Keeping Current With Increasingly Common Diagnoses of ADHD, Autism, Asperger's, OCD and Tourette Syndrome

Training Provided by Lorman Education Services Discover how to help those with developmental disabilities reach their full potential. Join us for this unique seminar and get strategies for staying up to date with the increased diagnoses of a number of developmental disorders. With their increased prevalence, professionals need more tools to meet individual special needs. Attend this seminar and get tips on relieving signs of significant parental distress. You'll also gain an enhanced understanding of Tourette Syndrome and associated disorders, and information about successful psychological and educational interventions. Enroll today! Benefits for You - Learn acceptance and diffusion exercises that will reduce parental stress - Dispel the myths and misconceptions regarding Tourette Syndrome and related challenges - Get up to speed on clinical research and future treatment possibilities - Hear strategies for handling academic, social, emotional and behavioral challenges - Find out how acceptance and commitment therapy can be used in treating OCD

Keeping Current With Increasingly Common Diagnoses of ADHD, Autism, Asperger's, OCD and Tourette Syndrome Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration

9:00 am - 11:15 am Stress Reduction for Caretakers of Children With Autism and Developmental Disabilities

(Break 10:30 am - 10:45 am)

- Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA

- How Parental Distress Interferes With the Successful Implementation of Behavioral Programs

- Recognize and Functionally Analyze Problematic Behavior on the Part of the Caregiver

- ACT Approach to Addressing Problematic Experiential Avoidance Exhibited by Distressed Caregivers

- Reasons for and Usefulness of Values Assessment

- Acceptance and Diffusion Exercises

11:15 am - 2:15 pm Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders: Clinical Characteristics, Psychological Treatment Considerations, and Educational Interventions and Supports

(Lunch [On Your Own] 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm)

- Theresa M. Schultz, Ph.D.

- What Is Tourette Syndrome?

- What Isn't TS? (Common Myths and Misconceptions Regarding TS)

- What Is "TS+"?

- Three Primary Components for TS Diagnosis

- Somatic and Phonic Tics

- Anxiety States (OCD, GAD, Panic Disorder)

- ADHD or ADD

- Other Common Components and Symptom Presentations

- Sensory Hypersensitivity (Overexcitability)

- Cognitive Rigidity

- Academic Challenges

- Social, Emotional and Behavioral Challenges

- Why Not Asperger's Disorder? Functional Considerations

- Typical and Current Psychological Interventions and Supports

- Typical and Current Educational Interventions and Supports

- Role of Medication in Treatment

- Clinical Research and Future Treatment Possibilities

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Break

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Treatment of OCD With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

- Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA

- Framework for Functionally Conceptualizing the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Repertoires With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

- Functional Contextual Approach to the Etiology and Maintenance of OCD and Clinically Relevant Behavior Problems in General

- Specific ACT Interventions That Dovetail With Exposure and Ritual Prevention Treatment

- Develop ACT Consistent Interventions, Exercises and Metaphors

About The Training Provider: Lorman Education Services

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