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Digital Seminar

Oppositional Defiance or Faulty Neuroception

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What if there’s another way?  What if it’s not actually about behavior at all?

Join Dr. Mona Delahooke, licensed clinical psychologist and expert in neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences, for this compelling session that will fundamentally shift your view of oppositional behavior in children and adolescents.

Dr. Delahooke seamlessly weaves together neuroscience with real-life, common scenarios by offering a practical roadmap to help transform your response to behavior problems.  You’ll learn:

  • The missing piece to understanding behavior:  Neuroception
  • Why behavior contracts and incentives fail to yield long-term success
  • How to discern between intentional behavior and stress responses
  •  “Bottom-up” interventions you can use right away
  • And more!

If you work with children and adolescents who misbehave even occasionally, this training is for you – purchase today!

Here's What You'll Learn


Behavior Challenges:  Intentional Choice or Stress Response?

  • What the Polyvagal Theory brings to the “behavior management” table
  • The autonomic nervous system (ANS)
  • Neuroception:  How children’s brains perceive safety and stress (and what that means for behavior)
  • Is ODD a behavior disorder, or a nervous system looking for relational safety?

Clinical Strategies for Building Relational Safety and Security

  • Getting started:  Matching a given behavior to corresponding ANS pathway
  • Discerning between an intentional behavior and a stress response
  • Co-regulation, warmth and interpersonal engagement
  • How to reach the “unreachable” kids and teens
  • What about behavior contracts and incentive plans?

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • CE information to come
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Mona M. Delahooke, PhD

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Mona M. Delahooke, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who’s worked with multi-disciplinary teams for over 30 years. A senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, she’s the author of the national bestseller Brain-Body Parenting, How to Stop Managing Behaviors and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids,. and the award-winning Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Mona Delahooke maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, Profectum Foundation. and Villa Esperanza Services. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Delahooke receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Mona Delahooke is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Zero to Three Foundation, the Infant Development Association of California, and the Partnership for Awareness.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS056870
Duration:
1 hour, 27 minutes
Copyright:
Aug 05, 2020
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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