Adverse Childhood Events: Lifelong Consequences and How to Overcome Them
Tracking # 20-710981
$79.00
What you'll learn
Participants completing this program should be able to:
- Identify how adverse childhood experiences can impair the developing brain and alter the response to psychological stress.
- Distinguish between secure, anxious and avoidant forms of attachment.
- Describe how maltreatment can impair stress resilience, mood regulation, and impulse control across generations.
- List several ways that early adversity can undermine the immune system.
- Discuss how self-care and lifestyle can help overcome adverse childhood experiences.
- 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
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Florida Board of Massage Therapy
Massage Therapist
Florida Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacist
Registered Pharmacy Technician
Florida Board of Psychology
Limited License Psychologist
Psychologist
Disclosure statements
Participants completing this program should be able to:
- Identify how adverse childhood experiences can impair the developing brain and alter the response to psychological stress.
- Distinguish between secure, anxious and avoidant forms of attachment.
- Describe how maltreatment can impair stress resilience, mood regulation, and impulse control across generations.
- List several ways that early adversity can undermine the immune system.
- Discuss how self-care and lifestyle can help overcome adverse childhood experiences.
- 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.