Course info

CE Credit Hours: 3

Program Description:

This training will introduce the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach as a therapeutic intervention aimed at reducing disruptive or difficult behavior for children and youth. This training is designed to explain how CPS may help youth strengthen emotion regulation skills, facilitate supportive relationships, enhance communication between youth and guardians, and improve their ability to solve problems together. The training will cover the research the supports the use of CPS as an evidenced-based treatment intervention and help participants identify ways that the approach could be used in their own clinical work.

Goals:

·        Introduce the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach, how it conceptualizes disruptive or difficult behaviors, its components, and its clinical application

·        Introduce participants to clinical research that supports the effectiveness of CPS as an evidenced-based treatment intervention for addressing difficult behaviors in children and youth

·        Illustrate the practical application of CPS in clinical settings and provide participants with resources to help them apply this approach in their own clinical work

Objectives:

·        Participants will be able to identify primary components of CPS and intervention strategy

·        Participants will understand the clinical utility and assumptions of collaborative problem solving

·        Recognize and anticipate how cultural factors may impact the use of CPT

·        Participants will be able to demonstrate how to use CPS using a role-play scenario

Workshop Outline:

·        Introduction to the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach techniques/components (8:45-9:15)

·        CPS as a “neurodevelopmentally sensitive” and “trauma informed” approach (9:15-9:45)

·        Review of research that supports the effectiveness of CPS as an evidenced-based treatment (9:45-10)

·        Discussion on how cultural factors may impact the use of CPT (10-10:15)

·        15-minute break (10:15-10:30)

·        Review of CPS resources for clinicians (10:30-10:45)

·        Role-play scenario using CPS (10:45-11:15)

·        Discuss application to own clinical practice (11:15-11:45)

·        Questions and wrap-up (11:45-12)