Understanding the Social-Emotional Impacts of Executive Functioning Disorders and ADHD in Adolescence

March 9, 2018, 9am to noon
Pryzbyla 351
3 Continuing Education Credit Hours
Nicole McGarry

Registration

Regular Registration: $60.00
Current NCSSS Registration: $40.00
NCSSS Student: $25.00
Lunch Included: no

Nicole W. McGarry, LPC

Nicole McGarry is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and Clinical Supervisor in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has over 15 years experience helping children and families. Nicole has a private practice in McLean, Virginia, where she provides individual and group psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults, and families. She specializes in early childhood development, attachment issues and adoption, adolescent development, ADHD, behavioral challenges, and mind/body integration work. In addition to her practice, Nicole provides trainings throughout Virginia and the DC Metro area on topics related to child and adolescent development including Neurobiology of Attachment, The Other Side of ADHD, Attachment Parenting, and Effective Adolescent Psychotherapy.

Description

We often limit our discussions of Executive Function to how it affects students academically, but there is another side. Challenges with anxiety, emotional regulation, flexibility and impulse control all feed into emotionally-based behaviors that can have far-reaching effects. Children and teens with weak Executive Function may:

— Over-react emotionally

— Have trouble matching actions to intentions

— Lack flexibility

These common behaviors can be driven by the emotional side of Executive Functions leading children to act in ways (and for reasons) we may not completely understand. This training will focus on how to make sense of the more challenging aspects of teen’s emotionally driven behavior and discover the hidden “need behind the behavior”.  We will also delve into the special neurological changes occurring in the adolescent brain impacting overall emotional regulation skills. 

EDUCATIONAL GOAL: 

Define the social/emotional challenges associated with weak executive function

Help professionals and parents to understand the “why’s” of the behavior

Provide better coping strategies, emotional regulation skills, and knowledge about selecting which interventions to use at which time, to reduce the negative impact on the child, the family and all social relationships

Explore the unique neurological developments in the adolescent brain impacting the growth of executive functioning and emotional regulation.

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Agenda

 

Learning Objectives

Identify and explain 2 important neurological impacts of Executive Function Disorders and ADHD on emotional regulation in the brain

Identify and explain how to support teen’s growing brains with up to 10 targeted interventions for improving emotional regulation

Select the appropriate intervention for emotional regulation at the right time, based on brain science

Target Audience: Healthcare Professionals, Counselors

Content Level: Intermediate

Methodology: (e.g., case discussion, lecture, small group activity)

Contact Information:  nicole@mcleanpsychotherapy.com

Continuing Education Credit Hours

This organization (NCSSS, ACE#1424) is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Board (ASWB) www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. The (NCSSS) maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval period: (2.2.17 to 2.2.20). Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social workers participating in this course will receive (3.0) Continuing Education clock hours.

All participants will receive Continuing Education Credit Hours Certificates in hand following completion of the workshop and the course evaluation. Participants must attend the complete workshop in person.