of Psychiatry of Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, the Kennedy Child Study Center in Nashville, and the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Paul Foxman is the founder and director of the Vermont Center for Anxiety Care. He is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Foxman receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Paul Foxman is a member of the Vermont Psychological Association and the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

KIMBERLY J MORROW, LCSW

Kimberly Morrow, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Erie, Pennsylvania. Graduating from Memphis State University with a Master’s in Psychology and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a Master’s in Social Work, Kimberly is a compassionate therapist, an anxiety expert, and a national speaker. She has been specializing in treating people with anxiety and OCD for over 25 years and teaching other professionals how to treat anxiety for over 15 years. Kimberly has given hundreds of presentations and workshops, including speaking at international conferences, providing a CBT certificate program, speaking to schools, and training thousands of master level clinicians throughout the United States. Kimberly is a graduate of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation's Behavior Therapy Institute. She is a member of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, chairing several committees. She is the 2012 recipient of the Clinician Outreach Award and the 2015 Member of Distinction Award from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. She is co-owner of AnxietyTraining.com, which provides online training and case consultation for therapists to have easy access to quality, evidenced-based training for anxiety and OCD. Kimberly is the author of Face It and Feel It: 10 Simple But Not Easy Ways to Live Well With Anxiety (Independent Distributors/Heaven-Sent Creative Concepts, 2011) and the co-author of CBT for Anxiety: A Step-by-Step Training for the Treatment of Fear, Panic, Worry, and OCD. (PESI, 2018). Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kimberly Morrow is the co-owner of AnxietyTraining.com and maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as an author with PESI Publishing. Kimberly Morrow receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kimberly Morrow is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

DEBRA BURDICK, LCSW, BCN

Debra Burdick, LCSW, BCN, also known as ‘The Brain Lady’, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a board-certified neurofeedback practitioner. Debra is an international speaker and author of the best-selling books, Mindfulness Skills Workbook for Clinicians and Clients: 111 Tools, Techniques, Activities & Worksheets, (PESI, 2013), Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens: A Workbook for Clinicians and Clients with 154 Tools, Techniques, Activities and Worksheets (PESI, 2014), ADHD: Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens (PESI, 2015) and Mindfulness Skills for Kids: Card Deck and 3 Card Games (PESI, 2017). She has taught mindfulness skills to her clients for over 25 years.

She recently retired from her private practice, and previously worked at the Child Guidance Clinic, Family Services, Child and Family Agency, and Lawrence and Memorial Hospital.

Debra incorporates mindfulness skills in all areas of her practice. She initially became interested in mindfulness to deal with a chronic illness (now thankfully healed). She found it so helpful in her own life that she started teaching her clients the skills she was using. She went on to develop clinical material on mindfulness skills and created a four-step process for working with clients using mindfulness that she perfected in her private practice and in an intensive outpatient program. Her clients have shown her that mindfulness skills improve the rate and quality of treatment outcomes.

Debra has presented numerous presentations, workshops, and teleseminars. She is often interviewed on Internet radio and telesummits and her work has been featured in The Day newspaper, Self-Improvement Magazine, and “Parenting Powers” television show.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Debra Burdick maintains a private practice. She is an author for Vervante publishers and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Debra Burdick contributes to SelfGrowth.com and receives no compensation.

ELIZABETH DUPONT SPENCER, MSW, LCSW-C

Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, MSW, LCSW-C, is a licensed clinical social worker and board approved supervisor. Trained as a cognitive behavioral therapist using exposure and response prevention for anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression, she has been in private practice for 25 years, working with children, adolescents and adults. Elizabeth is a member of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (IOCDF), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). She is a Clinical Fellow of the ADAA, and also received the 2012 Clinician Outreach Award and the 2017 Clinician of Distinction Award. Elizabeth is co-owner of AnxietyTraining.com with a mission to train clinician’s nation-wide in evidence-based treatments. A graduate of Columbia University in New York City, and the University of Maryland at Baltimore’s School of social work, she completed her clinical training at the National Institutes of Health and the Catholic University of America. She is the co-author of three books, The Anxiety Cure (2nd Ed., Wiley, 2003), The Anxiety Cure for Kids (2nd Ed., Wiley, 2014), and CBT for Anxiety and OCD: A Step-by-Step Training for the Treatment of Fear, Panic, Worry, and OCD (PESI, 2018). Elizabeth works in Rockville, Maryland.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Elizabeth DuPont Spencer maintains a private practice and is co-owner of AnxietyTraining.com, LLC. She receives royalties as a published author. Elizabeth DuPont Spencer receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Elizabeth Dupont Spencer is a member of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and the National Association of Social Workers.
Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of Entire Package
[+] [-] Combined Continuing Education Credit From All Components
Breakdown of Continuing Education Credits by Components
[+] [-] 049040 - An Intensive 2-day Workshop on Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents
[+] [-] 049675 - OCD: Ten Best Treatment Strategies for Children & Adolescents
[+] [-] 083175 - Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens
Audience
Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals, Addiction Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists/Occupational Therapy Assistants
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