CBT Toolbox for Children & Adolescents: Evidence-based Strategies to Target Specific Behaviors and Diagnosis

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Amanda Crowder, MSW, LCSW Related seminars and products

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Objectives

1. Formulate strategies to develop a therapeutic alliance that engage children and adolescents in easy, creative and effective therapeutic cognitive behavioral activities.
2. Integrate evidence-based CBT techniques to modify and change maladaptive behaviors.
3. Evaluate negative self-talk, thoughts, assumptions and core beliefs.
4. Choose emotional regulation activities that help children & adolescents strengthen their emotional language to reduce dysregulation.
5. Use approaches to engage families in the treatment of children and adolescents.
6. Utilize the CBT thought record and mood charting in order to enhance data-based decision making.

Outline

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Brief Overview

• CBT model and tools of change
• CBT’s influence on the evolution of other models
• Cultural and developmental limitations
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Enhance the Structure of CBT Sessions Concrete Strategies to:

• Build a therapeutic relationship
• Manage resistance and avoidance
• Differentiate between cognitive distortions and core beliefs
• Identify and disempower problematic negative beliefs
• Tailor identification and expression of feelings
• Provide psychoeducation and skills for parents
• Practice an “easy-to-follow” case conceptualization & treatment planning model

MUST-HAVE CBT TECHNIQUES, CASE EXAMPLES, ACTIVITIES, EXERCISES, AND HANDS-ON PRACTICE FOR:

Trauma

• Cognitive narratives and trauma stories
• Utilization of play
• Build resilience
• Symptom relief and coping mechanisms

ODD, Conduct Disorder, Disruptive Behaviors, & Anger

• Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning
• Anger, aggression, and dysregulation
• Communication
• Build alliances and positive relationships
• Emotional vocabulary and regulation

Anxiety, Depression & OCD

• Assessment, diagnosis, and medications
• Externalize “bad” worry
• Identify body reactions
• Assertiveness skills
• The need for control

Mood Disorder

• Mood charting
• Reframe thoughts
• Create peace and gratitude
• Body mindfulness and control

Self-Injurious Behaviors & Suicidality

• Assessment and treatment strategies
• Self-esteem and confidence building
• Identify negative self-talk
• Problem solving and coping skills
• Foster motivation

Parental Supports

• Attachment
• Receive and give love
• Choices as a problem-solving skill
• Set and keep limits and boundaries
• Structure and routine
• Rewards and punishments
• “Time outs” for parents

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Art Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Mental Health Professionals
• School Counsellors
• School Social Workers
• School Psychologists
• Educators
• Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Speech-Language Pathologists

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