Description
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Jennifer Wilke-Deaton – Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors
Faculty:
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton
Duration:
6 Hours 27 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 10, 2019
Description
Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger’s, anxiety, mood, and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical, school and parenting challenges.
Watch this recording and learn new, effective non-medication strategies for your client’s most challenging behaviors including:
Tantrums
Running out/away
Noncompliance
Nagging
Refusing to work/help
Yelling/screaming
Bullying
Panic/anxiety reactions
Lack of follow-through
Not following directions
You will walk away with immediate strategies for out of control behaviors and techniques for emotional regulation along with long-term treatment strategies to help kids at home and school.
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton is a clinical expert and has worked with the most challenging kids both in clinical and school settings.
Through the use of case studies and action-oriented handouts, you will finish this program with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around!
Handouts
Manual – Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents (1.71 MB) 114 Pages Available after Purchase
Instructions for ASHA Credit – SELF STUDY ONLY – 12/10/19 (38.5 KB)
Available after Purchase
Outline
Behaviors That Make Us Crazy
Tantrums
Running out/away
Noncompliance
Nagging
Refusing to work/help
Yelling/screaming
Bullying
Panic/anxiety reactions
Lack of follow through
Not following directions
Disorders
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ADHD
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Attachment issues/disorder, conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorders
Assessment
The Functions of Behavior
Fear-based (Fight, Flight, Freeze or Submit)
Escape
Attention
Sensory
Pain
Control
Mental Health Disorder or Behavior Problem
The power of skilled observations
The interview
Comparison to the group
The FBA-Incredibly powerful assessment tool
The art of choosing a diagnosis (if you have to at all!)
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
Treatment Strategies Part I
Proactive
Behavior plans
Motivational incentives
Set the stage for success
Remember the initial goal
Appropriately address the functions of the behavior
Reactive
Corrective measures
It’s like playing chess in a tornado
Treatment Strategies Part II
Specific Strategies for the Following Behavioral Challenges
Tantrums
Running out/away
Noncompliance
Nagging
Refusing to work/help
Yelling/screaming
Bullying
Panic/anxiety reactions
Lack of follow through
Not following directions
Treatment Strategies Part III
Specific Strategies for the Following Disorders
ODD
ADHD
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Working with unsafe behaviors
Treatment Strategies Part IV
Special Populations & Circumstances
Asperger’s disorder
Divorce, separation
Abuse and neglect
Parent misbehavior
Foster care
Faculty
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton, MA, LPA Related seminars and products: 4
Jennifer Wilke-Deaton, M.A., L.P.A., is a licensed behavioral health therapist working in a private practice setting in Richmond, KY. Jen has more than 20 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 Children & 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 numerous books and media products, including Parenting Better Children: An 8 Week Skills Training Guide To Reach, Teach & Empower (PESI, 2014), Awareness In Focus: Modern Guided Imagery Techniques for Immediate Practice (CD Baby, 2016), Awareness in Focus By Kids For Kids: Modern Guided Imagery Activities for Immediate Practice (CD Baby, 2013), and The Mandala Workbook: Activities Across the Lifespan (Media Integrated Applied Psychology, 2013).
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 maintains a private practice. She has developed audio products for Media Integrated Applied Psychology, LLC. and receives royalties. She is an author for Premier Publishing and Media and receives royalties. She is a compensated speaker for Morehead State University, Eastern Kentucky University, and National Public Radio. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Nonfinancial: Jennifer Wilke-Deaton has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.
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