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Adverse Childhood Events: Lifelong Consequences and How to Overcome Them

Tracking # 20-710981

$79.00

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What you'll learn

Participants completing this program should be able to:

  1. Identify how adverse childhood experiences can impair the developing brain and alter the response to psychological stress.
  2. Distinguish between secure, anxious and avoidant forms of attachment.
  3. Describe how maltreatment can impair stress resilience, mood regulation, and impulse control across generations.
  4. List several ways that early adversity can undermine the immune system.
  5. Discuss how self-care and lifestyle can help overcome adverse childhood experiences.
  6. Identify psychological pathways that can protect the brain from the toxic effects of mood, anxiety, trauma, and memory related disorders related to adverse childhood experiences.

Course overview

Children and youth exposed to neglect, psychological stress and abuse develop impaired attachment styles that undermine the developing brain and immune system. This program presents evidence-based methods of overcoming adverse childhood experiences through self-care, lifestyle, and psychological pathways to improved brain function.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

Certified Master Social Worker

6h General

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

6h General

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

6h General

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

6h General

Florida Board of Massage Therapy

Massage Therapist

6h General

Florida Board of Nursing

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

6h General

Licensed Practical Nurse

6h General

Registered Nurse

6h General

Florida Board of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapist

6h General

Occupational Therapy Assistant

6h General

Florida Board of Pharmacy

Pharmacist

6h General

Registered Pharmacy Technician

6h General

Florida Board of Psychology

Limited License Psychologist

6h General

Psychologist

6h General

Disclosure statements

Participants completing this program should be able to:

  1. Identify how adverse childhood experiences can impair the developing brain and alter the response to psychological stress.
  2. Distinguish between secure, anxious and avoidant forms of attachment.
  3. Describe how maltreatment can impair stress resilience, mood regulation, and impulse control across generations.
  4. List several ways that early adversity can undermine the immune system.
  5. Discuss how self-care and lifestyle can help overcome adverse childhood experiences.
  6. Identify psychological pathways that can protect the brain from the toxic effects of mood, anxiety, trauma, and memoryrelated disorders related to adverse childhood experiences.

Angelo Pezzote, PharmD, MA, BCPP, RPh, LMHC, LPCC, LMFT, is a Board Certified Pharmacist, a member of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists and has an extensive background in the behavioral health sciences. He provides specialized information to health professionals concerning the psychological consequences of adverse childhood experiences.

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