Steven Gray, Ph.D.—Presents:
“The Maltreated Child: Finding What Lurks Beneath”

Dr. Steven Gray is a Board Certified Pediatric Neuropsychologist with offices in Dallas and Colorado Springs.
Dr. Gray’s specialty is working with complex special needs children—many of whom have a history of early maltreatment.
He is the author of two books:
“The Maltreated Child: What Lurks Beneath” and “Motivating Marvin”.
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Dr. Gray’s Learning Objectives

1. Get comfortable with the brain, and in talking to parents about it.
2. Learn to recognize the components of a good neuropsychological assessment with complex youth.
3. Identify and differentiate the nine most common diagnoses of complex youth.
4. Discover what character logic trait is virtually endemic among high-maintenance youth.
5. Find out about the plusses and minuses of various psychotropic agents.
6. Do’s and don’ts of conducting successful parent feedback sessions.
7. Discover what neurofeedback is and how this brain-based treatment can be the “X Factor” in treating complex youth.

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Kenny Miller, LCSW—Presents:
“Resolving Attachment Trauma for Children”

Kenneth E. Miller, ACSW, LCSW is a clinical social worker in full-time private practice in Tucson, Arizona. He is an associate of Esperero Family Center, a group practice whose members have specialized in the treatment of early childhood abuse and neglect in both children and adults. He has over 20 years experience providing therapeutic services to children and families in the complete range of clinical settings. More....

Workshop Description

Increasingly in our communities and in our society, we are facing a tidal wave of children whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the ravages of some form of very early abuse and/or neglect. Whether arriving from foreign orphanages or found right here at home in our own foster care system, the early occurrence of abuse and neglect has altered the very foundation of personality and indeed, we understand now, the structure of the developing infant brain. These children often disrupt family placements, and go on to fill residential centers, group homes and our juvenile justice system. They are frequently unable to utilize the forms of therapy and services we have offered them. More....

Workshop Objectives

• Discover at long last a treatment for RAD that is based upon sound principals of early child development and is completely non-coercive.
• Understand the traditional RAD symptom list as NORMAL BEHAVIORS that all children under the age of four use to cope with stressors.
• Learn why traditional therapies have been so ineffective at helping children resolve trauma from the first 3-4 years of life.
• Gain skills to differentiate RAD from the commonly occurring co-morbid conditions of Bi-Polar, FAS/FAE, PTSD and ADHD.
• You will comprehend clearly the impact of abuse and neglect on the developing infant brain, and the bodily-based survival memory we have evolved to cope with these overwhelming states. (PTSD)
• Find out a developmental continuum for the resolution of trauma, and what relational skills are needed to grow the coherent narrative of secure attachment.
  

Forrest Lien, LCSW—Presents:
“Normalizing Acting-Out Behaviors in Kids
- Is it Attachment Disorder or Not? ”

Forrest Lien, LCSW is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and consultant on subjects relating to emotionally/behaviorally disrupted children and the people who work and live with them. Forrest’s work has been featured on ABC’s 20/20 and the Today Show and he was the primary contributor to the HBO special “The Broken Child”. Forrest co-authored the book Give Them Roots, Then Let Them Fly and has had many published articles related to clinical work with children. More....

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Most treatment programs and outpatient clinics focus on modifying behavior rather than treating the core issues. This seminar provides you with a groundbreaking new approach developed by Forrest Lien, one of the nations leading experts on the treatment of behaviorally disordered youth. Forrest’s work has appeared on ABC’s 20/20, his workshop was filmed by The Today
Show, and he was the primary contributor to the HBO special “The Broken Child.” Forrest’s approach will help you have success with your most challenging clients by taking a look at the struggle in their present life, in response to their environment past and present.
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Workshop Objectives

• Implement a new and unique developmental approach to assessment.
• Differentiate behavior neurologically, biochemically, and environmentally.
• Describe the failure of many common medications and the effectiveness of others including atypicals, mood stabilizers, stimulants and anti-depressants.
• Describe the five types of parents that hurt kids.
• Utilize effective contracting skills in working with kids (latency and adolescence).
• Implement creative interventions that are powerful and energizing for clinicians, parents, and teachers.
• Develop a protocol for understanding attachment styles in kids and adults.