Advanced Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents: A Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma (Lefebre 001261 HS)

Course overview

What if that simple caring hug you gave a child in a therapy session somehow triggered a report to your licensing board? Do you know what to do when a child hits you during a session? What about when a child tries to touch you inappropriately? Dr. Janet Courtney in this engaging webcast explores these ethical considerations of touch including current research, cultural concerns, and the importance of touch to human development. Come away with over 20+ clinical and ethical best practice guidelines! Case examples are highlighted to demonstrate in-the-moment interventions with client populations (infants to teenagers) dealing with issues related to attachment, autism, ADHD, Sensory processing disorder, and physical and sexual abuse. Get a sneak peek of the seminar: Improve self-regulation, attachments and relational engagement Increase the effectiveness of traditional trauma therapies Transform your work and enhance the capacity for healthy play among the youngest of trauma survivors Traumatic events damage children emotionally and psychologically. Their trauma stays trapped in their body - they feel overwhelmed, they don't sleep, they're anxious, depressed, failing in school, angry and socially isolated. They are completely vulnerable. How do you as a therapist get to the root of their pain? What do you do when words and language can't be accessed, when conventional treatments aren't enough? Play is a child's natural way to expose their trauma, formulate their narrative and begin to process the trauma. Watch trauma expert, Dr. Jennifer Lefebre in this experiential, interactive recording and learn to speak the language of traumatized children! Integrate play therapy with trauma treatment to provide children engaging, developmentally appropriate and empirically validated treatment Use essential components of trauma treatment flexibly combined with sensory, non-verbal and embodied play to address interest and advance your work with kids Creative and effective treatment strategies to improve self-regulation, attachments and relational engagement, integrate traumatic experiences and build a sense of competence and worth Access a clinical framework to incorporate trauma theory, neuroscientific research and play therapy principle Increase the capacity for healthy play among the youngest of trauma survivors Breathe new life into your trauma treatment with kids! Continuing Education Hours from this training are eligible when applying for certification/recertification through the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) at www.traumapro.net Discover why play therapy works and how to use it to treat childhood mental health challenges such as: ADHD - Anxiety - Autism - Disruptive Behavior Disorders - Depression - OCD - PTSD - Trauma - Self-Esteem - Social Skills Play Therapy is filled with dozens of powerful play techniques adapted for use in individual, family, and group therapy, for schools, and at home. Inside you'll find: Hands on Activities Printable Worksheets Expressive and Creative Arts Dynamic Therapeutic Games Puppet Play Guided Imagery Parent-Child Interventions Tips for Parents & Teachers