2-Day Certification Training: Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents – Paul Foxman

2-Day Certification Training: Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents – Paul Foxman

Faculty:
Paul Foxman
Duration:
12 Hours 20 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 23, 2020

Description

Handouts

Manual – 2-Day Intensive Workshop on Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children & Adolescents (3.36 MB)
60 Pages
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Illinois Educators Self-study Instructions (28.5 KB)

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Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB)

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Outline
DAY ONE
Sources of Anxiety and Treatment Overview

What research tells us about therapy effectiveness applied to children
How anxiety develops in children: the “Three Ingredients Framework”
Biological sensitivity
Anxiety personality style
Stress overload
Treatment goals, strategies, and recommendations
The baseball analogy for behavior change and symptom reduction
Behavioral health recommendations

Interventions: Stress Management and Anxiety-Regulation Skills

The 1st intervention: “3-S” process for stress management
Symptoms
Sources
Solutions
The 2nd intervention: anxiety regulation skills
”Relaxation Response”
Breathing practices
Mindfulness practices for children
Flow activities
Yoga games
Martial arts
”Baby Buddhas” meditation for preschoolers
Other approaches to self-regulation

School Recommendations, Medication, DSM-5® Classification, and Interventions for Separation Anxiety Disorder

Recommendations for schools
Pros and cons of medication
DSM-5® anxiety disorders: current updates
Separation anxiety
Normal separation process
Therapeutic exposure
”Helicopter”, “bulldozer” and “snowplow” parenting
Strategies to help parents let go

Interventions for Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorder

Generalized anxiety
Why we worry
Introducing language for new thought patterns
9 strategies for replacing worry with alternative cognitive habits
Panic disorder
Diagnosis and treatment success rate
Agoraphobia component
Treatment metaphors
”Floating Technique”
”LifeSkills” Self Help Program

DAY TWO
Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Obsessive-compulsive disorders: expanded classification
Relationship between obsessions and compulsions
Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
Excoriation (skin picking)
Body dysmorphia
PANDAS (medically induced OCD: Pediatric Autoimmune Disorder Associated with Streptococcus Infection)

Interventions for Social Anxiety Disorder and Selective Mutism

Social Anxiety Disorder
Selective mutism
Self-esteem issues and treatment
Social communication skills
Group therapy

Interventions for Phobias and Stressor- and Trauma-Related Disorders

Specific Phobias
Diagnosis and examples
Virtual reality exposure
Stressor- and Trauma-related disorders
Expanded diagnostic classification
Attachment disorders
Adjustment disorders
Acute stress disorders
Trauma-related disorders
New frontiers in trauma treatment

Wrap Up

Therapy progress measures
Case consultations​

Faculty

Paul Foxman, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 7
Vermont Center for Anxiety Care

Paul Foxman, Ph.D., has led hundreds of workshops throughout the U.S. and Canada, and he has appeared on television and radio as an expert on the topic of anxiety. His books include The Clinician’s Guide to Anxiety Disorders in Kids & Teens (PESI, 2016), Dancing with Fear (Hunter House, 2007) and award-winning The Worried Child (Hunter House, 2004). He also co-authored a casebook, Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders (with Glatzer) (Hunter House, 2002). Dr. Foxman is known for his knowledge and clarity, sense of humor, compassion, and engaging speaking style.
Dr. Foxman is a clinical psychologist, as well as founder and director of the Vermont Center for Anxiety Disorders. In 1985 he co-founded the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne, VT, now flourishing from kindergarten through high school. Dr. Foxman has over 40 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings including hospitals, community mental health centers, schools and private practice.
Dr. Foxman’s education includes Yale University (B.A. in Psychology), Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology), and training at the Department of Psychiatry of Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, the Kennedy Child Study Center in Nashville, and the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Paul Foxman is the founder/director of the Center for Anxiety Disorders. He is an author for Hunter House and receives royalties. He is an author for Jason Aronson, Inc. and receives royalties. He is an author for Da Capo Press and receives royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Paul Foxman co-founded the Lake Champlain Waldorf School.