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Jennifer Cohen Harper – Child Development Online Conference
Do you work with children who are unable to enjoy childhood to the fullest?
As adults, we reminisce about our carefree childhood: Playing in the park with our friends, strictly obeying the 5-second rule of fallen food, and that moment of pride as you master the challenge of riding a bike.
But the children you see in your office aren’t always experiencing the same joys. They are struggling with:
At times, it can feel as though you don’t have the tools you need to help these children grow and develop.That’s why we’ve spent the last year reviewing hundreds of strategies and techniques for child development. Not all of them were cost effective, some didn’t work well enough, and some just weren’t efficient enough.But among the techniques that failed were diamonds in the rough, and we’ve hand-selected the best professionals in the industry to develop the Child Development Online Course; an intensive online training filled with evidence-based practices that work.Through 13 intensive sessions, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to transform your practice and permanently change the lives of your clients.Don’t wait to get started. The kids in your practice don’t have years to get through trainings and therapies. They need your help now so they can move forward and find success as quickly as possible.Emotions and BehaviorAutism & ADHDAnxietySensory Modulation
And so much more!
10 Classroom Activities to Enhance Executive Function and Improve Task Completion
Presented by Lynne Kenney, Psy.D.
Using stories, case examples, and plenty of humor, Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., explains 10 simple, evidence-based classroom activities that will immediately transform your students’ learning. The activities and worksheets presented will help your students:
Improve pacing and memory
Learn encoding and retrieval
Improve motivation and attention
Learn preview and planning
Maximize homework approach, initiation and execution
10 Activities to Enhance Social-Emotional Literacy in the Classroom: Transform Student Behavior from Chaos to Calm
Presented by Lynne Kenney, Psy.D.
Take a detailed look into the cognitive science behind learning and memory, and discover 10 simple activities to enhance competence, confidence, communication and collaboration. You’ll also learn how to establish the new social-emotional literacy tool Bloom Your Room; A 50-piece art collection of tools and activities to teach social skills, kindness and empathy.
Yoga and Mindfulness: Brain Body Tools for Children and Adolescents
Presented by Barbara Neiman, OTR
Watch step-by-step demonstrations on how to use breathing, yoga poses, short meditations and guided imagery with children and adolescents with Autism, anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, and special needs. You will practice 2 breathing techniques, 2 hand placements for calming, a variety of simple yoga poses for attention, regulation and relaxation, and learn how to implement a short meditation and guided imagery.
ACEs: What You Need to Know TODAY About the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
Presented by Martha Teater, MA, LMFT, LCAS, LPC
Discover the research into what constitutes an adverse childhood experience (ACE) and measurable ways to track the effect of that trauma. You’ll also look at innovative trauma-informed approaches organizations and communities are taking to address the physical, psychological, economical and emotional consequences of ACEs.
Yoga & Mindfulness Based Practices to Support Children & Adolescents with ADHD
Presented by Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RYT, RCYT
Get practical ways to help the body and nervous system of children with ADHD, and fill your toolbox with concrete, easy-to-implement practices to help your clients develop their capacity for self-regulation and connect with their own strength. You’ll learn how to integrate the elements of yoga and mindfulness into 5 activities you can implement in your practice immediately.
The Emotional Intelligence of Asperger’s Syndrome: Interventions to Achieve Social and Personal Success
Presented by Timothy P. Kowalski, M.A., CCC-SLP
Explore Asperger’s syndrome impact on personal EQ competencies, such as self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, social awareness and social skills. You’ll learn how to develop appropriate goals and produce true positive change in these individuals with intervention strategies to:
Develop emotional awareness, self-assessment and self-confidence
Improve self-control, conscientiousness and adaptability
Strengthen empathy, service orientation and leverage
Promote communication, conflict management skills and bonds
Body Dysmorphia: The Hidden Disorder
Presented by Kimberly Morrow, LCSW & Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, M.S.W, LCSW-C
Through case examples, you’ll look at Body Dysmorphia and the devastating impacts it can have on your young clients. You’ll learn to identify the clues to pursue a diagnoses of BDD and explore the importance of pharmacotherapy in treating BDD. You’ll also learn how to implement 4 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and ACT skills to effectively treat a client struggling with BDD.
Social Anxiety: Step by Step Techniques to Overcome Fear, Shyness & Social Phobia
Presented by Kimberly Morrow, LCSW & Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, M.S.W, LCSW-C
Looking for a proven strategy for helping your clients develop the skills needed to decrease their anxiety and take back their social life? Get the step-by-step techniques of exposure and response prevention, a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and learn to develop appropriate exposures for social anxiety and encourage brave behavior.
Emerging Adults: Clinical Strategies to Gain Independence, Defeat Anxiety and Succeed in the Real World
Presented by Kimberly Morrow, LCSW & Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, M.S.W, LCSW-C
This session offers creative strategies and tools to engage your client in charting his or her own path to living a fulfilling and independent life. You’ll look at how the anxious brain can interrupt normal development of life skills and develop an appropriate hierarchy for exposure and response prevention.
How to Work with Children: A Sensory Approach
Presented by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L
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Using the 10 Core Elements of Good Sensory Interventions as your guide, you’ll look at strategies for therapists, educators and caregivers to deliver sensory interventions. Topics include: grading activities for the just-right challenge; making the child an ally and partner in interventions; keeping the child regulated; ensuring the child’s safety; and setting up the environment. You’ll also explore ways to seamlessly incorporate sensory input into the day.
Environmental Enrichment: A Sensory-Based Protocol to Reduce the Severity of Autism
Presented by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L
Through live demonstrations, you’ll learn how to customize, adapt and implement a sensory awareness and desensitization protocol for a child with autism of any age in a home or school setting. You will walk away with 34 rotating activities that develop the child’s awareness to hot/cold, visual, touch, vestibular and sound sensations.
Additional activities for speech, physical exercise and emotions are included and can be incorporated into the protocol.
Story-Based 4- and 7-Minute Workouts for the Classroom and Home
Presented by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L
Learn story-based High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) that are fun and will make children giggle as they get in shape. These routines make children strong and give them on-the-spot regulation. You’ll master three 4-minute classroom routines and a 7-minute home routine, and learn how to make your own FUNterval. You’ll also learn about High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and how intensive exercise helps children to self-regulate.
Sensory Enrichment: Using Everyday Activities to Calm Sensitivities and Sensory Craving
Presented by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L
Create activities for the fidgety child, the sensitive child and the unmotivated child. This workshop presents new ideas, activities and projects to keep children with sensory modulation disorder happily immersed in pleasant sensation. There will be live demonstrations with children showing desensitization techniques for sound, texture and food. Additional demonstrations include activities for sensory-immersion in textures such as yarn, wood and stone, and in in scent, color, and music. We also take a brief look at the latest evidence for sensory interventions.
Learning that Fits Your Schedule:
Get instant access to begin viewing the course at your own pace. Access all course videos and materials online forever. Plus, use the CE21 Mobile™ app to access the course content on-the-go, wherever and whenever you want on your mobile devices.
Interact and collaborate with other professionals in the online community through chat boards and online forums. Share your reactions, exchange ideas, ask questions, and network with your peers.
Complete your CE tests online. Once you pass, you can print your CE certificate online instantly — earn up to 19.5 CE hours.
