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Paul Foxman, PhD

The Anxiety Epidemic In Kids and Teens: A Workshop For Clinicians

July 17th - July 21st, 2023

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15 Hour In-Person & Live-Online Course

Monday - Friday: 9:00a.m. - 12:30p.m. EDT / 30-Minute Break Daily

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Course Description

Anxiety disorders are now recognized as the most common, chronic and costly emotional conditions in the United States, as well as globally. The soaring trend towards anxiety has been accelerated by world events, violence in the media (including video games and even television programming directed at children), the pandemic, terrorism and school shootings, a high divorce rate and family breakdown, economic stress, a challenged school system and other stresses. These sources have produced a generation of young people susceptible to all the anxiety disorders seen in adults. Our challenge is to recognize anxiety in kids and teens, and to help them cope.

In this workshop, you will learn ways to engage with anxious children and teens, and inspire them to learn how to manage and even prevent anxiety. Based on adolescent brain research, the nuances of working with teens will be included. You will also acquire strategies to help anxious parents (“bulldozers,” “helicopters” and “snowplows”) be more effective in supporting their anxious children. The pros and cons of medication will be addressed. Challenges and strategies in treating anxiety in children and adolescents impacted by divorce will also be considered. In addition, you will learn what recommendations to make to schools and teachers to help manage anxiety in students.

To increase your effectiveness with the various manifestations of anxiety in children, we will address each of the following disorders with case examples and clinical vignettes:

Separation Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder (with Agoraphobia)
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (including skin picking and hair pulling)
Social Anxiety Disorder (including Selective Mutism)
Specific Phobias
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Emphasis will be on creative psychotherapy using insight, cognitive-behavioral therapy, somatic focus (yoga, movement, breathing games, flow activities), mindfulness practices, medication, and family system interventions.

Workshop format will include multimedia presentations, lecture, discussion, and live demonstrations of the therapy process.

Monday

The Peter Pan story and research about therapy effectiveness applied to children and teens
How anxiety begins in children: the positive “3 Ingredients Framework”
4 behavioral health recommendations for all children and teens
“3-S Process” for teaching stress management skills
Games, strategies and practices for regulating anxiety (e.g. “Magic Word,” mindfulness, flow activities, yoga, “Baby Buddhas” meditation for preschoolers)

Tuesday

Recommendations for teachers and schools for managing student anxiety
Pros and cons of medication
Separation anxiety: treatment strategies including helping parents let go

Wednesday

Generalized Anxiety: why we worry and strategies for what to do instead
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia: treatment metaphors and interventions

Thursday

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders:
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Sudden Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (PANDAS)
Strategies for Excoriation (skin picking) and Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
Social Anxiety Disorder: self-esteem, group therapy, selective mutism

Friday

Specific Phobias: virtual reality exposure
Crisis Intervention for Acute Stress Disorder
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
4 types of traumas
Goals of trauma treatment
Strategies for trauma recovery
Post-traumatic growth

Paul Foxman, PhD, has led hundreds of top-rated workshops internationally, and has appeared on television and radio as an expert on the topic of anxiety.

His books include Dancing with Fear (2007), The Worried Child (2004), The Clinicians Guide to Anxiety Disorders in Kids and Teens (2018), Traumas and Triumphs (2022), and co-authored casebook, Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders. Paul is known for his knowledge and clarity, sense of humor, compassion, and engaging speaking style.

Dr. Foxman is a clinical psychologist as well as Founder and Director of the Vermont Center for Anxiety Care. In 1985 he co-founded the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne, VT, now flourishing from kindergarten through high school. He has over 40 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings including hospitals, community mental health centers, schools, and private practice. His education includes Yale University (B.A. in Psychology), Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (PhD in Clinical Psychology), and training at the Department of Psychiatry of Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, the Kennedy Child Study Center in Nashville, and the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Paul Foxman has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations. He receives a speaking honorarium from MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute.

Non-financial: Paul Foxman has no relevant non-financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

1. Demonstrate how to connect with anxious children

2. Summarize the “3 Ingredients” framework for how anxiety develops in children to assist with assessment and treatment planning

3. Create games, strategies and practices to inspire the anxious child to practice self-regulation skills

4. Describe the "3-S Process" for teaching stress management skills to children

5. Explain the 4 behavioral health recommendations for all children (and adults)

6. Analyze the efficacy of prescription drugs for treatment of anxiety symptoms in children

7. Describe the variety of anxiety disorders in children and implement interventions believed to be most effective for each condition

8. Identify how to help anxious parents better support their anxious children

9. Discuss recommendations for schools and teachers to help manage anxiety in students

10. Avoid pitfalls when working with children in high-conflict divorce families

Creative Arts Therapists:

New York: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. # CAT-0090.

Educators:

For eligibility information contact your State certifying authority.

Massachusetts: Educators in Massachusetts are eligible for 15 Professional Development Points (PDPs) for each program attended. MAK Continuing Education, LLC is a registered Professional Development Provider (PD number: U20190001) with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

Marriage and Family Therapists:

Massachusetts: This activity has been certified by NEAFAST on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health & Human Services Professions, for LMFT professional continuing education. Live-Online: Certification # PC- 041351 In-Person: Certification # PC- 041350.

Physicians & Nursing Professionals:

A.C.C.M.E. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., and MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

A.M.A. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Professional Counselors:

MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7187. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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Psychologists:

California: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is approved by the CPA OPD to sponsor continuing professional education for psychologists. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CPA OPD Provider Code: MAK001.

Canada: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute maintains responsibility for the program.

Connecticut: CE credit is available. This course consists of 15 continuing education credit hours for Connecticut Psychologists. CT Gen Stat Sec. 20-191c Continuing Education (b)(3) confirms acceptance of continuing education programs relevant to psychology from a nationally recognized provider of continuing education seminars. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is a nationally recognized provider of continuing education seminars with multiple national CE approvals.

New York: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists # PSY-0102.

North Carolina Psychologists: CE credit is available. This course is designed to meet the Category B Requirements of the North Carolina Psychology Board, provided it is within your scope of practice of psychology. Please retain all documents to provide to your board should this be requested of you. NC psychologists can use 9 Category B credits toward their renewal.

Ohio: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is a OPA-MCE Approved Provider. Approved Provider: #854261519.

Pennsylvania: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider # PSY000226. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute maintains responsibility for the program. This program qualifies for 15 continuing education hours.

All other Psychologists: The following state psychologist boards recognize activities sponsored through the joint providership of The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., an approved ACCME Provider, and MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

Social Workers:

ASWB ACE: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute, Provider #1197, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute, maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 8/20/2022- 8/20/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 15 continuing education credits.

ASWB ACE Individual Course Approval (NJ Social Workers): The Anxiety Epidemic in Kids and Teens: A Workshop for Clinicians, Course #4115, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 04/26/2022 - 04/26/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 15 Clinical continuing education credits.

New York: MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers # SW-0649.

For all other CE approval statements, please visit our CE page and search by your discipline.

Course Content Level: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. This course is open, and content is suitable for all clinicians and learning levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced.

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