Amanda Crowder – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children & Adolescents: 2-Day Intensive Training

Amanda Crowder – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children & Adolescents: 2-Day Intensive TrainingDescription“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.Better still, you’ll have the opportunity to practice the application of what you’ve learned under Amanda’s expert supervision allowing its immediate incorporation into your clinical work.Watch Amanda during this workshop and finish feeling prepared and empowered to improve the lives of your most difficult-to-treat young clients with a creative, activity-based CBT approach!HandoutsManual (15.00 MB) 128 Pages Available after Purchase Additional Handouts — CBT Packet (4.41 MB) 18 Pages Available after PurchaseOutlineCBT for Children & AdolescentsCore componentsCase Conceptualization and Treatment PlanningIdentifying Core Belief Systems & Negative Thinking PatternsUnderstanding Cognitive DistortionsImplementing HomeworkBuild Rapport & MotivationThe Importance of Family EngagementThe Creation of Self-TalkParental ResistanceParental MisbehaviorCognitive SkillsRelationship CoachingCompetency BuildingBrain-based TherapyIdentify and Understand Cognitive DistortionsSkills to Modify Maladaptive ThinkingValidation to Improve EngagementFeelings Identification and Utilization to Improve Communication SkillsCultural & Developmental IssuesINTERVENTIONS:Childhood TraumaIdentify & DefineCognitive Narratives & Trauma StoriesUtilization of PlayAlliance Building & Reciprocal RelationshipsResilienceSymptom Relief & Coping MechanismsThe Use of Mind & BodyADHDAssessment, Diagnosis, & Use of MedicationsConcentration & Impulse ControlMetacognitionRelationships & Prosocial SkillsTime Management & Goal SettingSelf-RegulationBrain Breaks & Healthy HabitsAutismAssessment, Diagnosis, & Treatment PlanningFlexible ThinkingSensory IntegrationPerspective Taking & Relationship BuildingEmotional ExpressionManaging ExpectationsCreating Functional InteractionsSocial ThinkingODD, Conduct Disorder, Disruptive Behaviors, & AngerAssessment, Diagnosis, & Treatment PlanningAnger, Aggression, and DysregulationCommunicationBuilding Alliances & Positive RelationshipsEmotional Vocabulary & RegulationReframing ThoughtsCreate Peace & GratitudeBody Mindfulness & ControlAnxiety and OCDAssessment, Diagnosis, & Use of MedicationsExternalize & Define “Bad” WorryIdentify Body ReactionsAssertiveness SkillsProblem SolvingThe Need for ControlChallenging Thoughts & Perspective ChangingMindfulnessMood DisorderMood, Isolation, & Emotional ExpressionMood ChartingEmotional Vocabulary & RegulationReframe ThoughtsCreate Peace & GratitudeBody Mindfulness & ControlSelf-Injurious Behaviors, & SuicidalityAssessment, Treatment StrategiesSelf-Esteem & Confidence BuildingIdentify Negative Self-TalkProblem Solving & Coping SkillsFoster MotivationThe Impacts of Being HealthyParental SupportsIdentify Parenting StylesYour Kid(s) & Their Differing NeedsAttachmentReceive & Give LoveUtilize Choices as a Problem Solving SkillSet & Keep Limits & BoundariesStructure & RoutineHow to Structure Rewards & Punishments“Time Outs” for ParentsImprove Parent-Child Bonding/InteractionsSpecial CircumstancesThe Importance of CollaborationSchool ImplementationGroup ImplementationFacultyAmanda 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.