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AAMFT
Institutes for Advanced Clinical
Training
March
3 - 7, 2010
Panama
City Beach, FL
What
Works When Nothing Works: Treating ADHD, Disruptive
Behavior, and Anxiety in Children
J. Matthew Orr,
PhD
 “We’ve tried everything but nothing
works.” This is the anthem sung by countless parents desperate
for help in raising children who struggle with the
disinhibited behavioral problems of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the hostility and defiance of
its comorbid companion Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), or
the relentless tension and worry of chronic anxiety. And what
about children who seem to have challenges in a variety of
different areas or for whom conventional interventions have
not worked and leave even the clinician saying, “Nothing
works!”? The ever-evolving landscape of pediatric mental
health knowledge and treatment poses a substantial challenge
for family therapists in private practices and agency
settings.
This advanced Institute will provide a
comprehensive yet family-friendly biopsychosocial approach to
working with these common pediatric mental health problems.
The Institute will cover some of the latest research regarding
the brain, development, self-regulation, and behavior,
including research specific to ADHD, ODD, and anxiety, and
provide a framework of interventions practical enough for
families to implement and sustain over time. This framework
incorporates basic behavior management principles with
intervention strategies that are founded upon
empirically-based principles of normative child development
and family processing. Particular emphasis is placed on
drawing on the internal resources of a family to create
opportunities for success for the child and family based on
what they “can” do instead of assuming what they “should” do
according to conventional wisdom. The crux of the approach
consists of two parts: 1) time-efficient and rich
psychoeducation which gives way to 2) practical solutions and
adaptive strategies tailored to the culture and context of the
child, family, and even school environments. The didactic
presentation will be combined with rich case examples and
highly interactive discussion between participants and the
presenter.
The Institute will cover:
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essential elements of psychosocial treatment of
ADHD, ODD, and anxiety.
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differentiation and undifferentiation between
and among behavior disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety
disorders – the role of self-regulation.
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promoting and teaching adaptive skills and
survival strategies for problems with self-regulation across
childhood and adolescence.
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how to package ordinary play and physical
activity into a larger clinical intervention.
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how to tweak conventional intervention
approaches and increase opportunities for parents and children
to experience success.
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collaborating with schools and teachers to
maximize opportunities for success.
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temperament and the importance of fit in
relationships and interventions.
·
practical solutions that families can implement
and sustain over time -- what families can (vs. should) do and
maximizing what they already do everyday.
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the critical domain of stress and arousal
modulation for learning and performance.
·
how to engage exhausted and discouraged
caregivers and highly-stressed families.
·
anxiety, gifted learners, and the assault on
working memory.
Course Schedule
Thursday, March 4-Sunday March 7, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day
This course provides 20 hours of continuing education.
J. Matthew Orr, PhD, LMFT is an
AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor. He is an
associate professor and the director of behavioral medicine in
the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the
University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine. He practices
as a marriage and family therapist with the University
Specialty Clinics in Columbia, SC. He is a frequent presenter
on the topics of ADHD and ODD at the national, state, and
local levels and has consulted with a variety of schools and
community agencies on the topics of normative child
development and disruptive child behavior. He has worked with
hundreds of children with disruptive behavior and their
families in a variety of contexts including medical systems,
community health settings, residential facilities, schools,
in-home settings, and private practice.
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