STARS - Student Therapy and Resource Services

Suicide Assessment and Intervention: Assess Suicidal Ideation and Effectively Intervene in Crisis Situations with Confidence, Composure and Sensitivity - Live Webinar
2025-11-06 07:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
Losing a client to suicide is your worst nightmare. And there inevitably comes a time when the suicidal client is more than just an intangible dread. When an actual person, suffering and sitting in your office, reveals they are having suicidal thoughts. Many clinicians are left feeling unprepared, frightened, and unsure what to do next. The weight of keeping someone alive can steer you in the direction of avoidance. Desperate and alone, suicidal clients can find themselves passed from one therapist to the next. And that’s not care.
Don’t let fear push you away.
This seminar will transform how you view and work with suicidal clients and give you the clinical tools you need to save lives.
Full of thought-provoking lecture, engaging case studies, and guided instruction on a host of powerful clinical applications, this seminar will provide you with the tools you need to:

Assess for suicidal risk and identify implicit and explicit expressions of suicidal thought.
Formulate a game plan for crises when suicide is imminent.
Intervene in suicidal despair with proactive approaches derived from the evidence-based efficacy of CBT and DBT.
Effectively use targeted language with suicidal clients that will help you avoid stigma and successfully communicate your compassion.
Provide innovative grief support resources that connect clients and clinicians with other survivors of suicide and suicide loss.

Leave this seminar feeling confident and capable to work with suicidal clients and guide them out of the darkness and back into the light!

Neuroscience for Clinicians: New Brain Science for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse - Live Webinar
2025-11-06 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
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!

#7217 Rhythm and Buzz: Evidence Based, Practical Strategies to Increase Movement and Exercise Outcomes - Live Webinar
2025-11-05 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Phoenix)
This course explores the innovative use of rhythm and vibration therapies to enhance movement recovery in individuals affected by stroke or spinal cord injury. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) and vibro-tactile techniques can retrain motor pathways, improve coordination, and support neuroplasticity.
Key topics include:

Neurological Basis: Overview of stroke and spinal cord injury mechanisms, and the role of rhythm and vibration in stimulating motor function and sensory feedback.
Practical Techniques: Training in applying rhythmic cues (e.g., metronomes, music therapy) and vibration tools to facilitate gait, balance, and fine motor skills.
Clinical Applications: Evidence-based strategies for integrating rhythm and vibration therapies into rehabilitation and exercise programs.
Assessment and Adaptation: Methods for tailoring interventions to individual needs and tracking progress over time.

The course combines lecture, demonstration, base studies, video, and case studies to equip therapists and movement specialists with actionable skills to optimize patient outcomes. By the end, participants will have the knowledge and tools to harness rhythm and vibration to support functional recovery and improve quality of life for individuals with neurological impairments.
Course instruction method includes: lecture, demonstration, videos, picture/graphs, group discussion, and answer/question.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Evidence-Based Tips And Tricks For The PT And OT Provider - Live Webinar
2025-11-04 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix)
This course explores current, evidence-based rehabilitation strategies for managing pain and disability in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) types I and II. Emphasis is placed on early diagnosis and integrating physical and psychological interventions. Participants will learn to apply advanced, multimodal approaches to improve outcomes in both acute and longstanding CRPS.
Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to describe the importance of early diagnosis and standardized criteria (e.g., Budapest criteria, BOAST guidelines) in improving CRPS management and patient outcomes.

After this course, participants will be able to identify evidence-based interventions for CRPS types I and II, including: Multimodal Physiotherapy, Electrotherapy Modalities, Cortically Directed Rehabilitation, Electroacupuncture, and Exposure-Based Approaches.

After this course, participants will be able to explain the role of multidisciplinary rehabilitation in addressing pain, disability, and body perception disturbances in longstanding CRPS.

After this course, participants will be able to discuss how integrating psychological approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, enhances physical rehabilitation outcomes by reducing fear-avoidance and anxiety in CRPS patients.

Fall Maker Workshop - Live Phoenix
2025-10-30 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
ADE and the ADE Loan Library invite you to join us for another great AT Maker Workshop.
In this workshop, participants will:

Switch-adapt a Rotating LED Projection Lamp
Assemble a 3-D printed switch of your choice

These switch-adapted light projectors are great for teaching cause-and-effect and enhancing sensory room experiences!
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Location: AzTAP (office)
300 W. Clarendon Avenue, Suite 475
Phoenix, Arizona 85013
Cost: $25* (includes all materials and supplies)

Using Adult Learning Theory To Enhance Coaching In Early Intervention - Live Webinar
2025-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Phoenix)
This course examines how adult learning theory can be effectively applied to coaching practices within early intervention settings. The course reviews strategies to support family engagement, promote responsive practice, and enhance caregiver efficacy through evidence-based adult education principles.
Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to analyze the fundamental principles of early intervention and how they positively influence family and child outcomes.

After this course, participants will be able to analyze how adult learning theory supports effective coaching in early intervention.

After this course, participants will be able to differentiate attitudes, knowledge, and skills required for professionals to implement coaching strategies that are aligned with adult learning principles.

Utilizing Neuroplasticity to Improve Pediatric Motor Learning - Webinar
2025-10-30 07:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Researchers estimate that 49 million, or 15% of Americans are formally diagnosed with some type of delay annually and are seeing therapists with increasingly complex issues. In the fast-paced systems we operate within, it is imperative that a clinician be able to prioritize treatments for optimal outcomes. In addition, a large body of research is emerging that promotes using a multi-sensory approach to modulate the nervous system. This course combines the latest concepts of motor learning with manual therapy and modalities to promote change at the cellular level. The essential role of functional nutrition/hydration and its impact on reducing chronic health conditions in pediatric patients will be explored. Researchers also estimate that 30 million children are dehydrated in the US and is the leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide, resulting in over 300 deaths annually. Relevant parental instructional strategies to increase follow through of recommendations will be discussed to improve upon practice within the context of daily life. Promoting a holistic treatment approach that encourages healing from the inside out is a must for every relevant healthcare professional!
This hands-on, relevant course will start with a review of neuroanatomy and physiology, including focused attention to the integumentary system, or the “diffuse brain,” as a key component of the nervous system. Participants will be guided through a user-friendly framework to screen across body structures and systems. The screen directs clinicians through a multisystem assessment, recommended by the APTA,resulting in the ability to identify the primary physiology/system(s) impacting function. Therapists will use that information to guide interventions/stimulus options to promote improved, meaningful participation in life activities. Participants will engage in labs to exercise the use of assessment and somatic cues to rewire the body-brain connection. You will leave knowing how to prioritize and strategically employ interventions across body systems to improve patient outcomes!
Highlights

Confidently implement evaluation skills using an effective framework you can put into practice immediately
Practice powerful tests and measures to assess for underlying conditions and co-morbidities of the integumentary, postural, sensory, and respiratory systems
Practical treatment strategies to incorporate current principles of motor learning through a multisensory, dynamic systems approach to promote functional change
Effective, evidence-based parent involvement strategies to increase caregiver engagement and follow through of therapist recommendations
Hands-on labs to engage in postural and scar assessment, joint mobilizations, and sensory strategies
Engage in functional nutritional education for clients for daily intake as well as pre/post op recommendations to promote healing from within

#7116 Muscle Performance Metrics for Documentation and Justification - Live Webinar
2025-10-29 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Phoenix)
This course shows how to use a simplified step by step method to define, measure, and track muscle performance metrics. Learn how to connect performance metrics like strength, velocity, and power with exercise programming metrics and outcomes for documentation and insurance justification. Includes case studies with sample routines.
Course instruction method includes: lecture, demonstration, picture/graphs, videos, case studies and question/answer.

#7356 Behavior Basics for the Pediatric Therapist" Strategies to Turn Challenges into Triumphs. Live Webinar
2025-10-29 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Phoenix)
Pediatric Therapists will enjoy this course as it will review principles of positive behavior supports and special challenges for therapists working in pediatric settings. Strategies for implementing and documenting positive behavior supports within therapy sessions as well as the contexts of home and school will be presented. Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to relate principles of positive behavior support and applied behavior analysis to pediatric therapy. Learn how to identify specific strategies and positive behavior supports for success within therapy interventions. The course will also provide Evaluate effectiveness and carry over of established positive behavior supports in school, at home, and in the community.

Instructor: Robin L. Dole, PT, DPT, EdD, PCS

Physical Therapy Implications for Pediatric Orthopedic Disorders of Childhood - Live Webinar
2025-10-28 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
Orthopedic physical therapy involves the practice of correcting functional impairments of the entire musculoskeletal system. Physical therapists & Physical therapist assistants who specialize in this discipline provide services that help to restore function, improve mobility, and relieve pain while promoting overall health and fitness. Pediatric orthopedic physical therapy extends this discipline to the developmental care of children by considering their future growth. Pediatric PTs & PTAs are trained to recognize, identify, and treat a large variety of orthopedic complications and injuries. By restoring function while increasing mobility, pediatric orthopedic physical therapy helps the pediatric patient reach their maximum potential for independent function. The scope of pediatric orthopedics ranges from congenital anomalies to injuries in the older adolescent.
In this course, the normal growth and development of the pediatric musculoskeletal system will be reviewed. This will include a discussion of Spranger’s classification of disorders of morphogenesis, as well as provide a review of the components of a typical pediatric physical therapy musculoskeletal examination. Course participants will examine the characteristics and manifestations of various prenatal and postnatal pediatric orthopedic conditions and describe PT interventions relevant to the pediatric population. Finally, course participants will examine common pediatric sports injuries, including concussion management, and considerations for the young athlete.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Review normal growth and development of a child’s musculoskeletal system.
Describe Spranger’s classification of Disorders of Morphogenesis.
Review the components of a typical pediatric musculoskeletal examination.
Discuss the characteristics and manifestations of various prenatal pediatric orthopedic conditions.
Discuss the characteristics and manifestations of various postnatal pediatric orthopedic conditions.
Describe physical therapy interventions for orthopedic disorders related to the pediatric population.
Describe common pediatric sports injuries and considerations for the young athlete.

Fall Maker Workshop - Live Tucson
2025-10-28 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
ADE and the ADE Loan Library invite you to join us for another great AT Maker Workshop.
In this workshop, participants will:

Switch-adapt a Rotating LED Projection Lamp
Assemble a 3-D printed switch of your choice

These switch-adapted light projectors are great for teaching cause-and-effect and enhancing sensory room experiences!
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Location: Tucson ADE Office
416 W. Congress Street, Room 105
Tucson, AZ 85701
Cost: $25* (includes all materials and supplies)

Milestones and the Link to Cognitive Growth in Children - Live Webinar
2025-10-28 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
In 2024, the CDC reported that one in six children is diagnosed with a developmental disability. Research has shown that motor skills afford exploration, provide experience, and agility, which are critical for promoting brain structure and function (Shi, 2022). Despite the correlation between milestone achievement and later intelligence and mental health, the AMA adjusted milestone markers, putting U.S. children further behind. This course will provide professionals working in early intervention a checklist of key milestones to provide targeted interventions, from nutrition and sleep to open learning strategies, to boost motor development!
The content of this program is germane to children, students and clients ages Birth-3 years old.
Highlights

Immediately improve your ability to screen across all five developmental domains to identify key areas of intervention
Practical treatment approaches to improve development of motor milestones you can use the next day
Targeted interventions to improve motor development

Early Detection Of Cerebral Palsy: Best Practices And The Role Of Therapy Providers - Live Webinar
2025-10-28 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix)
This course will introduce the current best practices in the early detection, diagnosis, and intervention of cerebral palsy. Participants will explore therapists’ critical role in identifying early signs, supporting clinical pathways, and guiding families through the process.
Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to identify evidence-based assessments and tools to support early detection and diagnosis of cerebral palsy.

After this course, participants will be able to describe best practices for occupational therapy and physical therapy within the early detection, diagnosis, and intervention clinical pathways.

After this course, participants will be able to list 2 strategies for providing family-centered care during the early detection, diagnostic, and intervention process.

Animal-Assisted Therapy: Meeting Clients’ Therapeutic Goals One Paw at a Time! - Live Webinar
2025-10-27 07:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a unique and powerful therapeutic approach that harnesses the positive effect of human-animal interactions.
However, it is more than bringing your pet to work. It requires a complex set of skills, knowledge, and considerations to ensure the safe and effective integration of animals into therapy – ultimately to achieve successful client outcomes.
Join Tara Moser, LCSW, and Certified Animal Assisted Intervention Specialist, as she teaches you how to confidently integrate AAT interventions that produce results even at the very first session! You’ll learn how to:

Build positive attachment and trust with clients
Reduce anxiety levels and induce a sense of relaxation
Support co-regulation between client and animal
Promote self-control and impulse management
Develop self-awareness, compassion, and empathy
Create strong social-emotional communication skills

But that’s not all, you’ll also learn to keep everyone safe, including how to:

Detect signs of stress in animal’s and client’s body language
Select animals that are well-suited for the client’s specific situation
Align your client’s therapy goals to appropriate AAT interventions
Integrate AAT with modalities you already use
Know when to and when not to include animals in therapy
Determine best practices for in-person vs telehealth
And so much more!

Through case studies, video demonstration and dynamic discussion you will leave this program with the skills and confidence to integrate dogs, cats and various other animals into your practice!

Social Anxiety and Perfectionism: Clinical Tools to Let Go of Unrealistic Standards and Build Real Connections - Live Webinar
2025-10-24 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
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!

#7388 Matching Successful Intervention Approaches with Pediatric Therapy Referrals Live Webinar
2025-10-23 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Phoenix)
Matching Successful Intervention Approaches with Pediatric Therapy Referrals is a web course packed full of intervention techniques. Participants will use a brain-based analysis approach to see where the need lies and what activities will achieve the best rehab outcomes. Goal topics that will be addressed include breath support, mobility, energy level, toileting, fine motor skills, sleep interventions, oral motor skills, nutrition, visual skills, and co-regulation. Course instruction method includes: lecture, picture/graphs, and question/answers.

Instructor: Marti Smith, OTR/L

Sensory, Cognitive, and Motor Planning Interventions to Support Successful Mealtime - Live Webinar
2025-10-23 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Feeding is a complex, developmental process that involves physiological development, oral-motor strength and coordination skills, gastrointestinal system, sensory components, and emotions. Providers and caregivers need to assess supported seating options to ensure postural support and stability to allow children to use oral motor skills and coordination as they eat a variety of food tastes, textures,and temperatures. It is important for the therapy team to educate caregivers and support responsive feeding strategies in a stress-free mealtime environment with consistency. Feeding experiences should foster child engagement with enjoyable mealtime experiences and mutual trust for optimal growth and development.
Highlights

Evidence-based strategies for body regulation and engagement to participate in meal preparation, routines, and independence with self-feeding skills
Strategies to improve body awareness, increase strength and balance skills, as well as motor planning and coordination to support feeding and mealtime routines
Coaching strategies to support parent reflection and participation within sessions to help develop, monitor, and modify activities
Team collaboration to support family mealtime routines with cultural sensitivity in the home and community settings

Abandonment Trauma: Treatment Strategies to Heal Inner Child Wounds and Restore Healthy Attachment - Live Webinar
2025-10-23 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Stuck in self-fulfilling cycles of mistrust, many clients expect abandonment and inadvertently create situations that reinforce those expectations.
As therapists our role is to dive into the heart of those abandonment fears, and help them heal the traumatic childhood wounds impacting their adult lives and relationships.
But for some clients “trusting” is a place where they’ve been hurt before, making deep therapeutic work difficult to get off the ground. Others can be too clingy, looking for you to meet their intense need for reassurance and connection.
That’s why expert Ellen Biros created this training — to provide you a roadmap to navigate the complexities of abandonment trauma so you can offer your clients direction, hope, and the keys to healing.
In just one day, she’ll guide you through the practical and effective approaches you need to build trust with these clients, help them overcome their abandonment fears, and forge a path toward lasting healing and better relationships.
With specific exercises from CBT and DBT you can use right away, you’ll end this course ready to help your clients set healthy boundaries, reduce their exposure to toxic relationships, and reframe the negative thought patterns about self-worth and rejection that have been holding them back.
This training is a valuable addition to any therapists’ treatment toolkit.
So don’t wait.
Register now!

Food Allergies and Pediatric Feeding Therapy - Live Webinar
2025-10-17 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix)
Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) is defined as impaired oral intake that is not age-appropriate and is associated with medical, nutritional, feeding skill, and/or psycho social dysfunction. Food allergy is a complex immune disorder caused by specific genetic variants in combination with environmental and nutritional exposures, that falls under the medical domain of PFD and can directly impact the nutritional, feeding skill, and psycho social domains of PFD. It is estimated that 33 million Americans have food allergies. 1 in 13 children have food allergies and an estimated 40% of those children have experienced a severe reaction.Professionals working with children with PFD must be up to date on the current recommendations on the introduction of solids (for those with and without familial history of food allergy), have a foundational knowledge of the various types and clinical signs and how food allergies can directly impact oral motor development, feeding skill acquisition, and nutrition. Speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists working with children with PFD are in a unique position to help mitigate the negative impacts that food allergies can have and increase the quality of life of both the child and the whole family unit.
The content of this program is germane to children, students and clients birth – 10 years.
Highlights

The most current research on food allergies and the implications of introducing solids and advancing oral motor skills
The difference between Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and Non-IgE mediated allergies
Signs and symptoms of reactivity in children when introducing solids
Practical intervention strategies for creatively advancing a child’s oral motor skills with limited safe foods.

Self-Regulation Interventions for Children & Adolescents: Reduce Frustration, Emotional Outbursts & Oppositional Behaviors - Live Webinar
2025-10-17 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
This seminar will help you to better intervene with the challenging child—the one who won’t sit still; doesn’t follow directions; often throws tantrums; or has difficulty waiting for their turn. They may “hit first and ask questions later”. They react impulsively and have difficulty expressing what they need or what is frustrating them. We know this child is intelligent, caring and kind, but their behavior doesn’t reflect these positive qualities. These are the children who confuse and frustrate parents and who overwhelm teachers and peers. They struggle to meet basic expectations and are unable to succeed in school, with peers and at home.
Join clinical psychologist Dr. Ehlert and learn to effectively intervene with the emotional and behavioral dysregulation of children with High-Functioning Autism, ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Sensory Processing Disorders. Through hands-on activities and dynamic discussion, you will learn techniques, behavioral strategies, problem-solving strategies and brain training exercises to:

Address the sensory, language and executive functioning processing deficits that trigger them
Increase their self-control, social success, emotional control and task completion
Teach flexibility, tolerance, thinking it through and decision-making
Reduce the frequency and duration of their tantrums and emotional outbursts

Register now. Walk away with proven emotional, behavioral and processing strategies that lead to social and academic success!

Treating Trauma in Neurodiverse Clients: Affirming and Culturally Inclusive Healing for Clients with Autism, ADHD & More - Live Webinar
2025-10-13 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Healing from trauma is a challenging journey, and when neurodiversity is involved, the path can become even more complex.
Many clinicians feel under prepared to navigate this rocky terrain where it’s essential to align with each client’s unique communication and processing styles to guide them forward on their journey toward healing.
Without specialized skills, even your best efforts with traditional trauma interventions may fail these clients who so desperately need your help.
This course, led by Dr. Brandi Walker – a respected clinician, researcher, and advocate – offers you the essential knowledge and tools you need to address the nuanced needs of clients with autism, ADHD, AuDHD and other neurodivergences with confidence.
You’ll gain a deeper understanding of neurodiversity and how it influences the treatment of trauma. Dr. Walker’s expertise will guide you through tailored approaches to assessment, intervention, and culturally responsive care for clients facing diverse and interwoven needs.
This is your opportunity to become a specialist in trauma-informed neurodiversity care and build a toolkit of actionable skills to enhance your practice. Learn to:

Confidently use neurodiversity-affirming and culturally-responsive diagnostic approaches
Identify and confidently support sensory needs, verbal and non-verbal communication styles, co-regulate intense emotions, and address executive skills needed for post-traumatic growth
Choose values-driven, strength-based interventions that honor each client’s context and foster healing and resilience
Adapt CPT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Prolonged Exposure, Neurolinguistics, Written Exposure Therapy, and EMDR to meet the unique needs of clients with autism or ADHD
Address the nuanced needs of neurodiverse clients from BIPOC communities, military families, and under served populations with greater precision and compassion

Register now!

Speech-Generating Device Assessment Demonstration: A Practical Guide for SLPs - Live Webinar
2025-10-10 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix)
Webinar Takeaways

Describe 3 strategies to elicit optimal client participation in trials
Identify 3 behaviors that are indicators of successful AAC adoption
Identify 3 strategies to use in implementation training after the evaluation

October 10, 2025 | 11:00am CDT
60 minutes | 0.1 ASHA CEUs
Presenter: Ann Bedard, Speech-Language Pathologist / Assistive Technology Specialist
Cost: Free

Changing the ADHD Brain: Moving Beyond Medication - Live Webinar
2025-10-10 07:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
Many of our clients diagnosed with ADHD prefer not to take medication. There are various reasons for this including side effects and concerns with long-term use. In this seminar, you’ll learn more about these concerns, as well as alternative interventions for ADHD.
Viewing ADHD from a developmental perspective, we will consider the apparent increase in ADHD diagnoses over the past two decades. By understanding the way brains with and without ADHD function, you’ll be able to better identify a variety of neurodivergent-affirming strategies to significantly impact the nervous system and better manage ADHD symptoms in your clients.
Not only will you walk away with updates about evidence-based non-medication interventions for ADHD such as computerized cognitive training, mindfulness meditation, and neurofeedback, you’ll also learn a variety of practical strategies that you and your clients can implement immediately and at low cost.
We’ll navigate the vast research on exercise, movement, diet, sleep, disruptive technologies, supplements, and the impact of the environment on ADHD, summarizing the findings and applying the information to “real life”. You will leave this seminar with the tools and knowledge to develop a holistic approach to working with adults and children with ADHD.

Trauma-Related Emotional Eating: Integrative Interventions for Chronic Overeating and Binge Eating Disorder - Live Webinar
2025-10-10 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Trauma creates fertile ground for issues with food.
When does emotional eating become disordered eating? And when does disordered eating become an eating disorder?
Most clinicians are not aware of the overlap between trauma, emotional eating, and eating disorders, missing key interventions that relieve clients’ suffering.
Your clients may be struggling at mealtimes – and if you aren’t asking about their relationship with food, you may unintentionally be reinforcing their shame.
Really – given the high rates of co-occurrence – if you’re doing trauma work, you likely already have clients with disordered eating, including Binge Eating Disorder (BED), the most common and most under diagnosed eating disorder.
Not an eating disorders specialist? You can still treat BED! Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, expert BED psychotherapist, will share with you a comprehensive, evidence-based toolkit of successful interventions that will:

Transform your client’s relationship with food, weight, and body image
Approach trauma and binge eating disorder from an IFS-informed framework, somatic interventions, and more
Integrate the crucial strategies of attuned eating and movement
Root your practice in the tenets of weight-neutral recovery

Don’t let trauma continue to wreak havoc on your clients’ experience of eating. Register now to help your traumatized clients forge a peaceful relationship with food.

Ethical and Legal Challenges of Working with Minors: Tools to Navigate Mandatory Reporting, Documentation, Boundary Issues, and More - Live Webinar
2025-10-10 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Working with minor clients and their families can feel like navigating a minefield.
There can be confusion over changing ethical standards and laws….
Fear that parental factors may cause complications or interfere with treatment…
Anxiety that at any moment we might unintentionally cross a line that could jeopardize our professional license or otherwise put us in legal peril.
As a result, working ethically and legally with children and adolescents requires that mental health professionals have a special set of knowledge, skills, and resources.
So, join Ethics expert Dr. Terry Casey as he shows you how to integrate ethical and legal requirements into your practice and shares the resources and tools you need that will allow you to focus on what truly matters – the well-being of your young clients.
From consent and confidentiality to reporting child abuse and navigating the nuances of divorced parents, he’s shown thousands of therapists how to make ethical decisions with more confidence and less worry.
In this one-day training, Dr. Casey will break it all down with detailed instruction and real-world examples so you know exactly what to do in some of the most challenging ethical/legal situations you face in your work including:

How to strike the right balance between transparency and confidentiality
Determine when HIPAA or FERPA applies
Consent rules and issues involving minors
Ways to navigate boundary issues with minors and their parents
Access to a minor’s records
And so much more!

Get the peace of mind that you are ethically and legally serving the needs of your most vulnerable clients!
Register today!

The Premier Trauma Therapy Conference 2025 Innovations in Psychotherapy Live or Online
2025-10-08 08:00 - 2025-10-11 17:00 (America/Denver)
Here’s your premier opportunity to master skills and access cutting-edge insight directly from the world’s premier trauma experts

As a therapist on the front lines of trauma healing, you’re always on the lookout for the next therapy breakthrough to free your clients from intense suffering.
That’s exactly why this conference was developed — to connect you with the world’s leading innovators, researchers, and clinicians who will equip you with today’s most effective skills to revolutionize your trauma treatment results.
Join us in beautiful Anaheim, CA, or online for four days of world-class instruction that provides the perfect blend of inspiring education with rest and rejuvenation!
Master skills and access cutting-edge insight directly from the world’s premier trauma experts.
Here’s just a sample of the incredible, rarely offered sessions you’ll experience at Innovations 2025:

Alanis Morissette, award-winning singer-song writer, thought leader, and mental health advocate
John and Julie Gottman, developers of the Gottman Method and the world’s leading couples therapy duo
Steven Hayes, co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, on healing suffering through the ACT approach
Frank Anderson, the field’s leading IFS trauma trainer and author of Transcending Trauma
Mayim Bialik, actress, author and host of the widely popular podcast “Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown”

Plus, groundbreaking workshops from Ramani Durvasula, David Kessler, Janina Fisher, Ellyn Bader, Thema Bryant, David Grand and dozens more of today’s leading trauma innovators!
Whether you’re looking for step-by-step guidance on exactly what to do and say in your next client session … or desperately looking to be refreshed and reconnected with your work …
Innovations 2025 is the place for you!

Creative Arts Workshop for Clinicians: Easy-to-Implement Interventions for Kids, Teens, and Adults Facing Trauma, Grief, Depression, and More - Live Webinar
2025-10-03 07:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
When words fail, art speaks
Creative therapies have the power to bypass the thinking brain, letting clients dive into their deeper emotions and access personal insights …
… making therapy feel more real and impactful.
And here’s the best part: you don’t have to be an artist.
Working through any awkward moments in artistic expression can actually help clients relax, loosen up, and connect with you on a more genuine level.
Join Dr. Patricia Isis, international art therapy expert, author, and certified teacher of mindful self-compassion to experience the profound impact of integrating easily-accessible expressive interventions into your existing practice with clients of all ages who are traumatized, grief-stricken, depressed, highly anxious, or otherwise struggling with traditional talk therapy approaches.
Through Dr. Isis’ engaging instruction, experiential exercises, and case studies, you’ll learn:

Art-based assessment tools to quickly identify unarticulated thoughts and feelings
Strategies to dispel the fear of art and perfectionism in art – for both clinician and client
How to create an expressive arts therapy toolbox with easily accessible supplies
Creative strategies to foster engagement, connection, and self-empowerment
How to use creative therapies along with ACT, CBT, other mindfulness-based practices, and more
Evidence-based clinical strategies using movement, sociodrama, poetry, sound, and various forms of art media

Register now! Space is limited.
Experiential learning supplies needed:

15 sheets white paper
Pencil with good eraser
Drawing supplies of your choice
Heavy-duty aluminum foil (small roll)
5-10 chenille stems or pipe cleaners
Scissors (optional)
Glue or tape (optional)

The Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques: Updated Strategies to Help Even the Most Challenging Clients - Live Webinar
2025-10-03 05:00 - 13:00 (America/Phoenix)
It is so frustrating to have used all of the “gold standard” techniques and still not see progress. You’ve already worked through the traditional anxiety interventions but your clients continue experiencing the same nervousness, worrying and panic.
This program was made to help you. Join neuropsychology and anxiety expert, Dr. Janene Donarski as she teaches you practical, evidence-based strategies – the 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques, based on the groundbreaking work of Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg.
You’ll master:

Cutting edge modifications to anxiety techniques that work with even the most difficult cases
The latest tips for treating clients with co-morbid diagnoses
Options to use with groups and individuals that work in every clinical population
How to apply the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation and the default mode network to create successful exposure therapies and reduce rigid, anxious thought processes

With Dr. Donarski’s pragmatic approach, you’ll get a complete set of tools to work with anxiety symptoms that you can immediately use with all clients and confidently apply in clinical practice.

#7481 It’s a Wrap: Introduction to Taping and Strapping As an Adjunct to Therapy - Live Webinar
2025-10-02 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Phoenix)
This webinar will introduce the concept and use of taping and wrapping as an adjunct to therapeutic interventions in the treatment of adults and children with neurologic and orthopedic impairments. The course will introduce the use of static and dynamic taping techniques to facilitate improved alignment and muscle reeducation for function. Materials discussed include: rigid strapping tape, elastic therapeutic tape, and neoprene wraps. The course is intended to familiarize participants in the use of these modalities as an adjunct to treatment and to guide interest for future coursework and learning opportunities. Course instruction method includes: Lecture, Demonstration, Videos, Cases Studies, Answer/Question. (Introductory Level)

Instructor: Patricia (Trish) Martin, PT, Certified Kinesio Taping ® Instructor

Smart but Scattered: Effective Executive Functioning Strategies to Empower Children to Thrive Emotionally, Socially, and Academically - Live Webinar
2025-09-30 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Children who have lagging executive function skills often have trouble getting started on tasks, get distracted easily, lose papers or assignments and forget to hand in homework….
Often considered chronic underachievers, these children are at risk for academic failure as well as social-emotional and behavioral difficulties.
… YOU can be the one to help them!
Join Dr. Dawson, esteemed expert and author on Executive Functioning, for a transformative training that will empower you to support these struggling kids and teens. Dive into captivating case examples and interactive discussions that translate cutting-edge research into meaningful, practical, and easy-to-implement techniques to help at home and in school.
Walk away with a comprehensive toolkit that includes evidence-based strategies – assessment tools, environmental modifications, cognitive and behavioral skill building techniques – to help students …

Establish effective systems to manage materials, assignments, and responsibilities
Prioritize tasks, manage schedules, and meet deadlines
Mitigate impulsive behaviors and decision-making
Foster perseverance and persistence to reach goals
Build confidence, reduce frustration, and strengthen peer relationships through improved self-regulation
Discover their unique strengths and capabilities

Go back to your office with can’t fail strategies and real-world solutions to help kids overcome obstacles, at home and school!
