Anxiety Disorders in Grade School Children: Working with Children & Familie

111 South Broad Street,Lancaster OH 43130

16 December, 2022

Description

This intermediate level course is appropriate for psychologists, social workers, counselors, educators, and other human services professionals working with children and their families who are dealing with anxiety disorders. Anxiety Disorders are one of the most common mental health diagnoses in school age children. We will focus our attention on grade school children ages 5 to 10 years. We will consider how anxiety diagnoses, and their symptoms impact children’s developmental tasks. Treatment of younger children is most successful when parents or caregivers are able to support their child in "shrinking the worry monster". We will discuss ways to align with the child and family as they create an action plan to best address the child's needs at home, in the community and at school. Laura A. Gaines, MSW, LISW-S, has 20 years’ experience as a child and adolescent mental health clinician and Crisis Text Line volunteer. Laura worked with children, their parents and their school districts to diagnose, treat and manage anxiety disorders in children at home and in the community. Her goal was to empower even the youngest child to find ways to "shrink the worry monster" so that they could focus on having fun, building relationships, and learning. Laura is a trainer and researcher regarding resilience as an individual and community skill. Laura provides clinical consultation regarding child and adolescent mental health. Her trainings focus on child development, mental health, developmental disabilities, ethics, trauma informed care, resilience and each person’s individual solutions to life’s challenges. Registration check-in is from 8:30-9 a.m. The training is from 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. There will be one 15-minute break.