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Child and Adolescent Anger Management Certification Course: Fast Acting Strategies to Prevent and Overcome Oppositional and Aggressive Behavior

Today’s children and teens feel overwhelmed, time crunched and stressed out by social media, screen time, and an uncertain and often frightening world. These stressors can lead to frustration and the very natural emotion of anger.

But anger can quickly turn into disrespect, aggression, defiance, and outbursts when young people are unable to cope; sabotaging school performance, peer relationships, and family functioning.

Whether you’re a therapist, educator, counselor, social worker or any professional who works with children and adolescents, it’s essential for you to be properly equipped to work with angry, oppositional and aggressive behavior.

Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein is a licensed psychologist and best-selling author who has worked with over two thousand angry and defiant children and their families over the last 32 years. Dr. Bernstein has appeared on the Today Show and is the author of several publications on anger and defiance.

Watch him in this Online Certification Training as he gives you the high-impact skills, reliable tools and proven strategies you need to help children and teens with anger issues manage this overpowering emotion. Dr. Jeff will give you detailed step-by-step guidance and walk you through specific real-life scenarios related to family, school and peer relationships so you can:

End power struggles at home and school
Reduce and prevent angry outbursts, aggression and violence
Get teens to think and reflect before reacting
Cultivate emotional intelligence, communication and problem-solving skills
Help kids trust and value adults
Offer healthier alternatives to angrily shutting down or lashing out

Best of all, you can become a Certified Specialist in Child and Adolescent Anger Management (CSAM-CA) upon completion of this course – letting families,schools, agencies or your employer know that you’ve taken the time and effort to effectively work with angry, oppositional and aggressive behavior. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/csamca for professional requirements.

*We partner with Evergreen Certifications to include certification with some of our products. When you purchase such a product we may disclose your information to Evergreen Certifications for purposes of providing services directly to you or to contact you regarding relevant offers.

Sign up today, add valuable skills and credentials to your resume, and make a difference in the lives of children and teens!

Program Information

Objectives

Investigate the neurobiology of anger and identify brain regions involved in processing anger.
Analyze the internal and societal parts of the anger cycle and communicate how this impacts counselling in children and teens.
Support how underlying emotions and coexisting conditions play a role in manifesting anger in children and adolescents.
Determine how children and teens can be taught to identify anger triggers so they can choose appropriate response strategies.
Evaluate the role of anger as a secondary emotion to fear, guilt, resentment & shame.
Evaluate connections between anger, learning differences, ADHD, and ODD.
Employ mindfulness and diaphragmatic breathing techniques that diminish the body’s anger and fight-or-flight responses.
Utilize CBT and positive psychology-based strategies to engage both willing and treatment-resistant clients.
Assess how assertiveness techniques can be taught to help to children and adolescents communicate anger more constructively.
Build children’s and teens’ emotional vocabulary to help them handle conflict without aggression.
Apply office-based and online child and teen anger management strategies for challenges at school, and with peers, body image, and family concerns.
Employ methods to optimally facilitate parent, caregiver, and educator supports for transfer and maintenance of anger management skills to outside of clinical settings.

Copyright : 10/12/2020

Anxiety, ADHD and Anger in the Classroom: 60 Activity-Based Coping Skills to Effectively Manage “Big Feelings”

Managing the emotional climate of your classroom is crucial to learning. When children are struggling to manage anxiety, ADHD and anger, they can’t focus on the academic tasks expected of them in a classroom setting. By teaching kids simple, healthy and safe ways to express their emotions and calm their bodies, they will be better able to concentrate on their work during the school day. The positive impact healthy coping skills will have on a child’s academic performance is truly transformational.

In this seminar, we’ll learn how coping skills impact a student’s nervous system, and how to use that knowledge to help kids calm their bodies and get ready to learn. Watch coping skills expert and experienced school counselor Janine Halloran, LMHC as she shows you coping skills and techniques ideal for a classroom.

Walk away with a coping skills toolbox:

Deep breathing printables
Check in sheets
”Anxiety thermometer”
Relaxation exercises
”What’s your play personality?”
And many more

Be prepared for experiential learning and movement as we try different coping skills like grounding techniques, breathing exercises, and big body movements throughout the day.

Program Information

Objectives

Develop strategies for teaching kids coping skills that positively impact academic performance and their ability to maintain relationships.
Analyze how the nervous system response of “fight, flight or freeze” is connected to stress and communicate how coping skills can be used to shift kids to a more tranquil “rest and digest” response.
Execute a classroom routine that allows for breaks to benefit both hypo-arousal and hyper-arousal in kids with ADHD.
Utilize mindfulness and grounding techniques that can be used to help children manage their symptoms of anxiety.
Employ methods to determine the source of stress and create a plan to eliminate shutting down or acting out.
Utilize specific movement-based strategies that can effectively intervene in kids’ anger responses.

Coping Skills for Kids and Tweens: How to Manage Big Feelings in an Uncertain Time and Beyond

School as we know it looks unlike anything we ever could have imagined.

As we return to educating our children (whether in school or remotely) the question on everyone’s mind -- how do we offer our students the support they need, no matter where they are?

Kids will be struggling to manage their anxiety, stress, and anger they feel in safe and healthy ways. So how do we help them manage the emotional climate that is so crucial to connecting and learning!

Join Janine Halloran, author of best-selling “Coping Skills for Kids Workbook” to show kids simple, healthy, and safe ways to identify and express their emotions and calm their bodies. By discovering coping skills, they’ll be better able to focus on their work during school time and spend time connecting with their families when schoolwork is done.

The positive impact safe and healthy coping skills will have on a child will be truly transformational! Purchase today!

Program Information

Objectives

Determine how the pandemic has impacted students socially and emotionally and integrate strategies for better focus.
Apply coping skills for kids to try either at home or school to implement safe ways to express anger.
Develop students' relaxation and coping skills to manage anxiety.