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Parenting with the Brain in Mind

OBJECTIVES

  1. Explain the "SIFT" strategy and how using this with children will help them make better decisions and be more flexible.

OUTLINE

  • Neuroscience
  • The Process of Integration
    • Choas or Rigidity
  • Left Brain vs. Right Brain Children

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/30/2012

Child Therapy without Problems: The Kids Skills Approach

OBJECTIVES

  1. Describe how to invite the child’s parents, teachers, and friends to help them master their new skills.

OUTLINE

  • The "Kids Skills" Approach
    • Effects
  • Praise and Encouragement
  • Techniques to Change a Child's Behavior

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 04/27/2012

Using Mindfulness and Meditation with Kids

OBJECTIVES

  1. Learn how to adapt mindfulness techniques to work for young clients.

OUTLINE

  • Child Therapy Approach
  • Foundational Tools
  • Balloon Breath Technique
  • "Special Place" Technique
  • Meditation
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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/23/2014

Busting the Myths of the Teenage Brain

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify how to integrate the latest brain development research into your work with teens.

OUTLINE

  • Myths of Adolescence
    • Risk-Taking Behaviors
  • Synaptic Connections and Neurons
  • Empowering the Client
  • Integration

Program Information

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/23/2014

Engaging Kids Who Hate Therapy

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify how to avoid common therapeutic pitfalls when working with resistant young clients.

OUTLINE

  • Neutrality
  • Natural Law Therapy
  • Cornerstone's of Janet Edgett's Work
  • Being Genuine with Adolescent Client
  • Giving Advice to Adolescent Clients

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/29/2014

Brain to Brain: Soothing the Traumatized Adolescent

OBJECTIVES

  1. Discuss why using “time-out” as a disciplinary tactic with kids is not always effective.

OUTLINE

  • Negative Sides of the "Time Out"
  • Teens and Handking Stress
  • Using Humor to Become Regulated
  • "Up-Regulation"
  • Adult Attachment Figures in Kid's Lives
  • Problems of Isolation

Program Information

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/29/2014

Parents, Children, and Anxiety: Changing the Family Dance

OBJECTIVES

  1. Explain how to work with parents and children to help normalize anxiety.

OUTLINE

  • Hypnosis Technique
  • The First Session with Kids with Anxiety
  • Teaching Kits to Talk Back to Their Anxiety
  • Parents and Anxiety
  • The 4 B's

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 07/28/2012

Reclaiming Parental Authority

OBJECTIVES

  1. Discuss and demonstrate concrete techniques to increase parental authority--even when teens refuse treatment.

OUTLINE

  • Today's Parental Authority
  • Helping Parents who Think They are "Held Hostage" by Their Kids
  • Parents Worst Fears
  • Helping Parents Regain Authority
  • Approaching School and Getting Involved with the Community

Program Information

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/31/2012

Family Therapy for the Postmodern Family

OBJECTIVES

  1. Discuss the advantages to working individually with a child.

OUTLINE

  • The Two Main Elements of Family Therapy
  • Parents Too Impaired to Benefit from Therapy
  • Getting to Know the Family Dynamic
  • Merging Spheres of Interest
  • Developing Ways to Create a Level Playing Field
  • Different Types of Play

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 04/07/2012

Attachment Issues and Stepfamilies

OBJECTIVES

  1. Describe some of the major challenges to connection and attachment created by “stepfamily architecture.”

OUTLINE

  • Misconceptions about Stepfamilies in the Media
  • First-Time Families vs. Stepfamilites
  • Athoritative Parenting
  • Adolescents Accepting Stepparents
  • Three Levels of Stepfamily Therapy
  • Dealing with the Stuck Insider and Stuck Outsider Dynamic

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Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 04/13/2012