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1. Utilize effective, clinical techniques for the treatment of behavior disorders in children.
2. Develop specific behavioral interventions that address the developmental stage of the child and adolescent.
3. Consider the efficacy of biologically-based interventions to address behavioral and emotional disorders in children.
4. Explore clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, AD HD, mood disorders, ODD and Conduct Disorder as it relates to diagnosis.
5. Develop clinical skills for establishing therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents.
6. Analyze the diagnostic symptoms of behavioral/emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your choice of intervention strategies.

• Behavioral Overview
• Etiology
• Nature v. nurture
• Hormones, neuropsychology, behaviorism
• Gender differences
• “Eye of the beholder”
• DSM-5® Updates
• ADHD
• Oppositional defiant disorder
• Conduct disorder
• Autism spectrum disorders
• Bipolar disorder
• Childhood anxiety and depression
• Medication Interventions
• Psycho-stimulants
• Mood stabilizers
• Anti-depressants/anti-anxiety
• Atypical anti-psychotics
• Illegal/illicit substances and treatment effects
• Tools for Helping Behavior Problems
• Quick Techniques to Manage Anger
• Time in!
• Restitution
• The peace table & empathy building
• Actor/observer
• Standing 8 count
• Art of compromise
• …And many more!
• Quick Techniques to Manage Depression
• Cut-n-paste
• The mirror effect
• Inside movie
• Types of journaling
• … And many more!
• Quick Techniques to Manage Anxiety
• Ceiling fan breathing
• Set the clock
• Progressive relaxation
• Top dog/underdog
• … And many more!
• Quick Techniques to Manage Autism/Asperger’s
• Facial expressions and social cues
• Building a broader structure
• The burrito
• Island of Solace
• … And many more!
• Quick Techniques to Manage ADHD
• Noise to the system
• Anticipation
• Therapeutic games
• … And many more!
• Techniques to help the Client’s World
• Parents/Caregivers and Teachers/Schools
• Intentional dialogue
• The listening jar
• Time out/quiet time
• Token economies/response cost (and avoiding pitfalls)
• The good behavior game
• Manage Therapist Frustration

Dr. Margery J. Shupe, LPCC-S, has extensive experience providing direct consultation to assist school mental health teams in identifying and treating mental health problems in children in public and private school settings. She has developed professional programming presentations for school mental health teams, school personnel, teachers and administrators. Dr. Shupe has extensive consultation experience in working with discipline in the schools as well as providing strategies for the IEP Team.

The clinical director of her own private practice, Dr. Shupe specializes in assessing and treating children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional disorders. She has 25 years of clinical experience in the counseling psychology field. She has worked in an adolescent behavioral medicine clinic as a counseling psychologist and served as a supervisor and clinical therapist of a residential/outpatient children’s/adolescent facility. Dr. Shupe has presented regionally, nationally and internationally on a broad range of topics, primarily focused on clinical treatment of children/adolescents, parent training, family counseling, treating children/teens with chronic illness, and assessment and diagnosis of emotional/behavioral and learning disabilities.

Dr. Shupe has published extensively in professional journals, research manuals and book chapters. Dr. Shupe has been teaching in graduate counseling programs for 17 years and is a contributing faculty member in the Walden University College of Social and Behavior Sciences’ Mental Health Counseling Program. She earned her Ed.D. from the University of Cincinnati and her M.A. in counseling psychology from Western Michigan University. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Margery Shupe maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Walden University. She receives compensation as a consultant. Dr. Shupe receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Margery Shupe is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Counselors, Educators, and Supervisors, and the Ohio Counselors Association.

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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Teachers, School Guidance Counselors, Case Managers, Nurses, School Administrators, Educational Paraprofessionals, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children