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| Treating Children With Behavioral and Emotional Disorders: Integrating Emotional and Moral Behaviors to Promote Generalization |
| Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
| 4:00 PM–7:00 PM |
| Hyatt Regency, Centennial Ballroom H |
| Area: CBM/DEV; Domain: Service Delivery |
| CE Instructor: Jeannie A. Golden, Ph.D. |
| JEANNIE A. GOLDEN (East Carolina University) |
| Description: Children that have been abused and/or neglected often exhibit behaviors that appear to be callous, unemotional, antisocial and immoral. Learning histories of these children affect their thoughts and feelings and these private events can serve as motivational operations. Using a contingency-based focus for managing children's behavior in a structured setting where staff follow-through with predictable contingencies does not prepare them to function in a generalized setting. The presenter will provide a behavioral explanation for the lack of emotional and moral behaviors and ways to develop effective behavioral treatments that are relationship-based, focus on emotional and moral skills, and promote generalization. |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to: (1) describe how the learning histories of children that have been victims of abuse and/or neglect effect their emotional and moral behaviors; (2) explain why these children lack a repertoire for appropriate emotional and moral behaviors and how thoughts and feelings can serve as motivational operations; (3) describe the difference between contingency-based and relationship-based treatment approaches; (4) describe what environmental factors can encourage appropriate emotional and moral behaviors; (5) describe ways to develop effective behavioral treatments that are relationship-based and promote generalization. |
| Activities: Participants will listen to didactic information and real-life case histories in homes, schools and community settings, take notes, ask questions, view a power point presentation, present their own cases for feedback, and participate in role-play situations. |
| Audience: Participants would include board certified behavior analysts, psychologists, counselors, health care providers, social workers and/or teachers who serve children with developmental disabilities or children who are typically-developing who have emotional difficulties and/or have been given psychiatric diagnoses. |
| Content Area: Practice |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |