Low Budget Therapy Solutions - Live Webinar
2022-11-04 06:00 - 08:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Highlights
Low Budget Therapy Solutions

Implement sensory integration strategies through problem solving to improve visual, auditory, and motor development
Select practical, inexpensive items that can be used to help engage the young child with autism

Imposter Syndrome: Treating Anxiety, Depression, and Burnout in Clients Who Feel Like Frauds - Live Webinar
2022-11-04 06:00 - 14:00
Today’s professional life of ever-changing roles, shifting responsibilities and new technologies to adapt to has left more clients than ever before struggling with imposter syndrome.
These clients, often outwardly successful, feel like undeserving frauds. Trapped in their own negative thoughts and never-ending self-doubt, many find themselves in your office struggling with anxiety, depression and burnout.
But treating these clients is tricky. They minimize their many abilities, shrug off their inner strengths and see themselves as unworthy – leaving you struggling to show them their true talents and value.
Lillian Gibson, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist who’s been helping clients escape the self-doubt and self-criticism of “not being enough” for over a decade. Now in this live one-day webinar you’ll get the tools you need to help clients overcome imposter feelings, treat their resulting anxiety and depression, and guide them to a life of self-confidence, peace, and self-assurance in both their work and personal lives.
With interactive exercises you can immediately use in your practice you’ll leave able to identify clients with imposter syndrome and capably move them past their stuck points. PLUS you’ll get specific guidance for working with the anxiety and depression that often plagues these clients using ACT and CBT.
Don’t wait to get up to speed on this rapidly growing client population.
Register today!

Infant Development, Occupations, and Cultural Influences - Live Webinar
2022-11-04 15:00 - 17:00
Course Highlights
Infant Development, Occupations, and Cultural Influences

Review the influence of cultural factors on infant development and engagement in occupations
Integrate learning to your therapy (OT/PT/SLP) practice through engaged discussions

Functional Vestibulo-Ocular Skills in The School Setting - Live Webinar
2022-11-05 15:00 - 17:00
Highlights

Essential knowledge needed to confidently assess and report on functional visual abilities in the school setting
Building foundational concepts to complete functional clinical observations of visual behavior

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Tapping: Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Treatment Approach to the Anxiety Spectrum Disorders - Live Webinar
2022-11-07 06:00 - 14:00
What do you do with anxiety and trauma clients who do not improve?
The anxiety spectrum exemplifies the disorders where emotions override thought. Fragmented memories get stored in the body. The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) collapse this uncomfortable emotional and physical reactivity, freeing a path for spontaneous insights and clearer thinking.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a comprehensive mind-body treatment that desensitizes three areas: unwanted thoughts, emotions, and physical reactions. EFT combines physical interventions derived from restorative (self-applied) acupressure theory with cognitive interventions.
EFT is an evidence-based practice with over 100 published studies. One published study demonstrated a 24% decrease in cortisol (stress hormone) level in the EFT group (Energypsych.org). EFT is an effective brief therapy and belongs in every therapist’s tool box.
Transform your clinical excellence. Bring EFT into your practice and treat resistant problems that other methods failed.
This seminar focuses on cutting-edge techniques of EFT to treat the anxiety spectrum disorders, including:

Phobias
Generalized Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder
Panic
OCD
Acute Traumatic Stress Reactions

These mind-body methods are emerging into mainstream mental health, trauma treatment, coaching, employee assistance programs, and sport psychology arenas as a rapid, effective, non-invasive, calming, desensitizing tool. Do not miss this opportunity to learn evidence-based techniques you can use immediately with your clients and improve treatment outcomes.

Differential Diagnosis and Conceptual Framework to Improve Pediatric Motor Disorders - Live Webinar
2022-11-08 07:00 - 14:00
Highlights

Formulate a working diagnosis with simple observations in infants and children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Turn your assessments into a performance based treatment plan that includes positioning, exercise activities, tone management and orthotic selection
Hands-on labs and case studies for functional classification, decision making and intervention selection for children with different levels of abilities
Motivation strategies and resources to help parents and caregivers manage challenges and maintain or progress their child’s level of function

2-Day: Advanced CBT Training: Evidence-Based Interventions for Chronic Anxiety, OCD, Depression, Trauma and PTSD - Live Webinar
2022-11-08 07:00 - 2022-11-09 15:00
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence based treatment that is one of the most effective treatments for chronic, recurring, and challenging mental health issues such as:

Anxiety
OCD
PTSD
Depression

Now, the opportunity is yours to learn this powerful modality in a comprehensive online course from CBT expert and author John Ludgate, PhD. Dr. Ludgate is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and trained under Cognitive Therapy’s founder Dr. Aaron Beck at the Center for Cognitive Therapy.
In this intensive online CBT training course, you’ll be provided with a proven set of clinical tools and skills that can enhance your practice – from the basic CBT you might have learned early in your career to more advanced CBT techniques applied to a range of disorders.
CBT techniques can sometimes seem deceptively simple to apply but in actual clinical practice it requires demonstrable skills in three areas.

Conceptualizing client’s presenting problems from a CBT perspective,
Selecting appropriate interventions consistent with the case formulation, and
Delivering these interventions and techniques systematically and with maximum effectiveness.

This training will assist you in developing skills in all three areas.
Dr. Ludgate will show how to overcome common obstacles frequently encountered in doing CBT with clients with different disorders.

Improve your clients’ therapeutic experience with CBT interventions that are consistently shown to be effective.
Utilize a fresh set of clinical tools and skills that can improve your practice, and treatment outcomes.

LIVE WEBINAR Certification Course: The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox: Over 60 Interventions to Promote Healing & Hope Among Grieving Children, Adolescents & Adults - Live Webinar
2022-11-09 08:00 - 16:00
Grieving clients have some of the most heartbreaking stories that we see as clinicians. Your client’s world has been toppled following the loss of a loved one, and in addition to missing that person, your client is now questioning what they know about themselves and the world. Paralyzing grief has made even the simplest tasks difficult for them, and you’re overwhelmed because nothing that you do seems to help.
Join Dr. Erica Sirrine, Ph.D., LCSW, FT, as she walks you through over 60 interventions that you can use to help your grieving clients find hope and heal. Drawing on her expertise as a bereavement counselor and educator, Dr. Sirrine blends remarkable case studies with creative intervention strategies for an engaging and unforgettable workshop that will arm you with the skills you need to be an effective therapist for grieving clients.
Whether your client is experiencing feelings of premature grief due to the anticipated death of a loved one, pain and loss following a divorce, or feelings of disbelief and shock following a traumatic death, this workshop will prepare you to skillfully intervene.
Attend this live webinar and discover:

Over 60 interventions to help clients mourn, reconcile their losses & discover hope
Assessment & treatment techniques for children, adolescents & adults
Session topics & treatment approaches for individuals, groups & families
Strategies to treat clients dealing with anticipatory grief
Techniques & ideas for facilitating bereavement groups & grief camps

Best of all, upon completion of this live training, you’ll be eligible to become a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification lets colleagues, employers, and clients know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of grief counselling. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CGP for details.
Register today to discover the ultimate grief treatment toolbox and revolutionize your treatment of grieving clients!

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $99.99 value)!
Simply complete this live event and the post-event evaluation included in this training, and your application to be a Certified Grief Informed Professional through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

Attendees will receive documentation of CGP designation from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program.
*Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CGP for professional requirements.

LGBTQ Youth: Clinical Strategies to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Live Webinar
2022-11-10 07:00 - 15:00
A 9-year-old boy took his own life, just days after coming out to his peers as gay, due to the severe bullying he received. Sadly, he is not alone, suicide rates among LGBTQ youth are rising at an alarming pace.
As a clinician, how do you approach a sensitive topic like gender identity without offending your clients? How do you navigate the LGBTQ spectrum, with its unique terminology and challenges? How are you supposed to help an LGBTQ youth client when their parents are not on board?
You are not alone in struggling with these types of questions. Join expert and author, Deb Coolhart, PhD, LMFT as she draws on her nearly 20 years of working with LGBTQ youth. Deb will show you effective clinical strategies for:

The coming out process
Bullying
Suicide, anxiety, shame, depression, self-harming
Making healthy choices
Thriving in school
Developing support networks

Working with these youth and families can be complex, requiring the balance of many seemingly opposing viewpoints. As a clinician, there is nothing more rewarding than facilitating these changes and watching families discover their own path towards understanding.
Help LGBTQ kids and adolescents know that it’s their right to be themselves!

Suicide and Self-Harm in Adolescents: Effective Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Young People in Crisis - Live Webinar
2022-11-10 08:00 - 16:00
Helping young people heal is your greatest reward.
But when treating adolescents with depression, anxiety, and trauma the full extent of their suffering is not always obvious. Many in distress wear a mask of strength while secretly harming themselves or hiding their struggle with thoughts of suicide. You worry that you could be missing critical signs.
This seminar will provide you with the assessment tools you need to unmask self-harming and suicidal thoughts, adapt interventions from DBT and CBT to work with the distinct challenges of treating suicidal and self-harming adolescents, and manage the specific confidentiality and liability issues that accompany working with minors.
There’s too much at stake to be unprepared!
Sign up today and leave this critical program confident and capable in using these vital assessment tools and treatment techniques to bring hope and healing to vulnerable young clients!

Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors - Live Webinar
2022-11-10 09:00 - 17:00
Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger’s, anxiety, mood and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical and parenting challenges. Attend this seminar and learn new, effective non-medication strategies for your client’s most challenging behaviors including:

Tantrums
Running out/away
Noncompliance
Nagging
Refusing to work/help
Yelling/screaming
Bullying
Panic/anxiety reactions
Lack of follow through
Not following directions

You will walk away with immediate strategies for out of control behaviors and techniques for emotional regulation along with long-term treatment strategies to help kids at home and school. Robert Marino is a clinical expert and has worked with the most challenging kids both in clinical and school settings. Through the use of case studies and action oriented handouts, you will leave this seminar with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around.

Today's Best Treatments for the Upper Extremity: Rapidly Resolve Hand, Wrist & Elbow Problems with Ease - Live Webinar
2022-11-14 08:00 - 15:30
When you’re working with upper extremity patients, sometimes progress can feel like an uphill battle.
Many patients have difficulty describing upper extremity symptoms, so localizing the problem can be a challenge. Scar tissue and edema often limit tissue gliding so much that it interferes with exercises and functional tasks. And when standard treatment protocols fall short of expectations, this can leave your patients frustrated, pained by activities that give them purpose, and resigned to surgical options.
But with the latest advances in upper extremity rehabilitation, helping your patients achieve their functional goals is easier than ever.
Sign up now for this hands-on live webcast, and learn how to get to the root cause of impairment faster with a comprehensive assessment that combines the best evaluations currently available. Revolutionize your therapy toolbox with innovative interventions you can use immediately to accelerate progress. And design advanced plans of care for a variety of common upper extremity diagnoses, fluently combining techniques for optimal outcomes.
Join the former president of the American Society of Hand Therapists, Kristin Valdes, for this live webcast as she guides you through a proven framework for upper extremity rehabilitation that has helped countless patients regain lost function and rediscover life without the pain.

Autism: De-Escalate Meltdowns and Diffuse Explosive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents - Live Webinar
2022-11-16 06:00 - 14:00
Do you work with children and adolescents with autism who exhibit explosive behaviors that interfere with their ability to effectively and efficiently navigate their environment? They appear willful, obnoxious, over reactive, and unfeeling. They lose control of their ability to cope or regulate their behavior, which can send them spiraling into a gut wrenching meltdown.
Join autism expert Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S., for this live seminar and learn proven strategies and techniques to help children and adolescents with autism de-escalate before a full blown meltdown ensues, develop self-control and self-management skills to prevent future meltdowns and learn appropriate/replacement behaviors. Dozens of strategies will be taught through dynamic video case examples and demonstrations. “Teach them in the way they learn” will be a mantra throughout the seminar.
Walk away from this live seminar with these interventions and more:

Breathe card and emotions chart to develop self-control and self-management skills
Surprise cards, change of schedule cues and transition markers to alleviate anxiety
Video modeling and role playing to improve social/emotional communication
First person stories and visual cues to promote positive behavior
Visual cues, music and software designed to increase attention and focus
Social stories, social scripts and emotions charts to develop self-regulation
SOCCSS, keychain rules and t-charts to target challenging behaviors

Sleep and Mental Health: Non-Medication Interventions to Restore Sleep Quality and Improve Clinical Outcomes - Live Webinar
2022-11-21 06:00 - 14:00
How many of your clients have sleep issues?
Or maybe the real question is how many of your client don’t?
Where we used to think mental health problems caused insomnia, we now know that the relationship is more circular than casual. Risky and addictive, drugs aren’t the answer. But without addressing sleep issues, and intervening in this vicious cycle, your treatment plans for mental health issues will likely be less effective and yield less successful outcomes.
You CAN help your clients improve their sleep and make your treatment of mental health issues more effective than ever before … and you don’t need to be a sleep expert to do it!
Whether you work with anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar or any other disorders, this one-day training will give you the sleep assessment tools and treatment techniques you need to guide clients out of their sleep deprived world so you can improve clinical outcomes.
Attend this training and discover how you can:

Naturally improve sleep in clients without the use of addictive medication
Identify sleep disorders and differentiate them from mental health symptoms
Improve sleep for clients of all ages – from kids to adults
Snap clients out of sleep-depriving habits with behavior changing exercises

Sign up today, and add a new tool to your toolbox to bring greater healing to your clients through the power of sleep!

Neuroscience for Clinicians: New Brain Science for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse - Live Webinar
2022-11-29 05:00 - 13:00
Neuroscience has given us incredible insights into the workings of the brain and its connection to our mental health. Recent research reveals that neuroplasticity takes place all through life, so you can offer hope for real change no matter how long your client has suffered. But talking to your clients about their brain and what’s happening inside it is often difficult or overwhelming.
Learning how to not only communicate with clients about the brain but what specifically is going on inside of theirs has immense value in improving interventions and client compliance. Making neuroscience a must have in every clinician’s toolbox when looking for creating lasting change.
In this workshop you will participate in enjoyable learning experiences that provide you with the clear principles and background you need for utilizing neuroscience in your work. You will learn:

Ways to talk with your client about what’s going on in their brain
How to refine interventions and learn new ones through brain science
The ways that therapy and relationships help regulate stress
How and where neuroplasticity occurs, and ways to use it therapeutically
Strategies for using CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and Polyvagal Theory to overcome resistance, activate creative responses, and turn problems into potentials
Ways to add new dimensions to each therapy session and initiate lasting change using top-down, bottom-up, and horizontal methods

Easily and confidently incorporate these effective neuroscience techniques and tools into your very next treatment session!

Creating Visual Supports for Children with Autism - Live Webinar
2022-12-01 15:00 - 17:00
Course Highlights
Creating Visual Supports for Children with Autism

Ideas and strategies that help children with autism spectrum disorders through sensory integration, communication, behavior, daily living, social skills, and education
Develop visual supports, schedules, and social stories that can benefit young children with autism
Select practical visual supports that can be used to help engage the young child with autism

Older Adult SIS meeting - Hybrid or In Person
2022-12-01 18:00 - 20:00
What: Join us for an informal follow up from the Arizota Fall conference dementia tract lead by Monika Lukasiewicz, OTR/L
This is a hybrid meeting (in-person & zoom). Join us for an informal follow up from the ArizOTA fall conference lead by Monika Lukasiewicz.

Location

Town Center by Oakwood Creative Care 247 North Macdonald Mesa, AZ 85201
Zoom Link: HTTPS://US02WEB.ZOOM.US/J/427692076
MEETING ID: 427 692 076

Smart But Scattered: Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School - Live Webcast
2022-12-02 07:00 - 15:00
Children who have deficient executive skills often have trouble getting started on tasks, get distracted easily, lose papers or assignments and forget to hand in homework. They make careless mistakes, put off work until the last minute and have no sense of time urgency. Workspaces are disorganized and teachers often refer to their backpacks or lockers as “black holes.” Often considered chronic underachievers, these children are at risk for academic failure as well as emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Dr. Dawson, co-author of the best-selling books Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, 3rd Ed. (2018), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (2013, Guilford) uses case examples along with interactive discussion to demonstrate how the executive skills manifest in daily home and school activities. Learn how to assess these skills and take home evidence-based strategies to help children and adolescents overcome executive skills weaknesses.
Leave this seminar with a set of tools that includes strategies for task/environmental modifications, skill development through cognitive/behavioral techniques and creation of incentive systems. You will be able to give teachers and parents a means for developing and improving the following:

Organization
Time management
Impulse control
Goal-directed persistence
Executive skills critical for independent functioning

Social Anxiety and Perfectionism: Clinical Tools to Let Go of Unrealistic Standards and Build Real Connections - Live Webinar
2022-12-02 07:00 - 15:00
Your clients with perfectionism are in a no-win situation, and it can feel like you’re stuck there with them.
When perfectionism exacerbates social anxiety, your clients struggle to stand up for themselves – to assert their needs in high-stakes situations – and seek assistance from others. Their lives are one missed opportunity after another.
When your clients fail to meet their own unachievable standards, they maintain that being hard on themselves is necessary for success – despite your attempts to soften their self-criticism and educate them on how it impairs performance.
When you highlight their victories, they reset the bar and insist that the standards weren’t demanding enough in the first place.
The toolbox for social anxiety treatment that you already have is incomplete if it doesn’t have strategies to shift perfectionism.
Join distinguished expert Dr. Martin M. Antony for this unique one-day training that provides practical, step-by-step, evidence-based strategies for helping clients overcome perfectionism-driven social anxiety. You will learn to:

Deliver concrete cognitive strategies tailored to create positive change for clients who struggle with unreasonable social standards
Overcome common roadblocks to exposure therapy and utilize exposure exercises to increase social interaction
Connect clients with their values as a source of motivation for shifting both their perfectionistic mindset and their social behaviors

Your clients need your help to address unrealistic standards and build real connections. Get the cutting-edge strategies you need to make a difference in their lives. All with our 100% Satisfaction guarantee. Register today!

Extended Adolescence - When 25 Looks More Like 18: Clinical Strategies for Clients Struggling to Meet the Demands of Adulthood - Live Webinar
2022-12-02 09:00 - 17:00
The interplay of new technologies, socio-cultural shifts, and educational stressors have created obstacles for young people like never before.
Research suggests that while today’s youth enter adolescence much sooner, they actually reach adulthood much later…resulting in an “extended adolescence.” Our traditional therapeutic tools now fall short, as we endeavor to help clients meet the demands of adulthood.
Join award-winning author and international speaker Sharon Saline, Psy.D., and national trainer and child/family consultant Steve O’Brien, Psy.D., for an enlightening experience designed to redefine and redesign your treatment approach to help young people forge a path to adulthood.
You will learn strategies to:

Navigate ADHD, anxiety, autism and other obstacles to develop life skills
Reprogram the dopamine dependent brain
Cultivate openness and flexibility with Gen Z culture
Collaborate with well-intended but over-involved parents
Instill motivation to advance real-world engagement
Promote “connected independence” in young adults

This timely and engaging training will shed new light on Generation Z youth and equip you with practical, contemporary tools for empowering these young people to shift gears and move toward a rewarding and meaningful adulthood

Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: What Every Clinician Needs to Know - Live Webinar
2022-12-05 06:00 - 14:00
“I’m too fat.” “I’m on a diet.” “Today is a cheat day.” Once I lose weight, I’ll be happier.” “My eating is out of control.”
This kind of language runs rampant in our society and has no doubt made its way to your office. Clients who struggle with weight and food issues get caught in a vortex of shame, preoccupation and hopelessness. Trapped between the rigidity of dieting and the chaos of overeating, every day can be an emotional battle that may exacerbate or even result in low self-worth, eating disorders, anxiety or depression.
Treatment of these issues is more than a matter of weight loss or self-control. In fact, many times these very interventions do more harm than good!
Join Judith Matz as she shows you how to help your clients identify the shame that is woven into the diet-binge cycle, challenge unhelpful thoughts and feelings, and repair dysfunctional relationships with food – no willpower necessary!
Packed with practical tips and backed by research, this comprehensive 1 day seminar will teach you how to:

Identify issues related to food, weight and body image in your very first session.
Utilize CBT, mindfulness and attuned eating strategies to transform shame into empowerment.
Discover personal bias and attitudes that may be counterproductive to the therapeutic process.
Help clients develop a healthy framework that ends out of control eating and is not subject to fad diets.
Learn why clients get stuck in the diet/binge cycle and how to finally break it.

Sign up today!

The Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques: Updated Strategies to Help Even the Most Challenging Clients - Live Webinar
2022-12-05 07:00 - 15:00
Helping your clients overcome anxiety is challenging. You’ve tried the common techniques but aren’t confident you applied them correctly and worse, your client is still struggling. If you’re feeling frustrated and unsure of what to do next? Then don’t miss this opportunity! Join neuroscience and anxiety expert, Dr. Daniel van Ingen as he teaches you the 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Techniques and help you master:

Applying the techniques with difficult cases
Using the techniques with different age groups
Treating clients with co-morbid diagnosis
Options to use with groups and individuals that work in every clinical population
Applying the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation and the default mode network to create successful exposure therapies and reduce rigid, anxious thought process

This fresh approach will give you a complete set of tools to work with anxiety symptoms. You’ll learn what the latest research has proven and you’ll be confident that you can apply these techniques in clinical practice. Most importantly, Dr. Daniel van Ingen’s pragmatic approach will provide you with practical strategies you can immediately use with all clients.

2-Day Conference: Play Therapy: Engaging Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Trauma - Live Webcast
2022-12-05 07:00 - 2022-12-06 15:00
Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders are on the rise! Tantrums, anger, defiance, threatening behavior …
How can we as therapists more effectively decrease acting-out behaviors and help repair, rebuild and create strong parent-child relationships?
Join me, Clair Mellenthin, expert in child and family trauma and attachment, as we dive into the impact of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder on children, teens, and their families. You’ll learn effective, powerful, evidence-based play therapy interventions including guided imagery, mindfulness, expressive arts, and sand tray play – all of which include parent-child relationship enhancement activities.
This workshop will show you how:

the impact of attachment plays a role in the etiology in childhood disruptive behavior disorders
to utilize attachment-centered play therapy techniques to treat these diagnoses in children
to strengthen parent-child relationships
to improve overall self-esteem and confidence – giving the child tools to control their challenging symptoms and help heal the family system.

Register today to explore the power of play therapy – and incorporate these strategies into your mental health practices with young clients and their families!

Supporting Self-Regulation Development in Young Children - Live Webinar
2022-12-05 13:00 - 15:00
Course Highlights
Supporting Self-Regulation Development in Young Children

Strategies to support child development sequences through natural learning opportunities
Providing children with a sense of security and belonging through daily interactions and meaningful experiences to promote trust and self-confidence
Encouraging consistency with daily routines to best support child success – allowing flexibility as needed with individualized treatment planning with family identified priorities
Evidence-based coaching strategies and reflective practice to empower families and caregivers in a variety of environments

Supporting Self-Regulation Development in Young Children - Live Webinar
2022-12-05 13:00 - 15:00
Highlights

Strategies to support child development sequences through natural learning opportunities
Providing children with a sense of security and belonging through daily interactions and meaningful experiences to promote trust and self-confidence
Encouraging consistency with daily routines to best support child success – allowing flexibility as needed with individualized treatment planning with family identified priorities
Evidence-based coaching strategies and reflective practice to empower families and caregivers in a variety of environments

The Sensory and Sleep Connection - Webinar
2022-12-06 12:00 - 14:00
The American Academy of Pediatrics (2020) estimates 25-50% of all children and 40% of adolescents are affected by sleep problems. Since so many children suffer from sleep issues, it is essential for all healthcare providers to recognizethat sleep problems in children: can mimic symptoms of ADHD; cause depression and anxiety; may be linked to depressed immune responses; and in recent studies show a link to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity (Sleep Foundation, 2021). Adolescents who get an inadequate amount of sleep struggle more academically and have a higher incidence of mental health problems (Colrain &Baker, 2011). Daytime and evening activities also improve orinterfere with sleep quality. Using active learning strategies, participants will be able to provide caregiver education andwill learn evidence-based sleep routine and hygiene recommendations and strategies to support improved sleep-in pediatric clients. Promoting improved sleep-in pediatric clients improves family relationships and children’s success engaging in other important daily occupations.
Highlights

Evidence-based strategies to support improved sleep
Implementing balanced screen/activity time, routines, and better sleep hygiene that promotes immediate change in sleeping patterns
Addressing the negative impacts of inadequate sleep inthe pediatric population through the latest evidence, treatment strategies, and case studies

Solving the Handwriting Puzzle - Live Webinar
2022-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Highlights

Effective strategies to build student self- esteem
Confidently address various handwriting deficits such as spacing, handwriting pressure, reversal, and hand dominance
Easy to incorporate interventions to progress handwriting therapy to successfully meet goals

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Making AT for Educational Success: A “Hands On” Make and Take Workshop with Therese Willkomm
2022-12-08 08:00 - 15:30
Greetings,
The Arizona Department of Education Assistive Technology (AT) team is excited to announce our next 2022–23 national presenter: Therese Willkomm, PhD. This workshop is designed for special educators and related service providers.
Making AT for Educational Success: A “Hands On” Make and Take Workshop
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Time: 8:00 a.m.−3:30 p.m.
Fee: $26 (breakfast and lunch included)
Where: Roosevelt School District Wellness Center
Address: 1030 E Baseline Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85042
About Therese Willkomm
Dr. Therese Willkomm, PhD, is the Director of New Hampshire’s State Assistive Technology Program with the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Dr. Willkomm is clinical associate professor emeritus in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She developed, coordinated, and taught the assistive technology courses for the Graduate Certificate Program in Assistive Technology for 23 years. She is known nationally and internationally for her innovative strategies for creating solutions in minutes. She has designed and fabricated over two thousand solutions for individuals with disabilities. She has presented her work in forty-two states, ten foreign countries, and three U.S. Territories and has authored over twenty publications, including her recent book, Assistive Technology Solutions in Minutes Book 3: – “Make Stuff and Love People.”
Workshop Description:
This workshop will explore hundreds of assistive technology solutions that can be made in minutes using everyday tools and materials. Each participant will make ten different multi-use assistive technology solutions, including solutions for: reading, writing, communicating, vision, physical access limitations, life skills, self-regulation, and tabletop mounting/stabilizing solutions. Attendees will receive a copy of Dr Willkomm’s latest book, Assistive Technology Solutions in Minutes Book 3: – “Make Stuff and Love People.”

Autism: Across the Spectrum - Live Webinar
2022-12-09 06:00 - 13:00
Course Highlights
Autism: Across the Spectrum

50 Hands-on therapy tools and strategies that help children with autism spectrum disorders through sensory integration, communication and language, behavior, social skills, and education
Receive ready-to-use handouts, checklists and inexpensive therapy strategies to make your work easier and more efficient from a certified SLP and mother of a child on the spectrum
Case studies and videos to support families and children in daily living solutions that will help in the school, home and community
Sensory integration problem solving and treatment solutions available to children with autism spectrum disorders as presented in young children
Understand early patterns of development in infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developing autism spectrum disorders

The Building Blocks of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) - Live Webinar
2022-12-09 08:00 - 10:00
Course Highlights
The Building Blocks of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)

Diagnostic criteria needed to differentiate Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) from other speech sound disorders
Essential components of motor-based treatment approaches for Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Practical treatment strategies you can use the next day with clients who have mild to severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
