Many caregivers may feel overwhelmed when their child or adolescent exhibits explosive or aggressive behavior, and may turn to mental health service providers for guidance and assistance. In this webinar, participants will learn about where these challenging behaviors come from, and what they can do to support both young people and their caregivers in addressing them.  

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) is the non-punitive, non-adversarial, trauma-informed model of care originated by Dr. Ross Greene. In this webinar, he  will focus on problems (and solving them) rather than on the modifying behaviors that are being caused by those problems using his CPS approach. Additionally, he will discuss the advantages of collaborative (rather than unilateral) problem solving and the importance and feasibility of proactive interventions (Plan B of the CPS model). 

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: 

• Recognize contributing factors to childhood aggressive behavior

• Define the five paradigm shifts of the Collaborative and Proactive Solution (CPS) model and its purpose for attending to problematic behavior in youth 

• Recognize the skills that are involved in helping kids respond to problems and frustrations

• Describe the three basic mechanisms by which adults handle unsolved problems and unmet expectations in kids (Plans A, B, and C) and what is accomplished by each

• Explain the three steps of Plan B

• Describe how to effectively implement Plan B and the various roadblocks that can occur in implementation (and how to overcome them)

About the presenter:

Ross Greene, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, the originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model, and author of the books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. Dr. Greene served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over 20 years, and is now Founding Director of the non-profit Lives in the Balance, adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech, and adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Science at University of Technology Sydney in Australia. He originated and executive produced the award-winning, feature-length documentary film The Kids We Lose, released in 2018.

He and his colleagues consult extensively to families, general and special education schools, inpatient and residential facilities, and systems of juvenile detention. His research has been funded by, among others, the Stanley Research Institute, the National Institutes on Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the U.S. Department of Education. He lives in Freeport, Maine.

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It is estimated that one in five youth will suffer from some type of mental health disorder by age 18. Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders, affecting 31.9% of youth, and is often associated with other mental health concerns like depression and suicide (Merikangas, 2010). There are modular youth treatments that build youth skills to address these concerns. This training will provide resources to mental health and school professionals on identifying anxiety in youth and understanding different symptoms as they relate to typical developmental trajectory. The training will also provide strategies to address worry in youth, especially youth of color, with free resources to help in the identification and treatment of anxiety disorders. An important emphasis will focus on culturally adaptive anxiety and how to best meet youth needs. TRAINING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify signs of anxiety in students 2. Understand developmentally appropriate anxiety, stress, and worry symptoms 3. Provide practical tips to assessing and addressing anxiety 4. Distinguish clinical anxiety from worry in youth 5. Address developmental and cultural adaptations to anxiety treatment

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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has no one-size-fits-all approach to treatment. As a clinician, you may find yourself in challenging situations regarding diagnoses and the need for specialized treatment regarding OCD and associated anxieties. As a patient, you may understand the need for individualized treatment and tailored treatment that works for you. For both, it may be difficult to know how to address OCD and its related disorders with those around you. How can we navigate OCD as providers, patients, or sometimes both?

In this previously recorded session, Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD, LCSW, talks about the nuances and complexities of obsessive compulsive disorder, addresses advocacy in and out of the doctor’s office, and answers questions about OCD.

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In 2020, CARF International revised the standards for performance measurement and management and performance improvement in their entirety. The Joint Commission also requires performance improvement as part of their accreditation process. Most organizations have been unable to create performance measurement and management plans that would actually work for their organization. This webinar will break down these standards in a way that make sense to organizational leadership. FREE
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The Integrated Dynamic Care Model (IDCM) is a dimensional approach to caring for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). The epidemic of drug overdose deaths claimed the lives of 841,000 Americans between 1999 and 2019. More than 70% of these deaths in 2019 are due to opioids. Clinical models that are based on the delivery of acute episodes of care are ill-suited to meeting the needs of a patient population suffering from a chronic condition like OUD. Behavioral Health Group (BHG) has responded to this by creating an integrated dynamic care model for deployment in both its opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and office based opioid treatment (OBOT) settings. FREE

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Building and maintaining connection is essential in addictions treatment. This presentation will look at the development of attachment styles and the role this plays in substance use disorders. We will explore early object relations development and the unremembered assumptions that impact relationships and can lead to favoring substance use over intimate human connection. Lastly, we will look at using the client/clinician relationship itself to help a client move towards recovery, including goals, pitfalls, rupture and repair, transference and countertransference. FREE

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There’s no one way to describe what stress looks or feels like for a child. Often kids don’t have the words to describe how they’re feeling, and so stress can manifest as many emotions or reactions that we may not assume are attributed to being stressed. Being overloaded with stress or not knowing how to manage it can cause kids and teens to become anxious, withdrawn, aggressive, ill, or develop poor coping skills.

Join us as Dr. Lisa Coyne shares ways to identify stress in kids of all ages, explains common sources of stress both in and out of the home, and provides tips and tricks for lowering stress levels that all members of the family can benefit from.

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The suicide rate has increased significantly over the past two decades, with nearly 50,000 people currently dying from suicide in America each year.

To respond to our field’s most pressing clinical challenge, experts from across the country will present the most recent, cutting-edge advances in suicide-focused assessment and treatment, including the current efficacy of somatic and psychological interventions, the use of new clinical technologies, considerations for special populations including groups disproportionately affected by suicide, and insights from a clinician with lived experience.

This second annual course is co-hosted by McLean Hospital and the Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Join us for this free virtual event, which includes:

• Up-to-date clinically useful information about suicide assessment and treatment, presented by both experts in the field and speakers with lived experience

• Access to educational resources targeted to the practicing and academic clinician

• Opportunities for attendees to ask questions

• Continuing education credits are available for all disciplines for a small administrative fee ($35)

• Training is free, CEU’s -$35

• Register here