DVD Workshop Series on Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology – serie

In this workshop, Dr. Albano explains how adolescent development can impact the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders. She begins by describing the typical developmental progression of anxiety and fear from preschool to adolescence, along with risk factors for developing an anxiety disorder. Dr. Albano also describes ways that clinicians can create developmentally sensitive approaches to the treatment of anxiety disorders for adolescents using a cognitive-behavioral framework. She also describes the important role of parents in the treatment of anxiety symptoms. Throughout this workshop she demonstrates techniques through case examples and role-plays. Runtime: 259 minutes.

This workshop provides a summary of the phenomenology, course, and treatment of ADHD and bipolar disorder. Dr. Carlson discusses the reasons for confusion between bipolar disorder and ADHD in pediatric settings by demonstrating ways in which the same symptom can have different interpretations. In addition, she clarifies the definition of mood dysregulation. Throughout the workshop, she describes assessment considerations and materials to adequately assess ADHD, severe mood dysregulation, manic-like symptoms, and bipolar disorder. She provides details on the Child/Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI) and the Child Mania Rating Scale (C-MRS). Dr. Carlson also presents example cases to discuss differential diagnosis. Lastly, she discusses the treatment implications for a variety of presenting symptoms. Runtime: 133

In this workshop, Dr. Emery reviews the research on the impact of divorce on children and presents child custody mediation as a way to ameliorate some of the risks associated with divorce. He describes research findings on the risk of divorce and divorce rates from various countries. In addition, he describes the impact of divorce on children’s relationships with both parents. Dr. Emery also summarizes the research comparing two approaches to adversary settlement: mediation and litigation. Lastly, he provides guidelines on conducting custody mediation and gives examples of developmentally sensitive parenting plans. Runtime: 281 minutes.

In this workshop, Dr. King provides information on tools that can be used for suicide assessment for youth and describes how to use the tools in clinical practice. She details the individual, familial, and school-related risk factors for suicide attempts and/or suicide in youth. Dr. King also describes how to integrate and prioritize information from the assessment procedure. She highlights clinically useful assessment tools such as the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-JR, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale. Case examples are used to demonstrate the skills needed to devise a solid formulation. Runtime: 121 minutes.

This workshop is focused on a school-based group intervention for children who have difficulty controlling their anger and aggressive behavior. Dr. Lochman describes the research supporting his group-based program for children with aggression problems. He and Dr. Boxmeyer give a session by session review of how to conduct Coping Power. They also demonstrate techniques for Coping Power using case examples, videos, and role-plays. Techniques described include teaching children how to identify feelings, solve problems, accomplish goals, and more. Lastly, Dr. Lochman describes how to implement the parent component of Coping Power.