Please note: Seminars are scheduled in anticipation of the state of Maryland lifting the COVID-19 restrictions. Safe distancing guidelines may limit the number of attendees.

DBT Skills for Working with Parents: Helping Parents Learn to Structure a Healthy Environment

Friday, October 23, 2020

8:00 am - 12:15 pm (4 CEUs)

(7:30 am: Check-in & Continental Breakfast)

Beaver Creek Country Club

9535 Mapleville Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740

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This program is funded in part by the Willliam B. and Sylvia A. Hunsberger Fund

Parenting children with emotional difficulties or mental illness can be very challenging. This clinical workshop is focused on parents and is designed to provide clinicians with effective tools and skills to engage parents and teach them how to emotionally regulate their own reactions within the cycle of parent-child interactions while also parenting strategically and effectively. Topics include recognizing, understanding, and managing emotions and behaviors, developing effective responses, parenting decision making, mindfulness and other skills & helping parents to establish a healthier environment for children & families.

 At the conclusion of the program, participants should be able to:

• Describe BioSocial Theory and how it can be used to help parents understand the origins and development their child’s difficulties
• Identify parent thinking and emotions that may interfere with effective parenting
• Explain how to use validation and other skills to keep parents engaged in the change process
• List and understand the skills of in the Middle Path module of DBT for parents and children
• Use 4 DBT skills to teach parents to be more effective parents, create a healthier environment, and manage difficult emotional situations

Featuring:

Pat Harvey, LCSW-C, ACSW, has over 40 years of experience working with families and currently coaches parents of youth and adults who have emotion dysregulation using a DBT framework. She facilitates trainings and workshops on DBT concepts, skills, and family interventions throughout the U.S.  She is the co-author of the books Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions; Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents; Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions and Hey, I’m Here Too (a book for siblings of youth who have emotional challenges). In addition, Pat has co-authored an   article about the grief of parents who have a child with mental illness and an article for Pediatric Nursing about the concept of validation. 

Professional Continuing Education Credits:

An important message about Continuing Education Credits:  Brook Lane seminars are approved for continuing education credits as an entire event.  PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE AWARDED. To assure that you receive continuing education credit, you must be on time and complete the entire seminar.

Counselors/Therapists:  Brook Lane Health Services has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP TM) # 5452. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Brook Lane solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.  This program will provide 4 clock hours; partial credit will not be awarded.

Social Workers:  Brook Lane Health Services is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. This program will provide 4.0 credit hours of Category I continuing education; partial credit will not be awarded.   

Psychologists:  The Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists will accept continuing education hours provided by Brook Lane, an approved CE sponsor by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

Other Healthcare Professionals and Attendees:  A certificate of completion noting the number of educational/contact hours will be provided for other disciplines to allow attendees to apply for CE credit as an individual.

 Seminar Fee:  $ 89.00  (includes continental breakfast and CEUs)

CANCELLATION POLICY:  A $10 processing fee will apply. To receive a refund, cancellations must be made in writing and received no later than one week prior to the seminar. No refunds/credits will be made after the one-week date or for no shows on the day of the program.

Attention Brook Lane Staff Members:  If you registered online, it is your responsibility to complete the process by submitting a yellow TRAINING REQUEST FORM to your supervisor for approval and signature.  A copy of the full program description & learning objectives must be attached to the yellow Training Request Form. This documentation becomes apart of your HR training file.