Child Therapy: Effective Approaches for Treatment Resistant Acting-Out Behavior (Online)
3 Credit Hours | $45.00 | Author: Bonnie Barclay, LCSW
Skill Level: Intermediate

Are you struggling to develop treatment interventions that work with acting-out children and their families? Do you feel traditional approaches are not effective? This course will provide an overview of the issues and problems that may be contributing to treatment resistant acting-out behavior, and offers a framework for assessing and treating these children and their families. Utilizing behavioral and case examples, the reader will be able to translate these problems into specific treatment objectives, and develop an understanding of the treatment process in moving the child from verbalizing feelings to self-regulation. This course is designed for clinicians who are actively working with children.

The on-line course material is presented in a PDF with pre-established bookmarks outlining the different sections of the course. Click on "bookmarks" on the left side of the PDF to access the course sections. If you do not have the most recent version of Adobe Reader, click here to download a free copy. You will temporarily leave the site until the download is complete and you close out of the Adobe site.

eLearning Essentials, provider #1123, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Social Workers participating in this course will receive 3 continuing education clock hours.

eLearning Essentials, provider # 6235, is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education credit for National Certified Counselors. National Certified Counselors participating in this course will receive 3 continuing education clock hours.

eLearning Essentials, provider #RCS050601, is recognized by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist Board to be a provider of continuing professsional education (CPE) for social workers and counselors. Social Workers and Counselors participating in this course will receive 3 continuing education clock hours.

eLearning Essentials, provider # 50-8572, is recognized by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to offer continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Participants will receive 3 continuing education clock hours.

eLearning Essentials, provider # PCE 4004, is recognized by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences to offer continuing education to meet MFT and LCSW licensure requirements. Participants will receive 3 continuing education clock hours.

eLearning Essentials adheres to the standards of each board and maintains responsibility for the program.

Course Objectives

• Identify the complex issues and problems contributing to treatment resistant acting-out behavior in children.
• List and prioritize specific treatment objectives to target acting-out behaviors, decrease these behaviors over time, and improve the child's relationship with others.
• Identify intervention strategies to assist children in the process of understanding, naming, and tolerating a broader range of feelings, as well as learning to self-regulate their behavior.
• Identify skills to work more effectively with parents and other supports in understanding and responding to their child's behavior.
• Identify a three tier system for prioritizing parenting goals to use in the home with their child.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bonnie Barclay, L.C.S.W., earned both her undergraduate degree in Psychology and her Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She has extensive experience working with children, adults, and families in a variety of treatment settings including both direct practice and supervisory positions. She specializes in trauma related issues, mood disorders, and behavior problems in children. In addition to being President of eLearning Essentials, Bonnie is currently a grief educator for divorcing parenting classes and is on the board for the Cokesbury Children's Center. She has presented at workshops and conducted community education seminars throughout East Tennessee. Bonnie enjoys living in Knoxville, Tennessee with her husband and two children.
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