Treatment of Anxiety in Autistic Children and Teens: Integrating CBT, DBT and Polyvagal Theory - Video

Course overview

Participants will be able to analyze the overlap of anxiety and trauma in autistic youth to determine how neurodivergence amplifies these challenges, will be able to integrate the science of CBT, the emotion regulation tools of DBT, and the nervous system-calming principles of Polyvagal Theory to deliver effective, individualized care, will be able to develop strategies to engage highly verbal and less verbal autistic clients, ensuring the approach is accessible and effective for all, and will be able to apply specialized strategies for simple phobia, school refusal, OCD, GAD, selective mutism, social phobia, PTSD, panic disorder, and medical care anxiety