Full Course Description

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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

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

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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

Program Information

Target Audience

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

Copyright : 04/28/2012

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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 : 05/24/2014

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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

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Target Audience

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

Copyright : 05/24/2014

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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

Program Information

Target Audience

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

Copyright : 05/30/2014

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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 : 05/30/2014

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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

Program Information

Target Audience

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

Copyright : 07/28/2012

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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

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Target Audience

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

Copyright : 04/01/2012

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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 : 04/08/2012

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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 : 04/14/2012

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