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Title: Why Difficult Children are Difficult - Six Questions for Assessment       Register Now

 

Instructor: Ronald Mah, MA, LMFT       Click to View Biography

 

Number of CEUs: 2

 

Price: 22.00

 

Course Description:

This course introduces the complexity of reasons why difficult children are “difficult.” Problematic behavior, misbehavior, or acting out can be sensational, and focus parents, teachers, social workers, therapists, and mental health and social services workers on just stopping the behavior. However, in order to achieve long-term change, it is critical to understand the underlying causes for behavior. Six simple assessment questions lead to greater sophistication and diagnosis that will facilitate more successful interventions. Since some parents are in denial about their children’s behaviors or issues, a specific process for intervention will be presented. This will include identifying common errors in such a process.

 

Target Audience:
  • Social workers, therapists and other health care and social services practitioners, including doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, dentists, and nurses;


  • Educational and child activities leaders, including teachers, instructional aides, and other employees of schools;


  • Child caregivers, including parents and foster parents; and anyone else who works with children.

 

Learning Objectives:

On completion of this course, registrants will:

  1. Learn how a multitude of acting-out behaviors, misbehaviors, and problematic behaviors can come from a wide variety of underlying issues.


  2. Learn that anger is an empowering emotion used by individuals for self-care.


  3. Learn that anger is often a secondary emotion to vulnerable feelings.


  4. Learn that sadness or dysthymia can be the root of misbehavior.


  5. Learn the distinction between anxiety and fear—their origins, how they affect behavior, and how to address them.


  6. Learn how uncommon issues or conditions can lead to problematic behaviors.


  7. Learn ways to successfully bring up feedback to parents that might otherwise make them uncomfortable.

 

Course Agenda: Click here to view course agenda

 

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