Smart But Scattered: Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School - Live Webinar
2022-02-24 08:00 - 16:00, 2022-03-25 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
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

Havening Techniques® for Treating Trauma, PTSD and Anxiety: NEW Strategies for Overcoming Fear and Building Resilience - Live Webinar
2022-02-25 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
What do you do when a patient is hijacked by their emotional brain? When no amount of talking and thinking will unwind their cycling thoughts and ruminations?
If you treat clients who experience anxiety, trauma, depression, pain, panic or any other stress-based disorder, then no doubt you’ve had moments of feeling helpless watching a client paralyzed by their harmful core beliefs or triggers of traumatic experiences.
Wouldn’t it be great having highly effective easy-to-use tools that directly address the emotions keeping your clients stuck in painful pasts and unable to realize a brighter future?
Utilizing similar mechanisms as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Havening Techniques are a new suite of neuroscience-based interventions designed for fast and effective treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and other fear-based disorders such as anxiety, panic disorder, and phobias – whether your clients are in session, at home or on the go – whenever difficult emotions come at unexpected times!
Join Havening Techniques Certified Trainer and Global Director of Continuing Education, Dr. Kate Truitt, for this must-see webcast and discover her secrets for creating a gentle, clientcentered approach to trauma-informed, neuroscience-based, and resiliency-focused care.
Add Havening Techniques to your toolbox and create new pathways to sustainable change in your clients’ lives.
Register today!

Unpacking the Black Box of Cognitive Rehabilitation - In-Person and Virtual
2022-02-26 07:30 - 16:30 (America/Phoenix)
Evidence-Backed Treatment Frameworks and Therapy Approaches that Promote Functional Change in People with Brain Injury
with McKay Moore Sohlberg, PhD, CCC-SLP
Course Description
Cognitive rehabilitation after brain injury is arguably one of the most complex forms of rehabilitation. This course focuses on describing evidence-backed cognitive rehabilitation practices that have the potential to enhance individual function and quality of life. It includes frameworks that guide the clinical processes for selecting goals, treatment approaches, and measurement plans.
Specification of the treatment ingredients inherent in a range of treatment approaches to address challenges in attention, memory and executive function will be detailed. Illustrative client profiles will be presented with opportunities for conference participants to apply principles and techniques to their own practice.
Objectives
At the end of this activity, the learner should be able to recommend the appropriate diagnostic
Upon completion of the course participants will be able to:

Describe the Plan Implement & Evaluate (PIE) and Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) as applied to cognitive rehabilitation
Identify the key components of person-centered collaborative goal setting
Describe psychological mindedness practices that enhance working alliance, client engagement and psychoeducation
Describe treatment ingredients and the PIE process for:

Metacognitive strategy instruction
External aid training
Use of attention drills (brain training)

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for speech-language pathologists.

Treating the Shoulder in the Adolescent Athlete - Live Interactive Webinar
2022-02-26 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Highlights
Treating the Shoulder in the Adolescent Athlete

Immediately increase your understanding of the adolescent musculoskeletal system and how it differs from the adult athlete
Practical strategies to treat common shoulder injuries in the young athlete

Ocular Motor Skills and Their Effect on Learning: Challenges, Testing and Remediation - Live Webinar
2022-03-01 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
Have you ever noticed that when a student has challenges with an activity like reading they start using their finger? Why? When we use our finger to help us read, we are switching from saccadic movement (where as when we read we jump from one group of words to another group of words), to a fixation and pursuit (which is a smooth movement) which is not how we read. What you are seeing is a symptom of an ocular motor problem. Occupational therapists, physical therapists and teachers need to be aware of these subtle changes that happen with our ocular motor skills throughout our activities in school. Ocular motor skills have major effects on our children and our clients. They affect reading, writing, functional movement, and even crossing the midline. This class is designed for professionals to recognize the importance of ocular motor skills and how they affect a child’s success. This class educates a professional on the visual system, motor system and their interaction. It gives information on problems that present with ocular motility issues. Finally, it gives well established testing methods and real-world solutions to ocular motor challenges seen in our schools and home.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Develop an understanding of the visual system, motor system and their interaction with ocular motility.
Identify challenges commonly linked to ocular motor problems seen in and with our students and clients.
Evaluate and assess ocular motor challenges that affect reading, writing and gross motor activities.
Implement well researched treatment plans and strategies to remediate challenges seen with our ocular motor skills in our classrooms, clinics and homes.
Understand how to accommodate for common secondary issues associated with ocular motor challenges.

Kinesiology Taping for the Hand and Wrist - Live Interactive Webinar
2022-03-02 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Highlights
Kinesiology Taping for the Hand and Wrist

Application process and techniques for kinesiology taping of the forearm, wrist, and hand
Improve your knowledge and critical thinking for application and functional facilitation

Strengthening Executive Functioning Skills in Children with ADHD - Live Webinar
2022-03-03 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
Children and teens diagnosed with ADHD have challenges in their executive functioning. These may show up as problems following directions or remembering a sequence of activities. Children may have difficulty learning from past mistakes, staying focused for duration of a task, or maintaining emotional control in stressful situation. They may struggle with organization of personal items or to-do lists, with being flexible with unexpected changes, and with managing their time efficiently. These difficulties, in turn, manifest into problems at home, school, work, and with social skills.
Executive functioning skills are the missing link between intentions and action. In this presentation we will identify the executive functioning skills and discuss how they are impacted by ADHD and related neurodiverse diagnoses. We will identify how to evaluate executive functioning and discuss intervention strategies and ways that we can increase support to improve development of the executive functions throughout childhood and adolescence and into early adulthood. The participant will learn three ways to empower individuals of all ages to strengthen executive functioning skills.
This course is presented in lecture form with questionnaires and handouts developed by the instructor to assist the participant in working with children and families.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Define Executive Functioning and identify the executive skills
List ways in which executive skills are impacted by ADHD and related diagnoses
Identify how to evaluate executive functioning skills
Discuss each skill in detail and identify intervention strategies to enhance development of executive skills
Differentiate common issues related to executive functioning skills across childhood and adolescence
List 3 ways to structure treatment in order to empower individuals to strengthen their executive functioning skills

Evaluation and Treatment of the Spine in the Adolescent Athlete - Live Interactive Webinar
2022-03-05 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Highlights
Evaluation and Treatment of the Spine in the Adolescent Athlete

Immediately improve your knowledge of spine injuries that occur in the adolescent athlete
Effective, evidence-based neuromuscular re- education and therapeutic exercises for all levels of athletes

The Sensory and Sleep Connection - Live Webinar
2022-03-07 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Highlights
The Sensory and Sleep Connection

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 in the pediatric population through the latest evidence, treatment strategies, and case studies

Chronic Pain & Pain Neuroscience Education for the PT, OT, & AT: Treatment - Live Webinar
2022-03-07 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
As a PT, OT or AT, you’ve finished your evaluation of a patient with chronic pain and know that your patient will require a different treatment approach that what you normally use for acute pain.
The question is what do you do?
This webinar is designed to give step by step instructions on strategies to better treat patients with chronic pain that can be transferred to the busy clinic schedule the next day. Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) refers to educational sessions designed to help patients better understand the physiology of pain at the nervous system level. This course will discuss both specific PNE metaphors to use with patients as well as the structure of a follow-up treatment session (the role of manual therapy, exercise, modalities, etc.) Patient handouts will be provided that can easily be used the next day in the clinic on both functional goal setting and sleep hygiene. Handouts will be designed to encourage patients to take an active role in their own treatment plan.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Compare & contrast biomedical vs biopsychosocial models
Define Pain Neuroscience Education & be able to use simple metaphors to help decrease fear of pain for patients during follow-up PT, OT, or AT treatment sessions
List handouts to improve patient self-efficacy through sleep hygiene and goal setting
Define the concept of a SMART rehabilitation goal and strategies needed to help patients refine their general goals into specific goals
Summarize the important role that manual therapy plays in therapeutic treatments with a pain neuroscience approach and the important modifications needed to patient education during manual therapy
Describe how to bill for and document pain neuroscience education provided during a follow-up treatment session
Summarize the research on the effectiveness of pain neuroscience education.
Describe a suggested model for a follow-up treatment using a pain neuroscience approach including order and length of treatments (manual therapy, exercise, home exercise program instruction, pain neuroscience education, etc.)

Changing the ADHD Brain: Moving Beyond Medication - Live Webinar
2022-03-08 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Phoenix)
Many persons 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 live webcast, you will learn more about these reasons, as well as alternative interventions for ADHD.
Looking at ADHD from a developmental perspective, we will consider reasons for the apparent increase in ADHD diagnoses over the past two decades. By understanding the way the brain works in ADHD, you will be able to better identify a variety of strategies to significantly impact the nervous system and positively influence symptoms of ADHD in your clients.
Not only will you walk away with information about some of the most common non-medication interventions for ADHD such as computerized cognitive training, mindfulness meditation, and neurofeedback, you will also learn a variety of practical strategies that can be implemented immediately and at low cost.
We will 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 finish this webcast with the tools and knowledge to develop a holistic approach to working with adults and children with ADHD.

Anxiety, ADHD and Anger in the Classroom: 60 Activity-Based Coping Skills to Effectively Manage “Big Feelings” - Live Webinar
2022-03-10 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Managing the emotional climate of your classroom is crucial to learning. When children are struggling to manage anxiety, ADHD and anger, they can’t focus on the academic tasks expected of them in a classroom setting. By teaching kids simple, healthy and safe ways to express their emotions and calm their bodies, they will be better able to concentrate on their work during the school day. The positive impact healthy coping skills will have on a child’s academic performance is truly transformational.
In this seminar, we’ll learn how coping skills impact a student’s nervous system, and how to use that knowledge to help kids calm their bodies and get ready to learn. Join coping skills expert and experienced school counselor Janine Halloran, LMHC as she shows you coping skills and techniques ideal for a classroom.
Walk away with a coping skills toolbox:

Deep breathing printables
Check in sheets
”Anxiety thermometer”
Relaxation exercises
”What’s your play personality?”
And many more

Be prepared for experiential learning and movement as we try different coping skills like grounding techniques, breathing exercises, and big body movements throughout the day

Playful Parts: The Intersection of Play Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Live Webcast
2022-03-10 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
When kids experience trauma or other negative life events such as abuse, neglect, bullying, racism, violence, or educational difficulties, they often hold powerful negative beliefs about themselves, such as “I’m broken”, “I’m unlovable”, or “It was my fault”.
As a therapist, you know that play is a child’s natural language for expressing emotions, processing experiences, and resolving internal conflict. But did you know that you can expand this work further by incorporating Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy into your session? By weaving the essence of IFS, parts work, with play therapy interventions, you can help kids conceptualize themselves and their experiences in a healthier way.
Join Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, RPT-S, and Certified IFS Therapist, as she expertly pairs the therapeutic power of play with the non-pathologizing, flexible approach of IFS. Through expert explanation and demonstration, Carmen will teach you how to integrate these two powerful therapy methods so you can help young clients:

Release shame as they explore and make sense of their internal sensations and experiences
Give voice to all their “parts”, none of which are bad or wrong
Express and process painful emotions, urges, and memories without assigning blame or shame to them
Unhook from distressing beliefs about themselves and their experiences
Enhance social relationships, foster emotional wellness, and build on personal strengths
Develop cognitive flexibility and reframe self-doubt
And so much more!

Take your play therapy interventions even further by incorporating IFS – sign up today!

Therapeutic Taping Strategies for the Upper Extremity - Live Webinar
2022-03-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
This course will incorporate an evidence-based approach using techniques to reduce trigger points and apply neuroplasticity principles to reset pain thresholds. This course will also provide an overview and background on the role of traditional inelastic taping (ie, McConnell taping techniques) and various forms of elastic taping using kinesiology tape for deloading/facilitation/inhibition strategies. There will be a review of the relevant literature produced in this area with an emphasis on cervical and Upper Extremity conditions that are most suited for the use of therapeutic taping including lateral epicondylitis, upper crossed syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, rib fractures, and myofascial trigger points. This course will include basic taping techniques for clinicians that are new to taping – but it will also include taping strategies and parameters based on recent literature. A summary table of contemporary research published in the past 15 years will also be provided to all course attendees.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Describe the type of tape available (inelastic vs. elastic) for musculoskeletal interventions.
Explain the contraindications for the use of therapeutic taping application.
Explain the applications of taping for various conditions such as lateral epicondylalgia, trigger point related pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Identify appropriate strategies for the use of taping for patients with postural deficits.
Discuss the role of available evidence as it relates to the clinical practice of therapeutic taping

Mental Health Issues in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Helping Children and Adolescents Succeed - Live Webinar
2022-03-11 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Join child/adolescent behavior expert, Jay Berk, PhD, and learn how to best manage the students at your school diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), mood disorders, anxiety and depression. You will walk away with concrete, yet practical, strategies to successfully intervene with their serious behavioral issues, such as:

Anger and outbursts
Cutting and self-injury
Defiance
Impulsivity
Sensory issues
Meltdowns and tantrums
Obsessive compulsive
Truancy
Rigidity
Electronic addiction

Through case studies, video clips and dynamic class discussion you will learn:

Pandemic recovery interventions for successful re-entry
30 second teacher strategies to manage challenging and disruptive behaviors
New ways to reduce the costs of out-of-district placements
How to engage students in class, increase productivity and reduce truancy
Behavioral assessments and strategies for the IEP team
Side-effects of common psychotropic medications
How skill deficits from mental health conditions create behavioral difficulties
Characteristics of at-risk students’ mental health problems
Strategies to gain collaboration with clinicians

Leave the day with the “magic dust” you have been looking for to expedite rapid and effective changes in these children and adolescents!

Positional Release: Reflex Release for Painful Trigger Points & Muscle Tension - Live Webinar
2022-03-11 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
So many people suffer with painful muscle trigger points as the result of stress, tension, and injury. Functional impairments and participation restrictions result from the pain and motion limitations associated with trigger points (TPs). In this program, learn to manage painful TPs and muscle spasm, and the neurophysiological reflexes that modulate muscle tension. The use of gentle positioning to relax and release abnormal muscle tension is described. Specific positions are demonstrated, based on the strain-counterstrain principles first described by Dr. Lawrence Jones, DO, to reduce painful TPs and improve mobility and function. Research review indicates the efficacy of using gentle positioning to improve flexibility, strength, reduce pain and improve performance. Imagine being able to reduce painful TPs in just 90 seconds!
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Discuss the theoretical basis and evidence-based research for positional release (PRT).
Identify trigger points (TPs) and their relationship to neuromuscular tension and pain.
Apply specific positioning interventions to reduce the painful sensitivity of TPs, release abnormal neuromuscular tension and improve functional mobility.
Discuss the research evidence for the positive outcomes of positional release.

A Pediatric Guide to Working with Children with Autism - Live Webinar
2022-03-12 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver)
Course Description
Are you in need of tips and tricks to help children with autism? Do you need some help figuring out how to help a child manage sensory stimulation, reduced strength, and/or delayed motor skills? This course is designed to develop the pediatric therapist’s knowledge of autism. Through functional, meaningful training, the course will teach you the tips and tricks that help children manage the challenges they face with this disability, as well as the research that supports your work. This course is of value to pediatric therapists that want to have a greater understanding of how to work with children with autism.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Define Autism
Understand the prevalence of autism and common co-morbid diagnosis
Understand current research supporting pediatric therapists work with autism
Manage the total child (considering co-morbid conditions commonly associated with autism)
Apply a variety of therapeutic techniques to help children with autism

Treating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV): Canalithiasis - Live Webinar
2022-03-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
This is a 2 hour webinar designed for physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, & occupational therapist assistants that are interested in gaining a better understanding of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). This is an introductory course on the evaluation and treatment of one form of BPPV – canalithiasis, the most common cause of dizziness in adults. Instruction will include anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system, common causes of BPPV, signs and symptoms of BPPV, testing, treatment, and goals.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Understand the basic anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
Understand the causes, signs, and symptoms of BPPV – canalithiasis
Perform a basic evaluation for BPPV
Determine affected canal and decide on treatment plan
Perform standard treatment for BPPV – canalithiasis
Establish goals and discharge criteria

2-Day Certification Training: Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents - Live Webcast
2022-03-17 06:00 - 2022-03-18 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Divorce, family breakdown, violence in society and the media, has produced a “shell shocked” generation of kids suffering from anxiety!
Join anxiety expert and author, Dr. Paul Foxman, who will demonstrate how you can “connect” with anxious children and inspire them to practice new self-regulation skills. You will learn how to help parents (“bulldozers”, “helicopters” and “snowplows”) and schools to gain confidence, gratification and success in helping their most anxious kids.
To increase your effectiveness with the various manifestations of child anxiety, Dr. Foxman will address each of the following disorders with case examples and clinical vignettes:

Separation Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorders (including skin picking and hair pulling)
Social Anxiety Disorder/Selective Mutism
Specific phobias
Trauma- and Stressor-related disorders

Emphasis will be on creative psychotherapy involving insight-oriented, cognitive-behavioral, biological, mindfulness, and family systems interventions.

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 Child & Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Professional through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

Attendees will receive electronic documentation of CCATP-CA certification from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program. Professional standards apply. Visit evergreencertifications.com for answers to frequently asked questions.

Tech Addiction & Digital Health in Children, Adolescents & Young Adults: Level 1 Certification for Clinicians & Educators - Live Webinar
2022-03-17 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
We are on the verge of a global public health crisis – and the kids, teens and young adults you work with are at the greatest risk.
Young people are living their lives in front of a screen with disastrous results. ADHD, depression, suicidality, anxiety, sleep irregularities, thought disorders, and stunted social skills are rising dramatically. Whether you’re a mental health professional or school-based professional the resources available have lacked the concrete strategies and real-life interventions you need to effectively intervene in this growing epidemic.
Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is an internationally renowned expert on tech addition, author of the best-selling book Glow Kids, and executive director of one of the world’s top rehabs, The Dunes in East Hampton, NY. He is an active advocate for screen addiction to be included as a clinical disorder.
Join him at this Certification training and get the most effective tools, strategies and techniques you need to help children, adolescents, young adults and families hijacked by technology overuse.
Attend and discover:

Clinical and school-based interventions for problem screen usage
Safe and effective strategies to work with kids hijacked by tech addiction
How family dynamics relate to problematic digital behaviors – and what you can do about it
Proven interventions to reduce video gaming, social media, and YouTube obsessions
Strategies to improve digital boundaries and discipline

Best of all, completion of this training meets the educational requirements should you choose to apply to become a Certified Digital Health and Wellness Level 1 Professional (CDHWP) through the National Institute for Digital Health and Wellness (NIDHW). To learn more about how you can apply for CDHWP certification and distinguish yourself from other professionals, visit www.nidhw.org.
Sign up today and leave feeling prepared and confident in your ability to lead young people hijacked by tech overuse on the path to a better life!

2 EASY STEPS TO CERTIFICATION

Attend this Certified Digital Health and Wellness Level 1 Professional (CDHWP) event with tech addiction expert Nicholas Kardaras, PhD, LCSW-R
For full certification details, apply for CDHWP certification with National Institute for Digital Health and Wellness (NIDHW), and redeem $50 off your CDHWP certification fee, visit www.nidhw.org

Adaptive Equipment and Assistive Technology in Pediatrics - Live Webinar
2022-03-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
This 2 hour webinar is lecture based with case studies and is appropriate for pediatric OTs/OTAs and PTs/PTAs at a beginning/intermediate level. The webinar seeks to help therapists answer the questions of What, Why, How, When, Where and Who regarding use of adaptive equipment and assistive technology (AT) for children and young adults. An overview of various types of adaptive equipment and assistive technology will be presented. Therapists will learn how to assess for and develop appropriate client/family goals for use of adaptive equipment. A review of high tech and low tech options will be discussed, as well as cost vs. benefit, and how adaptive equipment can enhance therapy goals. Attendees will learn how to write an effective letter of medical necessity and wheelchair evaluation. Case studies and quizzes will help attendees consider risk factors for various deformities related to postural alignment, growth, and function, and discuss possible solutions using adaptive equipment and assistive technology.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Define adaptive equipment and AT, and review various types
Discuss the purpose of adaptive equipment and AT
Review appropriate use of adaptive equipment and AT relative to age, cognition, family needs, and support
Summarize important considerations related to growth, environment, and specific diagnoses
Recognize the practical considerations associated with use of adaptive equipment and AT, including evaluation, funding, documentation of need, and fitting

Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors - Live Webinar
2022-03-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger’s, anxiety, mood, and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical, school and parenting challenges.
Watch this live webcast 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.
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton 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 live webcast with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around.

Evaluation & Treatment of the Knee in the Adolescent Athlete - Live Interactive Webinar
2022-03-19 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Highlights
Evaluation & Treatment of the Knee in the Adolescent Athlete

Immediately improve the way you assess and treat the most encountered knee injuries in young athletes
Effective rehabilitation strategies for management of adolescent knee patients in all phases of rehab that you can implement with minimal equipment

Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: What Every Clinician Needs to Know - Live Webinar
2022-03-21 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
“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
2022-03-21 12:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
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! International trainer & author Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg will teach 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, Margaret’s pragmatic approach will provide you with practical strategies you can immediately use with all clients.

Food and Mood: A Therapist’s Guide to The Role of Nutrition in Mental Health - Live Webinar
2022-03-23 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
Diet is an often-ignored aspect in the prevention of poor mental health and the promotion of good emotional health. The causes of behavioral health problems are complex, and nutrition is a valuable yet often missing piece of the puzzle to help clients improve their emotional state.
Imagine if you could feel more confident talking with clients about nutrition from a therapist’s point of view, and do so while adhering to our ethical code.
Kathleen Zamperini, LPC, NCC, NCGC-1, CMHIMP brings a unique perspective as a licensed professional counselor with a degree in nutrition and certification with the Mental Health Integrative Medical Institute. She uses the language of a therapist to explain key concepts of integrating a cognitive behavioral approach with nutritional strategies to improve treatment outcomes.
Discover the clinical applications to transform the way your clients view food and revolutionize your clinical toolbox to ethically educate clients about nutrition and how they can make lasting changes.

Simply Splinting - Live Webinar
2022-03-23 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix)
Course Description
Participants will learn the basic guidelines for successful static splint fabrication. Instruction will include anatomy landmarks, basic design principles and material selection, pattern making, patient instruction, and demonstration of splint fabrication. Therapists completing this course will have the necessary skills to successfully complete 3 of the most commonly prescribed orthosis for patient care. Course will include lecture, demonstration, and follow along pattern making (lab).
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Identify when a patient will benefit from 3 basic static splints/orthoses: wrist cock-up, resting hand splint, and mallet splint.
Understand how to complete a pattern for fabrication of these splints while identifying proper anatomy landmarks.
Identify diagnoses that may benefit from above orthosis.
Have the tools to fabricate the splints confidently in the clinic.
Discuss the wear/care instructions with clients for proper use.

Certification Course: The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox: Over 60 Interventions to Promote Healing & Hope Among Grieving Children, Adolescents & Adults - Live Webinar
2022-03-24 06:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
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 Counseling Specialist (CGCS) 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/CGCS for details.
Register today to discover the ultimate grief treatment toolbox and revolutionize your treatment of grieving clients!

ACT with Anxiety: Help Clients Get Unstuck from Anxiety and Enrich Their Lives - Live Webinar
2022-03-24 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
As a therapist, it’s likely you treat stress and anxiety successfully with techniques like relaxation almost every day. But have you noticed that some clients seem to just get worse, despite your best efforts? That the more you work to reduce the stress or the anxiety, the worse it gets?
Teaching relaxation, coping or distress tolerance skills may be fine for surviving a crisis, but in the long run, they often subtly reinforce avoidance of thoughts and feelings. Even talking about anxiety week after week in therapy can become a form of avoidance! Worse still, the struggle with anxiety can become ingrained in clients’ sense of identity, and their lives become very restricted and without purpose or meaning.
Join ACT expert and author Dr. Richard Sears as he brings the principles of ACT to life with his wisdom, humor, and passion. He’ll help you transform your clients’ relationship with their anxieties to help them build a life worth living. You’ll learn how to skillfully use:

Acceptance and mindfulness processes to help clients relate differently to anxious thoughts and feelings
Commitment and behavioral change processes to help them flexibly move in the direction of a more meaningful life

From explaining the ins and outs of ACT with anxiety using everyday metaphors and samples, Dr. Sears’ provides dozens of techniques that can transform your clients’ suffering in the very first session!
And as an added bonus, you’ll receive an EXCLUSIVE 25% OFF discount on Dr. Sears’ ACT with Anxiety and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Toolbox books— when you purchase either or both with registration!
