Course Category: Children and Adolescents

This research intensive course discusses the growing body of research emphasizing alterations in neurological structure and function following trauma. The authors provide a brief overview of early brain development and...  Read More

The lockdowns and school closures associated with the covid-19 pandemic resulted in children and adults spending an unprecedented amount of time online. National and international law enforcement agencies have reported...  Read More

This course presents an integrative model of therapeutic change in child psychotherapy, based on a contemporary understanding of children’s emotions and emotional needs. The course material will demonstrate the advantages...  Read More

You will watch the movie Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER:Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience. High Stress, anxiety and depression are experienced by millions of young people. We follow physician and filmmaker, Delaney...  Read More

You will watch the movie Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age, an award-winning film that probes into the vulnerable corners of family life and depicts messy struggles over social...  Read More

Given the critical role school mental health professionals play in the academic and emotional well-being of our nation’s students and the relative lack of national research examining the efforts of...  Read More

This book/course will help practitioners choose the best play therapy approach to create an individualized and comprehensive treatment plan, providing a roadmap for assessment, case formulation, and intervention for frequently...  Read More

This document provides an overview of the importance, the effectiveness, and the evaluation of treatment programs with empirical evidence for treatment of youth with suicidal/self-harming behaviors This course is based...  Read More

The current study is an overview of systematic reviews concerning evaluation of any preventative or therapeutic intervention on suicidal ideation or self-harming behaviors in children/adolescents. Several preventative or therapeutic interventions...  Read More

This course is research oriented and some of the material is dense. Effects of cyberbullying include a range of internalizing and externalizing problems for those involved. Research sometimes ignores social-ecological...  Read More

This course examines the risk of substance abuse to adolescents stemming from inappropriate attachment using systems theory and family-based intervention. It includes: Behavior and Exchange Systems Therapy (BEST), attachment, discourse,...  Read More

Without effective intervention, children who grow up in homes affected by domestic violence and abuse are at risk of poor outcomes across the lifespan. The primary aim of this review...  Read More

This Clinician’s Manual describes the Multiple Self-States Drawing Technique (MSSDT), a unique, arts-based, trans-diagnostic clinical assessment tool and treatment approach for children and adolescent psychotherapy patients. The MSSDT incorporates contemporary...  Read More

Lynn Louise Wonders shares the benefit of her years of experience as a child play-therapist, particularly as it pertains to child clients whose parents are going through a high conflict...  Read More

This article presents a pragmatic approach to assessing and managing suicide risk in children and adolescents. First, general recommendations for conducting risk assessments with children and adolescents are presented, followed...  Read More

This course examines the universal implementation of SBIRT for adolescent alcohol and/or drug users in a school setting. It includes: community partners and school recruitment, screener selection, training and quality...  Read More

This informational resource describes research and interventions relative to young people with both substance abuse disorders and their first episode of psychosis. Research on effectiveness of interventions is included in...  Read More

Suicidal thought and non-suicidal self-harm are common in adolescents. Though both are strongly associated with suicide attempts, most adolescents who admit these indicators do not attempt suicide. This article explores...  Read More

This course examines vulnerability vs resilience to substance use of at-risk adolescents and whether child maltreatment and father involvement are factors. It includes: child maltreatment and adolescent substance use, the...  Read More

This course examines the effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) vs Treatment As Usual (TAU) on parent substance use and adolescent substance use. The authors used effectiveness research to...  Read More