INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD ANXIETY DISORDERS

Dates:  4/5/22, 4/12/22, 4/19/22

 Time: 9:00-10:30                                

Enrollment Limited to:  16              Contact Hrs:  4.5           CEU’s: 4.5.                                                                                                                                                     

This course will focus on empirically supported treatments for several childhood anxiety disorders, particularly focusing on cognitive-behavioral therapy which includes exposure and response prevention.  Participants will learn advanced methods for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), specific phobias, selective mutism, social anxiety, and school anxiety.  The course will include lecture and case discussion.  Participants are encouraged to present case material from their own caseloads and are required to carry at least one child anxiety case during the time period covered by the course.

Method: Lecture, discussion

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will have a better understanding of diagnosis and case conceptualization for childhood anxiety disorders, including functional analysis of what stimuli are maintaining anxiety.
• Participants will learn empirically-supported treatments including exposure therapy, stimulus fading, and behavior modification.
• Participants will learn to avoid common mistakes in exposure and response prevention treatment and be able to problem-solve challenges that arise during this treatment.

Instructors: Christopher Libby, Ph.D.

Location:  Zoom Link to Follow

Cost: $300

Westchester Jewish Community Services is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0101, and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW0067.

Please note:  To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class.  Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class.

Refund Policy:  Refundable up to 2 weeks prior to start date.

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