May 01

Working with Children with Brain-based Behaviors: A Therapeutic/Sensory Approach

Kathryn Shea, LCSW, presents this training, which showcases a brain-based approach to addressing challenging behaviors developed by neuroscientist, Dr. Stephen Porges’s work. It is also based on the work of Dr. Serena Wieder and Dr. Stanley Greenspan who developed a model known as DIR (Developmental, Individual-differences, and Relationship-based) after conducting research in the late 1970s on infants at high risk for developmental challenges. Two 2-hour sessions.

Virtual location

You will receive a confirmation email with a URL.

May 01, 2024 12:00pm ET - May 01, 2024 02:00pm ET

$127.00

This is a two-session course. Wednesdays, May 1 and 8, 2024, from 12-2pm EST.

Many parents and professionals believe that problematic behavior in children should be punished, increasing the likelihood of poor self-esteem, depression, and aggression. The brain-based method employs a more empathic and compassionate approach that has the potential to change lives for the better, resulting in a more humane way of understanding, reaching, and supporting children who struggle.

TAKEAWAYS:

Participants will gain knowledge of how challenging behaviors can be brain-based.
Participants will learn how sensory-processing disorders are frequently the source of challenging behaviors.
Participants will understand how using a sensory/therapeutic process in mental health sessions can be successful in treating children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Kathryn Shea, LCSW

FASD United Board Member

Kathryn Shea is a licensed clinical social worker with over 40 years of

experience working with children with serious emotional and behavioral

disorders and fetal alcohol and drug effects. She received her Bachelor’s

degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Social Work from the

University of Kentucky. She served as the President and CEO of The Florida Center for Early Childhood in Sarasota, FL for 12 years, whose mission is the healthy development of young children, their families, and communities.

Kathryn is a past president of the Florida Association for Infant Mental

Health and has been very involved in developing and expanding Florida’s

Early Childhood Court initiative. Ms. Shea currently serves on the board of

FASD United (formerly NOFAS) and is an independent consultant at the local, state, and national level. Kathryn has received numerous awards for her work in infant mental health, FASD, and child advocacy.

4 CEs available for Florida LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, CMSW through CEBrokers. Certificates will be provided for self-reporting.