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Featuring renowned ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley, these programs are valuable resources for teachers, school counselors, and all mental health practitioners assessing, treating and working with children with ADHD.
Comprehensive, informative and easy to follow, these programs demonstrate a practical approach to assessing and treating ADHD within the schools.
Assessing ADHD in the Schools
Meet Todd, a 3rd grade student who has been leaving his teacher at wits end. He can't sit still, distracts his peers, and has trouble completing assignments, leading his teacher to suspect that he might be suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. As his teacher begins the assessment process, leading authority on ADHD, Dr. Russell Barkley, offers some words of wisdom, and George DuPaul and Gary Stoner walk us through each step in their multi-method approach. You'll watch interviews with Todd's parents and the school psychologist, as well as meetings with a team of experts from the school, who collaborate to come to a diagnosis and treatment plan.
From watching this program, you will:
Learn step-by-step how to assess a student for ADHD in a school setting using multiple methods.
Get real and practical information about ADHD, the complications of assessment, and the importance of accurate diagnosis.
See how to effectively collaborate with an assessment team, which may include family, teachers, school administrators, and mental health practitioners.
Featuring renowned ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley, these programs are valuable resources for teachers, school counselors, and all mental health practitioners assessing, treating and working with children with ADHD.
Comprehensive, informative and easy to follow, these programs demonstrate a practical approach to assessing and treating ADHD within the schools.
Classroom Interventions for ADHD
After Todd has been diagnosed with ADHD by a treatment team at his school, his teacher follows through on a treatment plan to address his difficulties in the classroom. Leading ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley provides advice on creating successful interventions, and George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner walk us through each step of the treatment approach. Watch as his teacher implements several simple changes in the classroom, leading to Todd getting along better with his classmates, scoring higher on quizzes and maintaining better focus throughout the day.
From watching this program, you will:
Learn several simple classroom techniques to address a child's problems with focus and concentration resulting from ADHD.
Get real and practical information about ADHD, the keys to successful treatment, and the pros and cons of different approaches.
See how to effectively collaborate with a treatment team, which may include family, teachers, school administrators, and mental health practitioners.
Watch Jon Carlson conduct an actual parent consultation session and an actual parenting group with moms who are in power struggles with their teenage children.
Therapists often find themselves in over their heads when parents seek their advice about a misbehaving child or teen. Expert Adlerian psychotherapist and educator, Jon Carlson, demonstrates how to bring the focus away from the child's behavior and back to the parent's actions. In this program, you'll see Dr. Carlson consult with a mom whose 13-year old son back-talks on every chore and request. Then Carlson facilitates a parenting group, helping the parents shut down the power struggles with their teens so they can recognize when to give responsibility, when to back off and when to draw boundaries.
From watching this program, you will:
Learn techniques to run effective parenting groups, including helping parents connect and leverage their own experience to help each other.
Understand the key aspects of Adlerian parent consultation, including eliciting specific examples of the problems that have occurred, and encouraging shifts in parenting styles, which can result in significant changes in children's behavior.
Gain insight into how Dr. Carlson masterfully connects with parents, highlights their knowledge and expertise, and empowers them to try new things
By Janet Sasson Edgette, PsyD
Watch expert adolescent family therapist Janet Sasson Edgette in an actual counseling session with a single mother and her 15-year old daughter.
Parents and therapists often fall into the same traps with teenagers: getting into power struggles, coming across as phony, and not setting limits. Janet Sasson Edgette shows us how to be candid and real with adolescents rather than fighting for control or approval. In this program, Dr. Edgette works with a mom and her teenage daughter who comes and goes as she wants. Watch as Dr. Edgette softens the teen's combative, provocative stance and empowers mom to take charge. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Edgette, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of the model.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of adolescent family therapy including empowering parents in order to strengthen the parent-child relationship.
Gain insight into Dr. Edgette's therapy style and how therapists' authenticity and candor enhances therapy with adolescents.
Learn how to apply Dr. Edgette's techniques to your own family therapy work with adolescent clients and avoid common traps.
Watch Cognitive Behavioral child therapist Bruce Masek in an actual counseling session with a 6-year old girl and her mother.
Cognitive behavioral therapy with children builds on behavioral therapy techniques while working to modify a child's thoughts and feelings. In this program, Dr. Masek adapts his therapy model to a mother-child dyad, helping Mom learn strategies for managing her young daughter's back talk and tantrums. See Dr. Masek conduct a focused behavioral assessment to identify the issues that have sparked the young girl's negative acting out. Jon Carlson and Don Keat facilitate an in-depth discussion with Dr. Masek on the further impact, relevance and uses of the model for children and their families.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of some of the key adaptations of cognitive behavioral therapy with children and parents, including behavior modification, parent training and modifying maladaptive cognitions.
Gain insight into Dr. Masek's therapy style and how he works with parents to effect change in a children's behavior.
Learn how to apply Dr. Masek's cognitive and behavioral techniques to your own therapeutic work with children and parents.
Watch Adlerian child therapist Terry Kottman in an actual play therapy session with a 5-year old boy.
Expert play therapist Dr. Terry Kottman illustrates that children communicate through play and that all play has a purpose. In this program, Dr. Kottman meets with a 5-year old boy who is split between two homes and lacking a sense of control in his life. By reflecting his actions, and using encouragement and suggestions through play, Dr. Kottman soon discovers that this young client needs to show her who's boss. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Kottman, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of this approach.
From watching this program you will:
Develop an understanding of the four phases of Adlerian play therapy including using play to build and explore the client relationship, make interpretations, and teach new skills.
Gain insight into Terry Kottman's therapy style including using tracking, reflection of feelings, encouragement, guessing and suggestions through play.
Learn how to apply Terry Kottman's Adlerian play therapy techniques to your own therapeutic work with children.
Watch Gestalt child therapist Violet Oaklander in an actual counseling session with a 13-year old boy who has difficulty expressing anger.
Expert child therapist Dr. Violet Oaklander has a knack for getting her clients to speak honestly and reveal their difficult feelings. In this program she meets with a boy who is angry with his father but unable to express it directly. Watch as she gauges the boy's level of contact throughout the session, and masterfully provides openings for him to show cut-off parts of himself. She then collaborates to develop real-world strategies for ongoing expression of his difficult emotions. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Oaklander, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of the model.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of Gestalt child therapy, including evaluating the child's contact level, and helping the child identify and express emotions.
Gain insight into Dr. Oaklander's therapy style and how she builds a therapeutic relationship based on the coming together of two equals.
Learn how to apply Dr. Oaklander's creative and projective techniques to your own work with child clients.
Watch expert Narrative therapist Stephen Madigan in an actual counseling session with a perfectionist 10-year old boy and his mother.
Children can feel overtaken by family problems and allow those problems to define who they are. In this program, Stephen Madigan presents a refreshing approach that allows family members to separate themselves from their problems and retell their stories. By asking a series of compassionate questions, Madigan quickly gets to the heart of this family's frustration¡Va pattern of competitive taunting among the six children in the house. Madigan then helps them uncover skills, strengths and solutions to take home in order to break the family pattern. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Madigan, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of the model.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of Narrative Therapy with children, including separating the child from the problem, understanding how the problem has taken control, and allowing alternate stories of strength and resistance to be told.
Gain insight into Dr. Madigan's therapy style and how he asks unformulated compassionate questions from a stance of curiosity and appreciation.
Learn how to apply Narrative Therapy techniques to your own therapeutic work with children.
Watch renowned Object Relations psychotherapist David Scharff in an actual counseling session with an 11-year old boy who is grieving the death of his grandmother.
In David Scharff's Object Relations child therapy approach, the parent-child relationship is the central concern, with particular attention paid to the representation of that relationship in the child's mind. In this program, Scharff first consults with Mom to gather vital background information. Then using talk and art therapy techniques, Scharff demonstrates how to reach the internal world of a boy who is grieving his grandmother's death, gets picked on by his dad and is struggling with separation anxiety. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Scharff, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of this approach.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of Object Relations child therapy, including the importance of being a receptive container for the child's powerful feelings.
Gain insight into Dr. Scharff's therapy style and how he works with each child at their particular developmental capacity to create a psychological holding environment.
Learn how to apply Dr. Scharff's talk and play therapy techniques to your own therapeutic work with children.
Watch Person-Centered child therapist Anin Utigaard in an actual counseling session with a shy eight-year-old girl.
Anin Utigaard masterfully teaches us to pay attention to all of the ways we communicate with children in therapy. Watch as she enters the child's world through her speech, body language and play, and carefully attends to the child's need to please. In this program, Utigaard connects with a little girl's shyness and fear of doing something wrong. Interacting with her through play and art, Utigaard builds safety and trust, and sparks the girl's sense of initiative. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Ms. Utigaard, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of this approach.
From watching this program you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of person-centered child therapy including utilizing empathy, unconditional positive regard, congruence, and attention to children's need to please.
Gain insight into Anin Utigaard's therapy style and how she mirrors children's feelings and expresses her own honestly through speech, body language and play.
Learn how to apply Utigaard's person-centered techniques to your own therapeutic work with children.
Watch medical child therapist Gerald Koocher in an actual counseling session with a 5-year old girl who has a medical condition and a lot of worries.
Many therapists feel overwhelmed with the prospect of helping children cope with physical illness. Learn from expert in the field Gerald Koocher as his warm relational stance and play therapy techniques allow children to share their experiences regarding their illnesses. In this program, watch as he maintains a developmental focus to build rapport with the young girl, and tests various hypotheses in an effort to identify the source of her emotional suffering. Afterwards, Dr. Koocher meets with the mother to develop a plan to address some of her child's symptoms. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Koocher, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of this approach.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of therapy with medically ill children, including information gathering, relationship building, collaborating with parents and family members, and testing hypotheses.
Gain insight into Gerald Koocher's therapy style and how he uses the therapeutic relationship to obtain understanding of children's internal experiences.
Learn how to apply Dr. Koocher's comprehensive approach to your own therapeutic work with medically ill children and their families.
Watch reality therapist Robert Wubbolding in an actual counseling session with a 15-year old boy.
World-renowned reality therapist Robert Wubbolding demonstrates how his sensible, straightforward approach is equally effective with children as it is with adults. Through the use of a series of strategic questions, Dr. Wubbolding guides his young clients through a process of self-evaluation and priority clarification. In this program, see him help a typical teenage boy develop motivation and a plan of action to improve his grades at school, and increase the boy's commitment to his algebra homework. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Wubbolding, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of the model.
From watching this program you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of reality therapy with children, including helping them enhance their relationships with others and getting their needs met for belonging, power, freedom and fun.
Gain insight into Dr. Wubbolding's therapy style and how he helps his clients increase their self-awareness and internal locus of control.
Learn how to ask strategic questions to elicit client self-evaluation in your own therapeutic work with children.
Watch Solution-Focused child therapist John J. Murphy in an actual counseling session with two boys and their mother.
We know that children need lots of positive strokes, but all too often therapists focus on problems. In this compelling demonstration, see John Murphy encourage a family to recognize successes and focus on small changes for the future. The two boys, ages eight and ten, are struggling with fighting and turning in homework, leaving their single mother overwhelmed and discouraged. Watch as Dr. Murphy transforms this family's discouragement into encouragement, building on their strengths and validating their successes. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Murphy, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of the model.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of solution-focused child therapy including collaborating with the client, focusing on small changes, validating strengths and building on successes.
Gain insight into Dr. Murphy's therapy style and how he meets children at their developmental level, uses humor, and encourages involvement from everyone to forge a relationship with a family.
Learn how to apply Dr. Murphy's solution-focused techniques to your own therapeutic work with children.