Watch this seminar and learn proven temperament-based strategies for working with children diagnosed with ODD, ADHD and Anxiety who exhibit challenging behaviors, such as meltdowns, anxiety, opposition, hyperactivity, disruption, rigidity and manipulation—just to name a few.
Discover which temperament traits put a child at risk for a diagnosis of ODD, are found with ADHD, and are linked to an increased risk of anxiety disorders. Walk away with interventions that target the areas of executive functioning, cognitive processing, social-emotional and behavioral control, including:
Language strategies to regulate emotional behavior
Behavioral strategies to prevent meltdowns and anger
Self-monitoring strategies to address oppositional behavior
Sensory strategies to promote cognitive processing
Problem-solving strategies to reduce anxiety
Early intervention of challenging behaviors can decrease the risk of going from a trait to a disorder.
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Patricia McGuire, M.D., is not your typical pediatrician! She has spent over 30 years in the trenches working with children experiencing developmental, learning, and behavioral challenges. As a community-based developmental and behavioral pediatrician, she has spent her career learning and collaborating with mental health professionals and has worked closely with families, childcare providers, schools and agencies to understand and improve the outcomes of these at-risk children and adolescents.
In addition, Dr. McGuire was blessed with three children of her own who experienced these challenges, bringing to her presentations a more comprehensive understanding of the many hurdles families have to overcome in raising their children.
Dr. McGuire is a member of the National Speakers Association, presenting around the country. She is the Reader’s View award winner and best-selling Advantage Media author of Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Patricia McGuire maintains a private practice. She is an author for Outskirts Press and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-Financial: Dr. Patricia McGuire is a member of the National Speakers Association.
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Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)
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Objectives
Utilize the temperament profile to understand where the child needs skill development.
Incorporate social-emotional and behavioral control strategies to treat ODD behaviors.
Demonstrate rhythmicity and persistence strategies to develop organization and working memory in children with ADHD.
Integrate adaptability and persistence strategies to improve impulsivity and self-monitoring struggles.
Develop the skills needed for adaptability to curb anxiety responses.
Select and implement language strategies to regulate emotional behavior.
Outline
Traits Linked to ODD, ADHD and Anxiety
Neurobiological links of temperament
Temperamental patterns
Environmental influences on behavior
Assessment Tools
The 9 trait temperament profile
Behavioral assessment tools
Red flags that can be found in temperament
TEMPERAMENT-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR ODD, ADHD AND ANXIETY:
Executive Functioning (EF) Strategies
Promote EF with the temperament/ disorder link in mind
Decision making: The 7 steps that need to be mastered
Linking EF strategies to improve organization and academics skills
Engage behavioral inhibition and self-monitoring
Cognitive Processing Strategies
How the senses create cognitive processing
Breakdown tasks and activities to increase processing
Flexible thinking and self-monitoring skills for staying on task
Teach problem-solving as a tool of ` ` processing
Social-Emotional Strategies
Problem-solving skills for emotional self-regulation
Teach internal bully control
Language strategies to regulate emotional behavior
Use choices to engage and persuade
Behavioral Control Strategies
Teach skills to prevent meltdowns and control anger
When fight or flight responses are in overdrive
3 steps to help the child experiencing sensory overload
Affirmation and empathy through cognitive skills and modeling
Debrief after an explosion
Target Audience
Case Managers, Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals
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Additional Participant CE
Additional Participant CE must be purchased for each additional viewer. These viewers will watch the video with the main registrant, but will have individual access to course handouts and certification. The standard price of this program includes certification for main viewer.
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