Are you equipped to treat a wide range of behavior disorders - like bipolar, autism, Tourettes, ADHD, and many others - in young children?
An epidemic of behavior disorders in children is leading more of them to your practice. Without the right tools, you won't be able to treat the children coming to you for help, and they'll be left without the ability to function in life.
Childhood Development Disorders is our digital course that gives you a working knowledge of disorders and the ability to clearly diagnose them. You'll develop an understanding of factors contributing to increases in disorders and cutting-edge interventions for disorders like ADHD, pandas, autism, bipolar, OCD, Tourettes, social (pragmatic) communication disorder and many others.
Prepare yourself and give the children in your care new tools to thrive in their lives.
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Up to 6 CE Hours Only $189.99
Only Available at this Price for a Limited Time
What You Will Learn
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS—OVERVIEW
- Factors that interfere with child development
- Research that addresses the increase in developmental disorders
- A template for understanding brain development
- Relation to age of onset
- Executive functions deliver high level brain skill
- How and why developmental disorders overlap
- Gender differences in development
AUTISM
- Description and core deficits
- Epidemiology and rates of increase
- DSM-5® criteria
- Atypical brain development and relationship to behavior
- Overlapping symptoms with other developmental disorders
- Educational and therapeutic strategies
- Evidence-based practices
SOCIAL (PRAGMATIC) COMMUNICATION DISORDER
- DSM-5® criteria
- Difficulties in verbal and nonverbal communication
- Pragmatics defined by:
- Communicative intent
- Presupposition
- Topic maintenance
- Functional limitations in effective communication
- Inability to follow rules of social communication in natural contexts
- Associated features:
- Language impairment
- ADHD
- Learning disorders
- Behavior problems
- Pragmatic language strategies outlined
- DSM-5® criteria
- Differentiation from adult bipolar
- Neurobiological theories
- Increasing rates
- Criteria for distinguishing Bipolar from ADHD
- Priority for treatment: medicine or therapy?
- Need for early diagnosis and treatment
THE TRIAD: ADHD, OCD, TOURETTE’S
- Common brain pathways
- Atypical development of the basal ganglia
- Overlapping symptoms and presentation
- Implications for treatment
- Educational strategies
ADHD
- Definition and theories
- Power of presence.
- Being a companion/therapist for your grief clients.
- DSM-5® criteria
- Core deficits and brain pathways
- Relationship to motivational states
- Psychopharmacology
- Management
- Interventions
- Home
- School
- Prognosis
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
- DSM-5® criteria
- Developmental course
- Research
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and interventions
- DSM-5® criteria
- Developmental and neurobiological course
- Relationship to symptoms of executive function
- Treatment and strategies: Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT)
- Not a DSM-5® diagnosis
- Acute onset with movement disorders
- Involves symptom cluster
- OCD
- ADHD
- Tics
- Social withdrawal and diminished communication
- Cognitive impairment
- Research controversy
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Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Anita Remig
EdD, FPPR
Dr. Anita Remig practicing counseling psychologist specializing in psychotherapy and family therapy with individuals across the life span. She has been in practice for over 30 years with children, teens, families, adults, and senior adults. Dr. Remig's subspecialty areas include biofeedback and psychological testing with children and seniors. Interest in teaching led to university positions as an instructor in Human Development, Physiological Psychology, Health Psychology, and Educational Psychology.
Dr. Remig has been an instructor for Vyne Education for 15 years teaching Childhood Developmental Disorders, Developmental Disorders Related to Abuse, and Bully Prevention Seminars. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Child Study Journal, Language and Speech and Journal of Child Psychology. Her papers have been presented to the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and the Society for Research in Child Development.
She is a Fellow of the Prescribing Psychologist Register (FPPR) from the International College of Psychopharmacology, and has completed the ICCP National Examination for Psychologists in Psychopharmacology.
Continuing Education Approvals
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Cutting-edge interventions for the child in your care.