Seminar Detail
Over 75 Quick, On-The-Spot Techniques for Children with Emotional and Behavior Problems
- Where:
- CHERRY HILL, NJ
- When:
- Monday, October 14, 2013 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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For more information: Call (800) 844-8260
Course Description:
It’s guaranteed -- after attending this seminar, your mind will be overflowing with new ways to approach children with behavior problems, emotional disturbance, and limited social skills.
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton will inspire you with new energy with her hands-on-approaches and more than 75 easily applied interventions, activities, and strategies, to quickly make progress with children and adolescents with behavior problems.
You will learn how to have quick success with your clients and their families through real-life case studies, video clips, client-friendly worksheets, and step-by-step directions for every intervention. Jen’s passion, caring, humor, and time-tested, real approaches from the trenches will leave you feeling empowered and prepared to be effective treating the top childhood disorders.
It’s guaranteed -- after attending this seminar, your mind will be overflowing with new ways to approach children with behavior problems, emotional disturbance, and limited social skills.
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton will inspire you with new energy with her hands-on-approaches and more than 75 easily applied interventions, activities, and strategies, to quickly make progress with children and adolescents with behavior problems.
You will learn how to have quick success with your clients and their families through real-life case studies, video clips, client-friendly worksheets, and step-by-step directions for every intervention. Jen’s passion, caring, humor, and time-tested, real approaches from the trenches will leave you feeling empowered and prepared to be effective treating the top childhood disorders.
Objectives:
- Summarize more than 75 quick interventions for anger, depression, anxiety, ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome.
- Utilize strategies to develop life-skills for a wide variety of emotional disturbances and behavioral problems.
- Discuss ways to empower youth to grow and develop with healthy coping mechanisms.
- Explain how to manage childhood impulsivity, disengagement and poor self-esteem.
- Develop trust and motivation, while avoiding the pitfalls of power struggles and disengagement.
- Describe how to develop “whole brain” functioning for children with verbal processing and auditory learning issues.
JENNIFER WILKE-DEATON, MA, LPA
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton, M.A., L.P.A., is a licensed behavioral health therapist in a private practice setting in Richmond, KY. Jen has more than 21 years of experience working with crisis management, psychological testing, inpatient/outpatient treatment, groups, families, and the court system. A tireless and passionate advocate for children and families, she developed a parent training program recognized by the Governor’s Commission for the Treatment of Families and Kentucky’s Child Protective Services. Jen helped create a regional children’s crisis stabilization unit, children’s advocacy center, and an intensive after-school program for behaviorally-challenged youth. She has published the Creative Parenting Handbook, CD Awareness In Focus: Modern Guided Imagery Techniques for Immediate Practice, Awareness in Focus by Kids for Kids: Modern Guided Imagery Activities for Immediate Practice, and The Mandala Workbook: Activities Across the Lifespan.
In addition to delivering her nationally-recognized training programs for PESI and keynote presentations, Jen regularly speaks on mental health issues and child abuse for Morehead State University, Eastern Kentucky University, and National Public Radio; as well as psychological evaluations for the Department of Disability Determinations and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Jennifer consults regularly for private/state foster care organizations, social services, schools, psychiatric hospitals, Head Start programs, in-home therapy programs, disability determinations, and case management services. Her specialties are in the areas of child abuse, PTSD, DBT, behavioral disorders, anxiety, autistic spectrum, and attachment. Jen shares time-tested, real approaches from the trenches, using humor, energy and passion for an engaging and effortless day of practical learning.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has employment relationships with the University of Kentucky and Hundley Psychological Services. She receives compensation as a guest speaker. Jennifer Wilke-Deaton receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has no relevant non-financial relationships.
In addition to delivering her nationally-recognized training programs for PESI and keynote presentations, Jen regularly speaks on mental health issues and child abuse for Morehead State University, Eastern Kentucky University, and National Public Radio; as well as psychological evaluations for the Department of Disability Determinations and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Jennifer consults regularly for private/state foster care organizations, social services, schools, psychiatric hospitals, Head Start programs, in-home therapy programs, disability determinations, and case management services. Her specialties are in the areas of child abuse, PTSD, DBT, behavioral disorders, anxiety, autistic spectrum, and attachment. Jen shares time-tested, real approaches from the trenches, using humor, energy and passion for an engaging and effortless day of practical learning.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has employment relationships with the University of Kentucky and Hundley Psychological Services. She receives compensation as a guest speaker. Jennifer Wilke-Deaton receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live event only. After attendance has been verified, pre-registered attendees will receive an email from PESI Customer Service with the subject line, “Evaluation and Certificate” within one week. This email will contain a link to complete the seminar evaluation and allow attendees to print, email or download a certificate of completion if in full attendance. For those in partial attendance (arrived late or left early), a letter of attendance is available through that link and an adjusted certificate of completion reflecting partial credit will be issued within 30 days (if your board allows). Please see “live seminar schedule” for full attendance start and end times. NOTE: Boards do not allow credit for breaks or lunch.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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