Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMD) - Webinar
2023-11-01 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix)
Research suggests that up to 38% of the generalpopulation has an Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD). Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders are atypical, adaptive patterns of the orofacial mechanism in response to suboptimal cranio and dento-facial development. These disorders can affect individuals across the lifespan and can have negativeconsequences on overall health. Since they are a multifactorial problem, intervention requires an integrated,multidisciplinary team approach. In this course, rehab professionals will learn the causes of OMDs, how to identifysigns and symptoms, consequences of untreated OMDs, andthe essential role they play in optimizing their patients’ airwayhealth.
Highlights

Review common signs and symptoms of Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMD) and their impact on health
Identify potential deleterious consequences ofundiagnosed Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMD)

Nutrition Management for Patients with ADHD - Webinar
2023-11-02 06:00 - 08:00
Research shows that protein promotes alertness in the brain. Carbohydrates do the opposite and artificial colors or flavors are even worse. This course will discuss the latest brain research and evidence-based best practices regarding diet and nutrition to get kids and adults motivated, focused, organized, and performing closer to their true potential. Byrecognizing how the brain works in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) along with the executive function relationship, participants will be able to better identify a variety of interventions that can positively influence symptoms of ADHD in your patients. Diet, nutrition, and environmental influences will be covered and their role in the focus of brain development and overall health.
Highlights

Confidently speak with your patients and parents onnutrition and general nutritional recommendations set forth by the FDA
Enhance your patient’s focus by adding a nutritional component to your overall plan of care

“Break Through” Self-Regulation Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism, ADHD, Sensory or Emotional Challenges - Live Webinar
2023-11-02 08:00 - 16:00
Message from Your Presenter …
No one ever said that working with children with autism, ADHD or sensory disorders is easy. Theo will only eat white foods, tends to be buried in his own world and melts when he is transitioned too quickly. Steven, in 6th grade, has ADHD, poor organization skills and an attitude that is hard to break through. But, how do we help a child break through the self-regulation issues that limit their achievements?
That was the question I posed to myself twelve years ago. I set out to learn as much as I could about theories, techniques, and research that could help make the lives of these young people much more manageable and promising. I took intensive courses on multi-sensory approaches, sensory integration, self-regulation, yoga, autism, ADHD and became a Certified Autism Specialist in 2016. I have extensive experience adapting these techniques to make them usable in a variety of settings while working closely with teachers, aides, child study professionals and parents.
Join me as I guide you through a broad set of self-regulation interventions culled from my years of research and practice along with strategies for adapting them to your setting. You will leave my program with the essential skills, interventions and strategies to help children find harmony with themselves, their families and the world around them!
You will learn:

The most effective calming, sensory, motor or behavioral techniques for a given type of behavior
Peer-to-peer video feedback as a social intervention for children and teens with ASD
Sleep interventions for children with erratic sleep schedules
Interventions for Repetitive and Restrictive Behaviors for a child with stereotypy
Organization strategies for home and school for teenagers with ADHD
And more!

I look forward to seeing you there! Register today!

Supporting Self-Regulation Development in Young Children - Webinar
2023-11-02 13:30 - 15:30
Childhood development is a dynamic process that starts in-utero with neurological connections influenced by internal and external factors to support growth. Self-regulation skills are a cornerstone of development that help children succeed when they have a sense of control and confidence through predictable routines and communicated expectations. Co- regulation involves a complex process of observing subtle cues in children, understanding a child’s body language and responding to the child’s needs in a prompt and consistent manner with intentional and focused interactions. The early years are a critical period where the brain has the ability to change, relearn and strengthen important connections when a child is engaged in rich experiences and interactions. Strategies will be covered to provide children with the building blocks they need for a strong foundation of self- regulation skills and executive function to foster independence, ability to cope and good decision-making skills. Self-regulation skills are imperative for development of emotional intelligence, academic achievement, positive social relationships and life-long transitions.
This course will review how to integrate evidence-based strategies into daily activities to encourage positive interactions in a variety of environments based on child’s unique needs. As providers, we need to respect family priorities with goal development and plan of care, with attention to cultural sensitivity and the impact of adverse childhood experiences. Coaching strategies will be reviewed to help empower families to support self-regulation skills throughout the early years.
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

Autism: De-Escalate Meltdowns and Diffuse Explosive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents - Live Webinar
2023-11-03 05:00 - 13:00
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 Joe’l Farrar, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, BCBA, for this live webcast 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 program.
Walk away 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

# 306 CAN-EAT Approach …Using medical, motor, & therapy strategies in pediatric feeding - Webinar
2023-11-03 06:00 - 2023-11-04 14:00, 2023-12-03 06:00 - 2023-12-04 14:00
Pediatric feeding and swallowing problems that effect infants and children may be complex and often involve a combination of factors including issues that can make eating painful or difficult. In order to successfully remediate feeding problems, clinicians must understand how medical and nutritional issues can contribute to feeding disorders and use a comprehensive approach to intervention. The CAN-EAT Approach© is a 2-day workshop focusing on medical, nutritional, and therapeutic strategies for children with pediatric feeding disorders.

This course will allow participants to describe how pediatric feeding disorders are defined in the literature, what the contributing factors include, and how this relates to clinical practice. Identify primary gastrointestinal issues (gastroesophageal reflux, constipation, motility disorders, eosinophilic esophagitis, and visceral hyperalgesia) during a feeding evaluation and explain how these issues affect a child’s feeding skill development and ability to progress. Participants will analyze a child’s oral motor function and apply the knowledge in treatment making recommendations for appropriate diet, utensil use, and development of a therapy plan for skill development. Identify signs and symptoms of pharyngeal dysphagia or risk for pharyngeal dysphagia in a child and make appropriate recommendations for further assessment or treatment. Analyze moderate and complex pediatric feeding cases identifying barriers to feeding progression and apply principles to prioritize treatment strategies and write appropriate goals. Describe and apply examples of therapeutic techniques to reduce gagging, improve liquid and food acceptance, improve chewing skill, and wean from a feeding tube.

In the CAN-EAT Approach© “CAN” stands for comfort and nutrition which come first. Day one will focus on strategies to build GI comfort and good growth as well as explore other medical issues that interfere with feeding progression. Day two will focus on therapeutic strategies from a variety of philosophies. “EA” represents establishing acceptance of the spoon, easy textures or mealtime routine. Then “T” stands for therapy for skill development and feeding progression. Therapeutic strategies for common feeding problems will be explored in depth through lecture and video demonstration.

Information is applicable to infants and children from birth to 21 (class will discuss infants but is not focused on infant feeding issues)

Instructor: KRISTEN BRACKETT, MS, SLP/CCC

The Sensory and Sleep Connection - Webinar
2023-11-03 10:00 - 12:00
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 recognize that 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 or interfere with sleep quality. Using active learning strategies, participants will be able to provide caregiver education and will 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 in the pediatric population through the latest evidence, treatment strategies, and case studies

Screen Time and Autism - Webinar
2023-11-04 06:00 - 08:00
There has been a surge in electronic and video usage among young children and some research has drawn a connection screen time and autism. During this course, we will discuss the research and impact screen time has on development. This course will help participants identify risk factors, symptoms, and treatment options for excessive screen time use as it impacts children with autism by showing the impact of various uses of screen time on overall brain development. Case studies will demonstrate first-hand the effect of electronics on the growing brain.
Highlights

Risk factors and preventative measures for screen time
Effective treatment solutions and alternatives to screen time for children
Case Studies on the impact of electronics on
the growing brain

Evidence-Based Practice in the School Setting - Webinar
2023-11-04 12:30 - 14:30
Evidence-based practice in the school setting is not only essential to best practice, but also required by law. Research (Nichols, 2017) shows when practitioners attended an evidence-based practice workshop their knowledge, comfort, and implementation of evidence-based evaluations and treatments improved substantially. This course will review evidence-based practice for therapists and the laws governing the use of evidence-based practice treatments in the school setting. At the end of this course, clinicians will beable to discern the value of evidence in a step-by-stepmethod. Attendees will demonstrate confidence in the evidence-based evaluations and treatments they arechoosing and endorsing to their school districts.
Highlights

Review and implement evidence-based research into the school setting.
Best practice standards for providing high quality evaluations and treatments to all school children

Sleep and Mental Health in Children and Teens: Behavioral Interventions to End Bedtime Problems and Help Kids Fall and Stay Asleep - Live Webinar
2023-11-07 08:00 - 16:00
It’s not just fatigue and decreased energy. Sleep deprivation can have serious negative effects on kids’ behavior, performance, and relationships.
It can show up as inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity … poor grades … irritability and argumentativeness … conflict with siblings and friends … mood and anxiety symptoms … lack of energy for sports and other activities.
Miss a sleep disorder and you may misdiagnose your client. If you don’t address sleep, you’ll be unlikely to shift your clients into the relief they deserve – leaving them exhausted and struggling.
Join Catherine Darley, ND, a leader in integrative sleep medicine who has helped people of all ages sleep well without medication, in this dynamic 1-day seminar designed to help you:

Customize an ideal sleep environment for children and teens
Get accurate and useful sleep diaries to plan treatment
Transition kids between awake and asleep using wind-down activities, light exposure, and cognitive strategies
Include the family in treatment, and weigh in on issues like sleep training strategies and co-sleeping arrangements
And much more!

Register today to get the skills you need to make your treatment plans more effective and get the kids in your practice the rest they need!

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Made Easy: ACT for PTSD, Anxiety, Depression & Personality Disorders - Live Webinar
2023-11-08 06:00 - 14:00
Are your current techniques just not working?
You’ve experienced the frustration; you have a client who seems to just not break through. You’ve tried your best, but the outcome is the same: he or she progresses for a while, then regresses again.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is the popular transdiagnostic approach that you can integrate into your practice to achieve positive therapeutic outcomes with difficult-to-treat clients.
Join ACT expert and presenter Daniel J. Moran, as he delivers an exercise and intervention-heavy course that will give you the tools you need to more effectively treat clients with PTSD, anxiety, depression or personality disorders.
You’ll learn how ACT weaves mindfulness strategies with cognitive behavioral change strategies to revolutionize client outcomes, as well as discover a variety of ACT techniques for helping clients who are struggling to make difficult behavior changes due to the presence of painful thoughts, feelings and memories.
By shifting client focus to their own values, ACT sets clients up to embrace behavior change that is meaningful to them while simultaneously fostering skills that allow clients to more effectively handle impulsive actions based on current thoughts or emotions.
Sign up today, and Dr. Moran will guide you step-by-step through highly practical, evidence-based ACT skills that you can apply in your practice immediately!

Effective Early Intervention - Webinar
2023-11-08 07:00 - 14:00
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of children with developmental disability has increased by 17% and approximately 1 in 6 children in the United States are diagnosed with a developmental delays. As therapists, we know it is imperative to provide effective, hands-on strategies to children as early as possible in their natural environment. We also realize that environmental constraints such as the back to sleep program and the decreased tendency for floor time (container syndrome) is further increasing the likelihood of developmental delay. It is crucial to fully understand typical development and provide age-appropriate interventions and strategies for a child to maximize his/her functional potential.
This hands-on, interactive course will provide an in-depth look into the early intervention environment. We will review typical development and common diagnoses clinicians are likely to encounter. Through hands-on practice, this course will allow therapists to use play and exercises to perfect skills to improve tummy time, sitting balance and protective reactions, functional grasp, facilitation of creeping, and gait strategies. Through videos and class discussions, therapists will learn strategies for difficult to treat conditions such as toe-walking and the late walker. Following this course, the therapist will be more confident and comfortable treating a child with developmental delay and provide effective strategies to caregivers to maximize a child’s overall development.
Highlights

Skills to improve tummy time, sitting balance, protective reactions, functional grasp, facilitation of creeping, and gait strategies to get your clients to achieve each developmental milestone
Strategies for difficult-to-treat conditions such as toe- walking and late walking
Strategies for fine motor development, self-help, and social-emotional development
Review typical vs atypical development to spot red flags
Interactive hands-on labs, case examples, videos, and class discussion
Solutions to improve your ability to bond with your early intervention clients and their families
Practical, functional outcomes and effective home programs that are easy for families to follow

Changing the ADHD Brain: Moving Beyond Medication - Live Webcast
2023-11-08 08:00 - 16:00
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 seminar, 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 leave this seminar with the tools and knowledge to develop a holistic approach to working with adults and children with ADHD.

The Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques: Updated Strategies to Help Even the Most Challenging Clients - Live Webinar
2023-11-09 06:00 - 14:00, 2023-12-07 08:00 - 16:00
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 neuroscience and anxiety expert, Dr. Daniel van Ingen as he teaches you the 10 Best-Ever Techniques and helps you 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. van Ingen’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.

Play-Based CBT for Children with Anxiety: Innovative Techniques that Work - Live Webinar
2023-11-09 08:00 - 16:00
We know CBT is effective to help kids manage their anxiety. The problem is, traditional CBT that is talk-focused and workbook-based falls flat.
By integrating therapeutic games, art, stories, and puppets into CBT, you’ll captivate children’s interest, put them at ease, and motivate them to learn and apply core skills.
This one-day event will offer you an opportunity to walk alongside an expert and learn creative therapeutic techniques to engage, assess and treat anxious children. You’ll learn to forge a more positive therapeutic experience for kids as they get out from underneath the anxious chatter in their minds.
Join award-winning author and international speaker Liana Lowenstein, as she brings CBT to life through her innovative approach.
You’ll learn to make CBT engaging through PLAY interventions to:

Create a safe and trusting therapeutic environment
Assess anxiety symptoms and its impact on the child
Provide kid-friendly psychoeducation about anxiety and CBT basics
Foster treatment readiness and navigate resistance
Implement developmentally appropriate cognitive restructuring techniques
Develop gradual exposure plans that fit the child’s needs
Teach effective relapse prevention skills

Watch the activities come alive through videos of client sessions and activity demonstrations and come ready to play and immerse yourself in hands-on experiential exercises.
Make CBT interventions come alive – register today!

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Tapping: Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Treatment Approach to the Anxiety Spectrum Disorders - Live Webinar
2023-11-13 07:00 - 15:00
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.

LGBTQ Youth: Clinical Strategies to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Live Webinar
2023-11-14 06:00 - 14:00
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!

Neuroscience for Clinicians: New Brain Science for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse - Live Webinar
2023-11-16 07:00 - 15:00
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!

Suicide and Self-Harm in Adolescents: Effective Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Young People in Crisis - Live Webinar
2023-11-16 07:00 - 15:00
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!

Self-Regulation Interventions for Children & Adolescents: Reduce Frustration, Emotional Outbursts & Oppositional Behaviors - Live Webinar
2023-11-17 06:00 - 14:00
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

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

Sleep and Mental Health: Non-Medication Interventions to Restore Sleep Quality and Improve Clinical Outcomes - Live Webinar
2023-11-17 07:00 - 15:00
How many of your clients have sleep issues?
Or maybe the real question is how many of your clients 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!

Integration of Persistent Reflexes - Webinar
2023-11-30 15:00 - 17:00
Reflexes play an important role in a child’s ability to establish effective motor patterns and integrate sensory information. In one study, 60% of neuro-typical children were found to have a persistent reflex (Gieysztor, Choinska, and Paprocka-Borowicz, 2018). The prevalence of non-integrated reflexes can have longstanding effects on a child’s ability to learn and develop appropriate motor responses.
This course will provide a more distinct way to evaluate reflexes and provide evidence supported therapeutic activities to address persistent reflexes. With such systematic attention on effectively assessing the existence of reflexes, clinicians will be better equipped to establish documentation to support their practice. Through the review and application of such reflex assessment strategies and therapeutic activities, clinicians will be more equipped to address reflexes that are often associated with children with ADHD, learning disabilities, or sensory processing disorders.
Highlights

Immediately address persistent reflexes and how they influence development
Observation-based reflex assessment strategies and solutions to address reflex integration
Practical assessment and re-assessment strategies for underlying reflexes
Effective, evidence-based interventions for integration of reflexes
Integrate into PT/OT/SLP practice through case examples

#7455 DEI: Culturally Competent Practice in Pediatrics - Live Webinar
2023-11-30 18:00 - 20:00
#7455 DEI: Culturally Competent Practice in Pediatrics.

This is an introductory course on culturally responsive practice when working with children and their families and caregivers. It provides a basic foundation of common terms and definitions related to cultural competence as well as practical ideas for creating more diverse and inclusive sessions. Attendees will receive resources for evaluating their current levels of cultural competence as it relates to interaction with patients, families/caregivers and other providers as well as ways to determine if the language, materials and activities used accurately reflect and respect the population being served and their significant others. Attendees will learn ways to become more familiar with the cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of individual clients/patients and their families and caregivers and ways to further increase the diversity of their current practice Course instruction method includes: Lecture, Demonstration, PowerPoint Presentation, and Question/Answers

Improving Core Strength and Stability - Webinar
2023-12-02 07:00 - 14:00
As a pioneer in movement and exercise, Joseph Pilates observed the importance of core stabilization as well as other important principles of movement. In the 1930s he utilized these principles in the creation of his own exercise program. Decades later, the evidence is clear, Joseph Pilates was correct – the importance of core stabilization is vital to effective spinal rehabilitation and the rehab of multiple other injuries. Since inception, the Pilates community has continued to evolve his approach and it is now used in both exercise and rehabilitation settings to improve posture, flexibility, and muscular balance.
This course will cover the comprehensive evidence of Pilates and instruct clinicians on implementing the principles of Pilates into evidence-based practice. Each principle will be practiced using multiple exercises throughout the day learning appropriate modifications based on patients’ needs. Participants will practice treatment planning considerations for low back, thoracic, neck, hip, knee and shoulder injuries. Participants will also discover techniques to best activate and facilitate desired muscle engagement while inhibiting others. Ultimately, each participant will enhance their reasoning for prescribing specific exercises, be more effective at instructing the exercises, and be able to progress patients to greater efficient functional movement.
Highlights

Innovative methods to strengthen functional core stability for fit or frail patients of all ages that work in any setting and can be used in the clinic the next day
Learn multiple variations and modifications for home exercise programs to accommodate patients with varying impairments and conditions
Understand the interplay between proper breathing mechanics and abdominal support and utilize the concepts for decompression of the spine
Develop a dynamic core stabilization/mobility treatment plan that goes beyond posture as a plumb line and trains core stability for 3-dimensional functional movement, balance and gait
Intensive exercise labs for hands-on practice throughout the day

Smart but Scattered: Effective EF Strategies to Empower Children to Thrive Emotionally, Socially, and Academically - Live Webcast
2023-12-06 06:00 - 14:00
Margaret Dawson, EdD, NCSPRelated seminars and products

Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, is a school psychologist and for over 20 years has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She is co-author of the bestselling books on executive dysfunction, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: 2nd Edition (Guilford, 2010), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (Guilford, 2013).
Peg is a past editor of Communiqué, the newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics, including retention, ability grouping, reading disorders, attention disorders, the sleep problems of adolescents, the use of interviews in the assessment process, and homework.
Peg has many years of organizational experience at the state, national and international levels and served in many capacities, including president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the International School Psychology Association. She has also participated in many of NASP’s leadership initiatives, including the Futures Conference and the development of both the second and third Blueprint for the Training and Practice of School Psychology. She is the 2006 recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Peg received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson is an author for Guilford Press and receives royalties. She is an author for Amacon publishers and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Autism: De-Escalate Meltdowns and Diffuse Explosive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents - Live Webinar
2023-12-07 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 Joe’l Farrar, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, BCBA, 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 program.
Walk away 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

Early Intervention: Postural Control and Handling Techniques - Webinar
2023-12-07 17:00 - 19:00
Children with moderate to severe neuromotor impairment benefit from hands on treatment to improve therapeutic outcomes. Best practice in early intervention emphasizes use of therapeutic interventions that can be carried over in the natural environment. Instructing caregivers in handling techniques will improve functional outcomes in the young child with neuromotor impairment.
In this analytic and interactive workshop, we will learn and analyze hands-on techniques for facilitation of postural control and movement through developmental positions. We will also empower participants to implement these techniques for the most common problems in the pediatric patient with neuromotor disorders such as: truncal hypotonia, shoulder girdle instability, and extremity dysfunction. Participants will leave with effective neurodevelopmental handling strategies they can integrate into their toolbox the next day to improve therapeutic outcomes.
Highlights

Handling and sensory motor input techniques for the pediatric patient with motor control issues such as hypotonia, spasticity and ataxia
Improve the quality of movement through developmental positions for the pediatric patient
Video treatment sessions with children who have hypotonia, hypertonia and ataxia

Smartphone Addiction: Clinical Tools for Tech-related Anxiety, Depression and More - Live Webinar
2023-12-08 08:00 - 16:00
Smartphone and internet overuse can be heavily implicated in anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and stress.
…and 67% of your clients are compulsively checking their smartphones for alerts, calls, and texts
…even without getting a notification.
Clinical training never taught us how to handle toxic relationships with devices.
That’s why industry leaders, Nina Hersher, MSW, and Nadja Streiter, LMSW, have developed a 1-day training that will leave you feeling confident and skilled that you are fully addressing the effects of technology use with your clients.
Best of all, the learning will be fun and easy—including use of case studies, activities, visual tools, and experiential exercises. Walk-away knowing exactly how to help clients:

Understand how their mental health is connected to their digital use, so they buy into the process
Implement psychosocial interventions to experience more energy and focused attention
Recognize the insidious nature of social media’s comparison culture and turn towards their life again
Develop a step-by-step plan for flourishing in a digital world

Become more skilled addressing tech-related issues in session, register now!
