Child and Adolescent Mental Health in an Uncertain Time – Bessel van der Kolk & Others

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Social distancing • Loss of connection • Stressed-out parents • Lack of structure • Academic regression

Unsafe homes • Racial injustice • Financial disruption • Loss of loved ones • Increased substance abuse

The collision of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial injustice awakening happening across the world has dramatically altered the lives of the children and adolescents we work with.

For thousands of young people, this extraordinary time in our history has been destabilizing…And for others, this IS an adverse childhood experience (ACE), happening right here and now.

As we turn toward the future, they will rely on you to help them get back to some semblance of “normal.” It’s you they’ll turn to for connection, emotional and academic support, and guidance.

These vulnerable children and adolescents are looking to you to show them the way. Are you prepared?

It’s a big ask. And we know you have questions. That’s why we’ve gathered some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders, clinicians, and educators in the field for this intensive online certification course.

Join our panel of experts as they lead the charge for all of you who are working with, educating, and connecting with kids and communities in this uncertain time.

They’ll show you step by step how to talk with kids and teens about the traumatic nature of these uncertain times.

You’ll learn how to:

• Help young people cope with meeting academic and social demands again
• Integrate simple body-based practices into your day to help kids regulate, rest, and recover
• Understand and respond effectively to school anxiety and school refusal
• Cultivate connection through co-regulation and attunement
• Transform your perspective of oppositional behavior (and your response to it)
• Connect with existing personal and community strengths to build resilience
• Manage distress, anxiety, and fear of the unknown
• And MUCH more!

Register today and you’ll get…

1. 9 NEW presentations from today’s leading experts
2. 13 BONUS sessions (a value of $1,079.87 — yours free!)
3. Up to 36.5 CE Credits Click here for CE credit details
4. One-year of FREE Youth Mental Health Specialist Certification
5. Lifetime, on-demand access to ALL materials — Click here for course objectives and outline

Keynote Address

The Global Pandemic Through the Lens of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, MD, bestselling author of The Body Keeps The Score

In this one-hour segment, Dr. van der Kolk will give you specific and practical approaches you can use to best support children and adolescents who have been adversely affected by recent events – specifically, how to reintegrate back into school and structure after a prolonged and uncertain absence.

Help Kids Foster Personal Power and Internal Safety: Yoga and Mindfulness Practices for School & Home

Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RCYT

Jennifer Cohen Harper, expert in children’s yoga and mindfulness, will show you how using movement, breathwork, and mindfulness practices proactively when school returns will help kids and teens overcome these hurdles in a healthy way.

Oppositional Defiance or Faulty Neuroception? Disruptive Behaviors through the Lens of the Polyvagal Theory

Mona Delahooke, PhD

Join Dr. Delahooke as she seamlessly weaves together neuroscience with real-life scenarios to help transform your response to behavior problems. You’ll discover:

• The missing piece to understanding behavior
• Why behavior contracts and incentives fail to yield long-term success
• How to discern between intentional behavior and stress responses
• “Bottom-up” interventions you can use right away
• And more!

Coping Skills for Kids and Tweens: How to Manage Big Feelings in an Uncertain Time and Beyond

Janine Halloran, LMHC, Founder and CEO of Coping Skills for Kids

Join Janine Halloran, author of the bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook, as she reveals simple, healthy, and safe ways for kids to manage their anxiety, stress, and anger.

When Worry Shows Up at School: A Primer for Educators, Administrators, and Counselors

Dawn Huebner, PhD

For some children the fearfulness, avoidance, and perfectionism of anxiety has become their norm.

Join Dawn Huebner to discover a new way of thinking about anxiety, and practical, effective, school-based techniques that can help children – and the adults who care about them – break free from the grip of worry.

Creating Psychological Safety in the Face of Uncertainty: Family Based Interventions and Skills

Dan Hughes, PhD

Join Dr. Dan Hughes, world-renowned expert in attachment, for this session focused on helping family members, especially children, feel safe to express their fears and concerns during this uncertain time.

Dr. Hughes will provide practical strategies to help parents attain their own psychological safety, so that they can facilitate the same for their children.

Reframing Children’s Traumatic Experiences: Playful, Embodied Interventions to Restore, Regulate & Connect

Jennifer Lefebre, PsyD, RPT-S, TCTSY-F

When children view us as present and authentic in a crisis, it offers an opening for healing, giving children with difficult emotions permission to create new experiences.

This workshop offers effective interventions for individuals, dyads, families, and groups to learn how to respond rather than react, as they’ve done in the past.

IFS and Parenting: Help Kids Transition Forward to a Calm, Centered Place

Frank Anderson, MD

Join Frank Anderson, international IFS presenter and author, to learn how Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy can help parents help their children safely and seamlessly deal with their fears, uncertainty and anger in the present.

Adolescence in Crisis: Racial Trauma and Identity (A Trauma-Focused DBT Perspective)

Eboni Webb, PsyD, HSD

Join Dr. Eboni Webb for this compelling session that focuses on racial trauma through the lens of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). You’ll learn:

• How racial trauma impacts adolescent development
• How it informs body politics and self-image
• DBT strategies for adolescents to cope, thrive, and build a life worth living amidst racial trauma
• And more!