Webinar Training from September 25, 2023
Explore how to upgrade your pediatric counseling skills through the integration of neuroscience and pediatric mental health. This training focuses on bottom-up approaches in addition to all-around support for our clients from an attachment-focused, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming paradigm.
Presenter:
Dr. McCulloch is the founder and director of Connected Counseling and teaches counselor education courses in higher ed. Her research has focused on neurobiologically informed interventions for complex trauma. She is an EMDRIA Consultant and trained in various models including SMART, TF-CBT, and other play and somatic-based modalities.
Recorded Session:
- Part One: Introduction and Basic Neurobiology
- Part Two: Behaviors, Symptoms and Diagnoses
- Part Three: Modalities & Interventions
- Part Four: Collaboration with Parents, Schools, and Community
- Part Five: Tying the pieces together and closing
Topics Include:
- Complex Trauma- Sexual Abuse, Out of Home Placement, Marginalized Populations
- Differential Diagnosis- Exploring PTSD, ADHD, Autism, Dissociative Disorders, Mood Disorders
- Behavioral Presentations Acting Out- External communication of needs including aggression, defiance, stealing
- Behavioral Presentations Acting In- When behaviors are aimed inward including self-esteem, disordered eating, self-harm, suicide
- Parenting Models- Beyond Consequences, Collaborative Problem Solving, Trust-Based Relational Intervention
Schools
Neurodivergence:
- Helping Neurodivergent Students Find Success
- Neurodiversity Affirming IEP Goal Bank for Autism
- Regulation and Executive Function Handout
Trauma:
- Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators
- Schools Resources List 2022
- Trauma-Informed Approach to Behavior in the Classroom
Behavioural to Relational Responses at School
Recess is Nutrition for the Brain
Sensory Meltdown in the Classroom
