The Emotionally Unregulated Child: Impact on Relationships, Behavior and Adjustment to School
This program was presented on January 28, 2008
Saturday January 28, 2008
The workshop will present an overview of the latest theory, research and treatment strategies for children with problems of self-regulation and mood disorders. A model of intervention for home, school, and peer interactions will be described that focuses on understanding the process deficits that underlie the child's regulatory problems. Specific emphasis will be placed on how regulatory problems impact the child's emotional life, relational dynamics including attachment to others, behavior, and adjustment to school. The presenters will introduce an intervention model that addresses the common types of regulatory problems in children emphasizing working through the caregiver-child and teacher-child relationship, as well as peer interactions. Principles of dialectical behavior therapy are integrated into our therapeutic framework that focuses on relational dynamics, attachment, intrapsychic development, and family adaptation.
Participants will learn to:
- Recognize the interplay of constitutional and emotional factors in children with regulatory disorders and how these impact functional behaviors and relationship dynamics.
- Identify symptoms of self-regulatory and interactional problems in preschool and school-aged children.
- Describe intervention strategies to address the constitutional, behavioral, and emotional needs of children who experience regulatory disorders in settings to include home life, the school, and interactions with peers.
- Understand the principles of dialectical behavior therapy in their application to children with emotional dysregulation.
Schedule
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
INSTRUCTORS:
Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA is a clinical psychologist and an occupational therapist in private practice at ITS (Integrated Therapy Services) for Children and Families, Inc. in Kensington, MD. She has over 25 years experience working with infants, children, and their families. She has extensive experience with diagnosis and treatment of a range of developmental, sensory, behavioral, and emotional problems. Dr. DeGangi has conducted research for many years to examine the most effective ways of treating children as well as examining how problems in infancy related to self-regulation, sensory processing, attention, and social interactions develop as children grow older.
Among her publications are the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants, the Infant/Toddler Symptom Checklist, and Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior: A therapist's guide to assessment and treatment. She and Dr. Kendall have recently published a book entitled Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child. Dr. DeGangi is internationally recognized as a leading expert in the assessment and treatment of sensory processing, attention, and interactional problems in infants and children. She is co-director of the Infant/Young Child Mental Health program of the Washington School of Psychiatry.
Anne Kendall, Ph.D., is a school psychologist who has specialized in the diagnoses and treatment of learning issues and emotional difficulties in children and adolescents. She works in private practice at the Wake Kendall Group in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kendall has received advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and has applied many of the principles of this therapy in developing parenting tools for children 1-12. She believes that parents can be the most effective people to intervene with their child, but that often they have little training to understand why their child is having a problem and to know what to do to help. Dr. Kendall recently co-authored with Dr. DeGangi, Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child: A Skills Based Guide, which seeks to explain why children get stuck and how to help them. The book has 25 tools which parents can easily use to help their children.
FACULTY DISCUSSANTS AND THEIR THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
- Marc Nemiroff, Ph.D.: Psychodynamic Framework
- Edward Turner, LCSW: Family Systems Framework
- Griffin Doyle, Ph.D.: Constitutional Framework
- Elizabeth Maury, Ph.D.: Attachment Framework
- Gwen Martinsen, Ph.D.: Psychodynamic Framework
- Mauricio Cortina, M.D.: Attachment Framework
Location
The Washington School of Psychiatry
5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20016
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CEU/CME Award: 3
The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School maintains responsibility for the program. The School is approved by the Social Work Board of the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers. The School is approved by the Medical Society of Maryland (MEDCHI) for continuing education for psychiatrists.
Tuition: $90
Registration
Please call the School at 202-237-2700 to register. You can also use the conference registration form to register for this seminar by faxing it to WSP at 202-237-2730, or mail the form to: Washington School of Psychiatry, 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20016.
Cancellations and Refunds
Refunds will be made for cancellations received at the School office in writing prior to January 18 and are subject to a non-refundable administrative fee of $50.