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Creative Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Anxiety
10:00 am - 1:00 pm ET
Live Interactive Online Webinar
$60.00

This highly experiential webinar draws from the fields of cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, mindfulness, and expressive arts.  We will explore creative strategies and activities for psychoeducation and intervention with children and teenagers ages 6-17 who experience anxiety.  We will review important information about children and adolescents with anxiety, including ways to incorporate parent support.  Participants will learn child & adolescent friendly ways to provide therapeutic support to their clients, including: developing appropriate psychoeducation, strategies to foster a calmer nervous system, externalizing the problem, and building a repertoire of effective coping skills. [Elective for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Certificate Program]

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3.0 Clinical
Objectives

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Explain and provide psychoeducation about anxiety to youth and families
Utilize a variety of play, art, and mindfulness-based interventions for children and adolescents with anxiety
Describe the important phases and goals when working with anxious youth

Outline

10:00 am Welcome/Introductions

10:05 am Psychoeducation
Facts & prevalence
Psychoeducation video
Helpful books
Expanding on books/videos
Utilizing games for psychoeducation

11:30 am Interventions
Mindfulness, yoga, and other nervous system calming tools
Externalizing the problem
Case example & sample treatment plan
Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
Additional strategies, interventions, and coping tools 

12:50 pm Conclusion/Q&A
 

Level
Beginner - Advanced
Audience
Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals