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Brain-Based Learning, Behavioural Challenges & Mental Health: The Saskatoon Educators’ Conference
For Education and Clinical Professionals, Parents, Caregivers & More
Presented by Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP and Christine Dargon, Ph.D. and Steven T. Olivas, Ph.D., HSP and Rebecca Moyes, M.Ed. and Eboni Webb, Psy.D., HSP and Meghan Barlow, Ph.D. and Monique Gray Smith and Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP
Monday, May 13, 2019 – Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Saskatoon, sk
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Please note, there have been changes made to the line up. Please see the event page for the most up to date information.
Date & Location
Monday, May 13, 2019 – Wednesday, May 15, 2019
9:00am to 4:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Saskatoon Downtown
90 22 St E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X6
phone: (306) 244-2311
New Conference Format
- 8 Internationally Renown Experts
- 9 Full Day Workshops
- Mix & Match to Create Customized Conference Experience
Conference Overview
Day One: Monday, May 13th, 2019
Emotional Disorders
Workshop #1 – The Neuropsychology of Emotional Disorders: A Framework for Effective Interventions by Dr. Steven Feifer, D.Ed,. ABSNP. Internationally renowned speaker and author in the field of learning disabilities. Employed as a psychologist at Monocracy Neurodevelopment Centre, Frederick, M.D.
Anxiety Disorders
Workshop #2 – Overcoming Anxiety Disorders in School-Age Children by Dr. Christine Dargon, Ph.D. International speaker, educator and author. On faculty at Grand Canyon University and Ashford University.
Brief Interventions
Workshop #3 – Over 30 Proven and Effective Brief Interventions for Students with Emotional and Behavioural Problems by Dr. Steven T. Olivas, Ph.D. Nationally-renowned speaker, author, behaviour consultant and licensed psychologist in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee
Day Two: Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
Reading and Written Language Disorders
Workshop #5 – The Neuropsychology of Reading and Written Language Disorders: A Framework for Effective Interventions by Dr. Steven Feifer, D.Ed,. ABSNP. Internationally renowned speaker and author in the field of learning disabilities. Employed as a psychologist at Monocracy Neurodevelopment Centre, Frederick, M.D.
Behaviours Associated with Disabilities
Workshop #6 – Is it Disability Behaviour or Just Disruptive Behaviour by by Rebecca A. Moyes, M.Ed. Former general education teacher, author, consultant to school districts for students with emotional disturbance, autism and/or severe behaviours
Self-Regulation
Workshop #7 – Rescuing the Dysregulated Child by Eboni Webb, Psy.D. Owner of Kairos Mental Health Cooperative in Nashville, Tennessee. Serves as an advisor to the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy National Certification and Accreditation Association
Resilience and Indigenous Children
Workshop #8 – Strategies for Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children by Monique Gray Smith, International presenter, award winning author and consultant. Owner of Little Drum Consulting and former Executive Director for Aboriginal Head Start Association of BC and the National Aboriginal Advisor for Roots of Empathy.
Day Three: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Smart but Scattered: Building Executive Skills
Workshop #9 – Smart but Scattered: Strengthening Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents by Margaret Dawson, D.Ed. School psychologist and has worked at the Centre for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She is international presenter and bell-selling author.
High-Functioning Autism
Workshop #10 – High Functioning Autism: Proven and Practical Interventions for Challenging behaviours with children and adolescents by Dr. Meghan Barlow, Ph.D. Licensed paediatric psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of children on the autism spectrum. Owner of a private practice, Meghan Barlow and Associates in West Lake, Ohio.
Who Should Attend
Education and Clinical Professionals: K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors/Psychologists, Learning Assistance/ Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers. All other professionals who support students including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers, Police Officers, and Early Childhood Educators.
Parents, Caregiver, Foster Parents, Grandparents, and Extended Family raising a child.
Day 1 – May 13, 2019
Workshop #1: The Neuropsychology of Emotional Disorders: A Framework for Effective Interventions
Presented by
Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP
9:00am -4:00pm May 13, 2019
This workshop will explore the neural architecture of emotional behaviour by examining various brain structures laying the foundation for higher level social skill functioning. Specific biological factors related to the development of social competence and emotional self-regulation will be explored. There will be a detailed discussion on behavioural self-regulation, anxiety disorders, and depression from a brain-based educational perspective. Particular focus will be on factors leading to emotional dysregulation and the neurobiological underpinnings of stress. Schools can enhance emotional wellness in children through early prevention efforts, appropriate assessment strategies, and an improved school climate to foster emotional growth for all children.
- Discuss the relationship between emotional disorders and poor self regulation skills, bullying behaviour, and limited academic success in school
- Discuss the neural architecture of emotional functioning by examining six key brain regions responsible for behavioural self-regulation
- Explore the neurobiological correlates and treatment options for psychopathy and emotional dysregulation, depression, and anxiety disorders in children
- Present a treatment algorithm utilizing counseling, cognitive-behavioural therapy, parent training, and neurofeedback to promote emotional wellness in children
- Explore effective classroom interventions, treatment options, and assessment strategies for children with emotional self-regulation and conduct disorders
COURSE OUTLINE:
- The coding conundrum for children with emotional disorders
- Curbing bullying behaviour in our schools
- Neural architecture of emotional regulation
- Emotional disorders, behaviour and academic success
- Treatment for anxiety, depression, and self regulation disorders
- De-escalating behaviour and promoting social-emotional learning
- Assessment of social-emotional disorders
Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABPdN is dually trained as both a nationally certified school psychologist and board certified pediatric neuropsychologist, having completed research stints at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Feifer has earned numerous distinctions throughout his career including…
Workshop #2: Overcoming Anxiety Disorders in School-Age Children
Presented by
Christine Dargon, Ph.D.
9:00am - 4:00pm May 13, 2019
The increasing rate of stress and trauma to children, which includes divorce, family breakdown, violence in society and the media has produced a “shell shocked” generation suffering from anxiety in many cases. The challenge for educators and clinicians is to recognize anxiety in children and help them cope. Dr. Christine Dargon will teach you how and why anxiety develops in children and adolescents. She will present practical strategies that can be applied immediately in the classroom.
The seven key anxiety disorders along with case examples to be addressed include:
- Separation Anxiety Disorder
- Overanxious Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Phobias
Other co-occurring disorders (e.g. behaviour problems, medical conditions, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, selective mutism) will also be discussed. Emphasis will be on creative interventions involving insight- oriented, cognitive-behavioural, biological, mindfulness, expressive arts and family systems approaches.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Demonstrate how to apply the “Three Ingredients” template for understanding how, why and when anxiety develops in children
- Describe how to recognize and modify the sources of stress in children and adolescents
- Explain the anxiety management skills to use with young students
- Identify effective treatment strategies for each of the seven key anxiety disorders
- Identify steps that schools can take to reduce student anxiety
COURSE OUTLINE:
Nature and Causes of Anxiety
- How anxiety develops in children
- Three ingredients in all anxiety disorders
- The “anxiety personality” –– assets and liabilities
Seven Key Anxiety Disorders
- Separation anxiety disorder
- Panic disorder
- Overanxious disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
Co-Occurring Disorders
- Depression
- ADHD
- Learning Disabilities
- Selective mutism
Therapeutic Approaches
- Cognitive-behavioural
- Biological
- Mindfulness
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems Approaches
Interventions and Self-Regulation Strategies
- The Floating Technique for panic anxiety
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD
- Mindfulness for worry
- Solution Focused Intervention for worry
- Group therapy guidelines for social anxiety
- Visualization Desensitization for separation anxiety
- Three Questions Technique for parents struggling with child separation anxiety
- Three Step Technique for managing children’s stress
- Yoga games and breathing techniques for relaxation training
- LifeSkills Program for generalized Anxiety
- Virtual Reality approach for phobias
- Baby Buddhas meditations for anxious preschoolers
Christine Dargon, Ph.D., having worked in clinical practice for over 20 years, now focusses her time on speaking and education. Dr. Dargon did graduate research and her dissertation on rape-related PTSD and began working with rape survivors over 25 years…
Workshop #3: Over 30 Proven & Effective Brief Interventions for Students with Emotional & Behavioural Problems
Presented by
Steven T. Olivas, Ph.D., HSP
9:00am - 4:00pm May 13, 2019
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Over 30 Proven and Effective Brief Interventions for Student with Emotional and Behavioural Problems will guide you through focused, clear and proven approaches to working with children and youth. Every professional who seeks to fill their toolbox with tested methods will leave this seminar with a wealth of fresh ideas and rejuvenated spirits. With nearly 30 years of clinical experience and a background in improvisational comedy, Dr. Steve is a strong proponent of “Edu-tainment”. He uses wit and humour to enhance your learning experience, improving the retention and utilization of the skills covered. You will leave this workshop with new strategies for success and techniques to revitalize your interactions with students.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- . Utilize effective techniques for the treatment of behaviour disorders in children
- Develop specific behavioural interventions that address the developmental stage of the child or adolescent
- Consider the efficacy of biologically-based interventions to address behavioural and emotional disorders in children
- Explore clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, ODD, and conduct disorder as they relate to diagnoses
- Develop skills for establishing an interpersonal rapport to overcome resistance to change in children and adolescents
- Analyze the symptoms of behavioural and emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your intervention strategies
COURSE OUTLINE:
- Introduction-
- Introduce speaker
- Daily agenda
- Defining Terms/Seminar Warm-ups
- Immediate Interventions: Physiological
- Neuropsychology
- Hormones
- Gender/Relationship to School
- Medication Primer
- Tools to Manage Anger
- Creating Common Language
- Expand Emotional Awareness/Vocabulary
- Standing 8 Count
- Tom McIntyre
- Empathy Building:
- Time-In/Restitution
- General Mental Health
- Physical Health
- Mental Health
- Siphoning Energy/Counterconditioning:
- Settle Mind
- Settle Body
- Positive Reinforcement/Stabilization
- Home: Listening Jar
- School
- Hendrix Intentional Dialogue
- Autism Spectrum
- Read & React
- Rules of Engagement
- Building a Broader Structure
- Temple Grandin
- Jay Haley – Prescribe the Symptom
- Classroom Examples
- Separate Behaviour from application
Steven T. Olivas, Ph.D., HSP, is a Licensed Psychologist in Private Practice in Middle Tennessee. He began his practice career in 1991 when ADHD was exploding onto the scene, and has enjoyed working with the energy and spontaneous creativity of children ever…
Day 2 – May 14, 2019
Workshop #5: The Neuropsychology of Reading and Written Language Disorders: A Framework for Effective Interventions
Presented by
Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP
9:00am -4:00pm May 14, 2019
This workshop will examine reading and written language disorders from a brain-based educational perspective, and classify both dyslexia and dysgraphia into distinct subtypes. There will be a detailed discussion linking each learning disorder’s subtype with scores of evidence-based interventions. Four universal truths when teaching reading will be shared, in addition to five essential steps for effective written language instruction. The use of neuropsychological assessment addressing multiple cognitive constructs that underscore literacy will be featured. For instance, the role of phonological processing, orthographic processing, working memory, language and motor skill development, and executive functioning will be discussed as being crucial for effective literacy skills to emerge. Lastly, the “90-minute” learning disorders evaluation highlighting the Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) battery will be introduced as a more effective means to both identify and remediate language-based learning disabilities in children.
- Discuss current literacy rates in Canada and trends in reading achievement
- Differentiate “developmental dyslexia” from other learning disorders, and discuss how schools can best screen for early reading pitfalls in children
- Discuss four universal truths with respect to teaching reading based upon brain-behavioural principles
- Describe a brain-based educational model of reading and written language disorders by classifying each disability into basic subtypes, with specific remediation strategies linked to each subtype
- Discuss five essential steps for effective written language instruction
- Describe the 90 minute LD evaluation measuring eight core constructs associated with learning disorders in children, including the Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) battery
Workshop #6: Is It Disability Behaviour or Just Disruptive Behaviour?
Presented by
Rebecca Moyes, M.Ed.
9:00am - 4:00pm May 14, 2019
Both educators and parents struggle with what to do with difficult behaviour in the classroom and home. Both are often hesitant to provide consequences when a child with special needs exhibits problem behaviours because they are afraid they will be accused of punishing him/her for symptoms that are related to his/her disability. In school settings, there are certain behaviours that are not permitted, and others that impede the child’s or the other students’ ability to learn. Knowing how to appropriately address behaviours is important because any behaviour that is reinforced (either accidentally or on purpose) is likely to continue or escalate. Children with disabilities often exhibit problems with motivation, transitions, task avoidance, sensory processing, social skills, anger, defiance, impulsiveness, and behavioural inhibition, among others. Many children with autism, Asperger’s, ADHD, emotional disturbance, oppositional defiant disorder, Down’s Syndrome, and learning disability exhibit these challenging behaviours. Behind every problem behaviour is something to teach to address a skill deficit and interventions that can help to stop the cycle of difficult behaviour. This full-day workshop will empower educators with practical and evidenced-based strategies to feel competent to appropriately address difficult behaviours associated with disabilities.
- Identify the use of positive vs. negative reinforcement and positive vs. negative punishment when given behavioural scenarios
- Describe ways to incorporate the use of reinforcement to decrease the frequency of problem behaviour
- List particular antecedent strategies to support difficult behaviour, including strategies for students with emotional disturbance and oppositional defiant disorder
- Describe the skill deficits that may be associated with problem behaviour and write appropriate IEP goals to address them
- Write positive behaviour support plans to teach new skills so that children will not use problem behaviour to achieve escape or attention
- Initiate the use of appropriate data collection tools to study behaviour objectively and learn what is reinforcing it
COURSE OUTLINE:
- Difficulties presented by children with
behavioral deficits and conflicts between
staff and parents - Antecedents to difficult behavior;
consequences: reinforcers and
“punishers” - Functions of behaviour; types of data collection tools
- Developing a PBSP based on data collection
- Executive functions and how they impact problem behaviour
- Interventions for motivation, transition difficulties, perseverations
- Interventions for inflexibility, oppositional defiant behaviour, sensory disturbances, attention difficulties and emotional control
Rebecca Moyes, M.Ed., is a former general education teacher in public and private schools. She has served on Pennsylvania Governor Ridge’s Task Force for Autism and was a member of the PA SAFE Project for Verbal Behaviour. She is the author…
Workshop #7: Rescuing the Dysregulated Child: Effective Interventions & Strategies with Children, Adolescents, & Parents
Presented by
Eboni Webb, Psy.D., HSP
9:00am - 4:00pm May 14, 2019
Working with emotionally dysregulated children is an often overwhelming and exhausting endeavour. Many teachers and counsellors feel the pull of being “saviours” for dysregulated children and their parents. How to intervene and steps that can be taken by teachers and administrators will be presented. This training will enable participants to employ strategies in which teachers and parents can experience success through learning to reestablish structure, create a validating and secure environment, and increase compassion for all family members and care providers.
Dr. Webb will additionally address key childhood disorders that left untreated can lead to maladaptive coping behaviours in adulthood. Dr. Webb will teach participants how to apply and adapt various skills training to reflect the language of children and how to establish a safe and supportive classroom in which children can learn and generalize these skills. Working with emotionally-dysregulated children in your classroom can be overwhelming and exhausting. You probably feel the pull of being the “saviour” for dysregulated children and their worried parents. Learn how to implement the skills you need to be more effective in the classroom, avoid burnout and achieve positive outcomes.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the biosocial model of pervasive emotional dysregulation disorders found in innately sensitive children.
- Utilize behaviour modification strategies at the earliest stage of dysregulation.
- Summarize the importance of structure in both skills training and home environments and how to teach parents or care providers to implement these strategies.
- Explain how to adapt each skills module to reflect the language of the child.
- Explain the role of educators, care providers, and parents and how to reestablish a safe and loving structure that enables the child to learn and generalize skills.
COURES OUTLINE:
- Biosocial Model
- Attachment style
- Impact of trauma
- Effects of inadequate validation in early emotional development
- Symptoms of pervasive emotional dysregulation disorder
Adapt Dialectical Behaviour Skills Training to Key Childhood and Adolescent Disorders ADHD
- Attachment Disorder
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)/Conduct Disorder (CD)
Eboni Webb, Psy.D., HSP is a licensed psychologist and serves as an advisor to the Dialectical Behavior Therapy National Certification and Accreditation Association (DBTNCAA). She has practiced in numerous community settings including clinics that treat underserved communities of color, clients with…
Workshop #8: Strategies for Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children
Presented by
Monique Gray Smith
9:00am - 4:00pm May 14, 2019
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This workshop will provide an in-depth look at the powerful effects of resiliency and strategies for fostering resiliency with Indigenous children. The 4 Blankets of Resiliency: Strong sense of self; family; community; culture, language and connection to the land will be used as a framework throughout the workshop.
Participants will gain a unique understanding of how history continues to impact Indigenous children, youth, families and communities. The effect of stress and trauma and why this may cause addictions, various behavioural disruptions and challenges in attachment will be discussed. Monique will examine the impact of these variables on student wellness and the connection to learning.
Monique will explain unique techniques to weave the 4 Blankets of Resiliency into all aspects of programming to ensure these factors are part of every students learning experience. The ability to nurture and foster resiliency is one of the most profound ways to make a positive difference in student wellness and learning.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a greater understanding of Aboriginal historical perspective and how our history continues to impact children, and families.
- Greater understanding of fostering resiliency in a cultural context.
- Exploring strategies for weaving culture into all elements of your programming or practice.
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed heritage woman of Cree, Lakota, and Scottish descent and is the proud Mom of twins. She is an award-winning author, speaker and sought-after consultant. Monique has been running her business, Little Drum Consulting since…
Day 3 – May 15, 2019
Workshop #9: Smart But Scattered: Strengthening Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents
Presented by
Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP
9:00am - 4:00pm May 15, 2019
Executive function is a neuropsychological concept referring to the cognitive processes required to plan and direct activities. Skills include task initiation and follow through, working memory, sustained attention, performance monitoring, inhibition of impulses, and goal-directed persistence. While the ground-work for development of these skills occurs before birth, they develop gradually through the first two decades of life. But from the moment that children begin to interact with their environment, adults have expectations for how they will use executive skills to negotiate many of the demands of childhood – from the self-regulation of behaviour required to act responsibly, to the planning and initiation skills required to complete chores and homework. Parents and teachers expect children to use executive skills even though they may little understand what these skills are and how they impact behaviour and school performance. The importance of executive skills to overall cognitive functioning first became apparent in work with children and teenagers who had sustained traumatic brain injuries. Problems involving planning and organization, time management, and memory, as well as weaknesses with inhibition and regulation of emotions, have long described a significant component of traumatic brain injury. Executive skills have also assumed an important role in the explanation of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
This workshop will begin by providing an overview of executive skills, including definitions and a description of the developmental progression of these skills in the first two decades of life. The approach to understanding executive skills presented in this workshop is structured around two key concepts: 1) that most individuals have an executive skills profile that includes both strengths and weaknesses; and 2) by defining executive skills discretely rather than grouping them in broader categories, it is possible to design interventions to address specific deficits that lend themselves to data-based decision making. Workshop participants will gain a deeper understanding both of the model being presented and of their own executive skills profile.
The heart of the workshop will address how to assess executive skills and develop interventions designed to address specific executive skill weaknesses.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Define executive skills and identify how executive skills impact school performance and daily living
- Use assessment tools to identify executive dysfunction
- Access a repertoire of strategies to improve executive skills in students
- Design your own intervention strategies tailored to the needs of individual students
- Utilize classroom-wide interventions to improve executive skills
COURSE OUTLINE:
Part I: Overview of Executive Skills
- Definitions
- Underlying theory
- Executive skills in the context of brain function and child development
Part II: Assessment of Executive Skills
- Parent/teacher/student interviews
- Behaviour Rating Scales
- Observations
- Informal Assessment
- Formal Assessment
Part III: Three Intervention Strategies
- Environmental modifications to reduce the impact of weak executive skills
- Teaching strategies/routines to help youngsters develop/improve executive functioning
- Using incentives to help youngsters practice or use skills that are difficult
Part IV: Coaching as an Effective Strategy for Building Executive Skills
- Overview of coaching
- Description of 2-stage process
- Coaching with younger children
- Clinical case examples
- Description of research studies
Dr. Peg Dawson: In over 40 years of clinical practice, Dr. Peg Dawson has worked with thousands of children who struggle at home and in school. At the center of their struggles are often weak executive skills. Along with her…
Workshop #10: High Functioning Autism: Proven & Practical Interventions for Challenging Behaviours with Children & Adolescents
Presented by
Meghan Barlow, Ph.D.
9:00am - 4:00pm May 15, 2019
This intensive, full-day workshop provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioural techniques to help you analyze behaviours and actions, identify consequences for behaviours, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk away with practical intervention techniques for social success, behaviour changes and overcoming challenging co-occurring behaviours that deliver success through adulthood
The challenging co-occurring issues to be addressed are:
- Social Skills Deficits
- Communication Deficits
- Sensory
- Anxiety/Rigidity
- Depression
- Meltdowns, Outbursts, and Non-Compliance
- ADHD & OCD
- Psychotropic Medications
Gain valuable insight into how information processing, communication, and social skills deficits lead to difficulty in the home, school, occupational, and social settings. Learn how to prioritize a plan for intervention and implement strategies in order to improve functioning across all areas. We will explore HFA and the new DSM-5® diagnosis of Social- Pragmatic Communication Disorder. You will receive the necessary tools to gain effective collaboration between clinicians, educators and parents.
Through case studies, video clips and class participation you will leave this workshop with an improved understanding of HFA and the confidence to develop and implement effective treatment plans. Don’t just manage these individuals; provide interventions that lead to successful independence into their adult years!
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Explain how the DSM-5® updates impact service delivery
- Utilize several social skill interventions to improve long-term success for children/adolescents with HFA
- Employ specific coping and calming techniques for children/adolescents with HFA
- Identify medication side effects that can mimic behavioural issues and may even cause behavioural issues
- Design effective strategies for successful transitions for children/adolescents with HFA
- Select specific behavioural interventions that target the most difficult behaviours in children/ adolescents with HFA
- Summarize the new DSM-5® diagnosis of Social- Pragmatic Communication Disorder and design treatment interventions
COURSE OUTLINE:
DSM-5® and ICD-10 Updates
- Social-Pragmatic Communication Disorder
- Impact on service delivery (school/community)
- Successfully link home, school and therapy
- IEP/504/Do they qualify for school services?
- Co-morbid disorders: Why the difference is important
Social Skills Interventions
- Improve social skill deficits
- “Kid Cop” behaviours and why other kids get angry
- How to get peers to recognize them in positive ways
- Group activities that have a proven track record
Communication Interventions
- Help peers and family members relate
- Verbal interventions that overload processing
- The importance of incorporating visuals in communication
- Pragmatic language and other abstract issues
Sensory Interventions
- Self-stimulation
- Coping/calming techniques that reduce meltdowns
- Sensory diet
Anxiety Interventions
- Anxiety-reducing activities
- How anxiety impacts rigidity
- Help them “self-regulate”
- Successful transitions
Depression Interventions
- Assessing for mood disorders
- Therapy that works for people with HFA
- Solitude vs. loneliness
ADHD Interventions
- ADHD vs. hyper-focus
- Commonly prescribed medications and possible benefits and side effects
- Specific triggers and what fuels the rage
- Reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviours
- Mistakes that escalate defiant behaviours
- Overcome refusals to comply with even simple requests
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Interventions
- Differences between ASD and OCD
- Specific medication interventions
- Impact on socialization and behaviours
Meghan Barlow, Ph.D., is a licensed pediatric psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum. She also has a wide range of experience working with children who have a variety of anxiety…
Registration & Fees
| Registration | Early bird Fee | Regular Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Individual 1 Day Enrolment | $249 | $269 |
| Individual 2 Day Enrolment | $449 | $469 |
| Individual 3 Day Enrolment | $619 | $639 |
| Group 3-7 | $599 | $619 |
| Group 8-14 | $579 | $599 |
| Group 15+ | $559 | $579 |
| Full-Time Student | $559 | $579 |
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phone: (306) 244-2311
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Continuing Education Credits
This workshop has been formally approved by the following associations:
- Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation (CACCF)
CACCF is only pre-approved for the workshop Navigating Addictions by Carissa Muth, Psy.D., CCC, R.Psych - Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists (CCPCP)
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
- Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA)
- Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
Jack Hirose & Associates is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Jack Hirose & Associates maintains responsibility for the program.
- Canadian Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA)
- Indigenous Certification Board of Canada (ICBOC)
- Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists (OACCPP)
- Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (OEATA)
† The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Social Workers (NLASW) accept CPA-approved CEUs.
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