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Health professionals and educators now, more than ever, face the uphill battle of working with disruptive children and adolescents from all types of backgrounds. Youth who argue at school or home or act out violently are a constant challenge for untrained, tired and busy parents. Managing at-risk youngsters is no longer the exclusive chore of parents. Educators and mental health professionals are being called upon to provide a framework for ending unmanageable problems and restoring respect for authority figures and self-control in these children. As the rate of violent crimes committed by juveniles increases, direct-care professionals have become the first line of offense in reversing bad behavior and halting children’s progression into the juvenile corrections system.

This comprehensive, hands-on workshop teaches scientifically proven methods that can be easily implemented to eliminate common maladaptive behaviors in the home and educational environments. It will demonstrate how to empower parents and other authority figures with functional and reliable steps for behavior management through reinforcement methods. Based on Dr. Ruben’s best-selling books, Bratbusters: Say Goodbye to Tantrums and Disobedience and Behavioral Management in the Public Schools, this seminar provides techniques to address behaviors such as tantrums, noncompliance, oppositional defiance, lying, sibling fighting, and insensitivity. Participants will return to their jobs with an arsenal of effective behavior changing methods to help rescue children and their parents from these feelings of helplessness.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Golden Rules About Parent Empowerment

• How To Detect At Rish Parents

• Overcoming Family Resistance

• Stop Parents From Taking

• Child Problems Personally

• A Better Use Of Time-Out

• How To Eliminate Temper Tantrums

• How To Get A Child To Mind

• Stop Impulsiveness And Poor Attention Span

• Sensitivity, Compassion and Cooperation

• How To Stop Sibling Fighting

• How To Stop Lying Behavior

• How To Empower Parents To Talk To Schools

• How To Deal With Violent Teens In School

• Reasons why kids become disruptive, aggressive and unresponsive to normal discipline

• How parents accidentally worsen behavior when they think they are fixing it

• Teach and implement techniques for instructional compliance, anger control, sibling fighting management, elimination of lying and peer insensitivity

• Identify and intervene on high-risk violent or aggressive youngsters

• Coordinate an effective behavioral plan between parents, school and counselor so they know how to recognize and reverse harmful parenting before child behavior problems worsen

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Douglas H. Ruben, Ph.D., is a psychologist and national consultant on family therapy, addictions, and media psychology. His seminars on marriages, families, and how to generate publicity for mental health clinicians cover the entire Midwest. He has appeared in two national infomercials (one produced by Guthy-Renker). Dr. Ruben is author and co-author of over 40 books and over 100 professional articles. Among his recent books are: Forever Sober; Oversexed and Underloved; No more Guilt: 10 Steps to a Shame-Free Life; Bratbusters: Say Goodbye to Tantrums and Disobedience; Avoidance Syndrome: Doing Things Out of Fear; Family Recovery Companion; 60 Seconds to Success; One Minute Secrets to Feeling Great. He wrote the blueprint for other authors with Your Public Image: TV, Radio and Print Media in Clinical Practice and Writing for Money in Mental Health. Dr. Ruben also spearheaded treatment interventions with his books: Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics; Assessing and Treating Addictive Disorders; Handbook of Childhood Impulse Disorders and ADHD; New Ideas in Therapy; Current Advances in Psychiatric Care; Transitions: Handbook of Managed Care; Family Addiction, and Aging and Drug Abuse. He co-edited four books with Dr. Macciommei including: Readings in Aphasia; Readings in Muscular Dystrophy; Readings in Cerebral Palsy; Homebound Teaching; and Behavioral Management in Public School: An Urban Approach. He is on the editorial board of The Forensic Examiner and frequent reviewer for Journal of Experimental and Behavior Therapy. He is president of Best Impressions International, Inc., and operates the ACOA Behavior Research Center.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"It's very nice to have an instructor who has ?been there and done that.? He knows first-hand our problems and concerns." - Carol Parker, RNAC, Providence Health Care

"Info very relevant and timely ... I realized how much our facility is doing wrong!" - Barbara Balliet, RN, Blough Health Care Center

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• School Psychologists
• School Counselors
• Social Workers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatric Caregivers
• Crisis Intervention Counselors
• Teachers
• School Administrators
• Nurses
• Daycare Instructors
• Clergy
• Juvenile Justice Personnel
• Law Enforcement Personnel
• All professionals working with children, adolescents, and families in counseling, schools, inpatient facilities, the court systems, protective services, and outreach family programs will benefit from this seminar.

CREDITS:

This seminar qualifies for 6 continuing education hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements.

SEMINAR CLASS TIMES:

Seminar Check-in 7:30 AM  Seminar Class 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Seminar Summary:

A vital seminar for Mental Health Professionals (see full course description)

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