Amanda Crowder – CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents

Amanda Crowder – CBT Toolbox for Children and AdolescentsDescription“Fix my kid.” This is the desperate cry of parents and caregivers who walk into your office seeking help.You start the therapeutic process with your go-to techniques. And your client progresses … for a while. But when they fail to make additional gains, or even regress, your skills as a therapist are put to the test. When all your usual tools have been exhausted, you’re left feeling helpless and wondering how to move forward.Breathe new life into therapeutic approaches for resistant and avoidant cases with creative, activity-based interventions grounded in the proven success of CBT!Amanda Crowder, LCSW, delivers an energetic, technique-heavy workshop that will give you the tools you need to harness the power of a creative, activity-based CBT approach. Amanda will provide the exercises and interventions she’s found most effective in improving outcomes for children and adolescents with disruptive behavior, trauma, ADHD, defiance, anger, anxiety, depression and family conflict.Case examples, activities and hands-on practice will enable you to easily integrate these essential skills in your practice and allow you to individualize them for a variety of disorders and temperaments. Evidence-based techniques help you to drastically increase children’s engagement in treatment, improve emotional functioning, strengthen relationships, maximize academic engagement, and minimize acting-out behaviors. Must-have strategies create an affiliation between you, the child, and family members – boosting parent/child satisfaction, motivation and retention in therapy.During this essential recording, Amanda will help you feel prepared and empowered to improve the lives of your most difficult-to-treat young clients with a creative, activity-based CBT approach!HandoutsManual – CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents (8.93 MB) 92 Pages Available after Purchase CBT Packet (4.42 MB) 20 Pages Available after Purchase Instructions for ASHA Credit – SELF STUDY ONLY – 12/07/18 (0.03 MB) Available after PurchaseOutlineCore ComponentsCase Conceptualization and Treatment PlanningIdentify Core Belief Systems & Negative Thinking PatternsUnderstand Cognitive DistortionsImplement HomeworkBuild Rapport & MotivationImportance of Family EngagementCreation of Self-TalkCognitive SkillsRelationship CoachingSkills to Modify Maladaptive ThinkingValidation to Improve EngagementIdentify & Utilize Feelings to Improve Communication SkillsCultural & Developmental IssuesLimitations of the Research & Potential RisksInterventions Childhood TraumaIdentify & DefineCognitive Narratives & Trauma StoriesUtilization of PlayResilienceSymptom Relief & Coping MechanismsADHDAssessment & DiagnosisConcentration & Impulse ControlTime Management & Goal SettingSelf-RegulationBrain Breaks & Healthy HabitsAutismAssessment, Diagnosis, & Treatment PlanningFlexible ThinkingSensory IntegrationPerspective Taking & Relationship BuildingManage ExpectationsODD, Conduct Disorder, Disruptive Behaviors, & AngerAssessment, Diagnosis, & Treatment PlanningAnger, Aggression, & DysregulationCommunicationBuilding Alliances & Positive RelationshipsEmotional Vocabulary & RegulationAnxiety and OCDAssessment, Diagnosis, & MedicationsExternalize & Define “Bad” WorryIdentify Body ReactionsAssertiveness SkillsThe Need for ControlMood DisorderMood ChartingReframe ThoughtsCreate Peace & GratitudeBody Mindfulness & ControlSelf-Injurious Behaviors, & SuicidalityAssessment, Treatment StrategiesIdentify Negative Self-TalkProblem Solving & Coping SkillsFoster MotivationParental SupportsAttachmentReceive & Give LoveChoices as a Problem-Solving SkillSet & Keep Limits & BoundariesStructure & RoutineRewards & Punishments”Time Outs” for ParentsFacultyAmanda Crowder, LCSWCalming Waters Counseling ServicesAmanda Crowder, LCSW, is co-author of the best-selling book CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents: Over 200 Worksheets & Exercises for Trauma, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression & Conduct Disorders (PESI, 2017). Amanda is an expert at moving evidence-based interventions into practical methods for application and moving research into action.She has created and adapted evidence-based interventions to work with the most challenging children, adolescents, and families in the most difficult situations. By helping to establish the Trauma Informed Care initiative within Carolinas Medical Center, Amanda has proven her leadership in moving clinical concepts into practice. Amanda runs a private practice in Charlotte, NC, and continues to work for Carolinas Medical Center within a crisis center and virtual mental health emergency room.Her specialties include depression, anxiety, trauma, behavioral issues, and family issues. Amanda uses realness, humor, and passion to build rapport with clients and audiences.Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Amanda Crowder is in private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Amanda Crowder has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.