CBT WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Jonquil Drinkwater and Anne Stewart
January – March 2011
This course is divided into four blocks. Each block consists of two workshops over two days. The first block of the course covers basic skills and is at Basic Level. The second, third and fourth blocks of the course are at Intermediate Level. The second block covers working with core beliefs and imagery as well as family aspects of CBT in this age group. The third block looks at using CBT to treat anxiety and the fourth block looks at CBT for depression and for eating disorders. Each block will run twice during the year.
These workshops are suitable for child and adolescent mental health professionals of any discipline. The workshops build on each other, and this means that you are encouraged to do Block 1, or to have previous experience in using CBT, before doing Block 2.
BLOCK 1: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC SKILLS
FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
Jonquil Drinkwater
Two-day workshop
17th & 18th January
Day 1: Assessment, Formulation and Identifying negative thoughts
This workshop aims to provide the participants with some of the fundamental skills in using CBT with children and adolescents. The workshop includes an introduction to basic CBT theory and how to explain the cognitive model to young people. It describes cognitive and behavioural techniques and the issues around applying CBT to young people. It looks at how to assess whether CBT is a suitable treatment for a young person and outlines criteria for when to use it. It teaches skills in assessment and how to produce a CBT formulation of the problems. The workshop teaches how to identify negative thoughts.
Day 2: Modifying negative thoughts with individuals and in a group format
This workshop aims to provide the participants with some of the fundamental skills in modifying negative thoughts. The workshop will include using guided discovery (or Socratic questioning). It will look at different ways of modifying negative automatic thoughts including finding alternatives and taking action to test thoughts through behavioural experiments. It will look at doing CBT with both individuals and with groups. It will cover key elements of CBT in a group format and participants will have the opportunity to role play leading a CBT group. The workshop will also look at a model of parental attributions and engagement in treatment of parents who have been unable to modify their children’s behaviour. It will outline interventions to increase parental motivation and prevent dropout.
Level: Basic
Cost: £250, incl. lunch, for 2 days
Venue: Northampton Room, Oxford Centre
BLOCK 2: EXPANDING BASIC SKILLS
FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
Jonquil Drinkwater & Anne Stewart
7th & 8th March
Day 1: Involving the family in CBT with children and adolescents
Working with children and young people inevitably means taking account of family factors. This workshop aims to equip participants with the ability to incorporate families within formulations and treatment in a productive way.
Different ways of working with families will be discussed, including working cognitively with parents, involving parents as co-therapists, utilising the parents as a resource for the young person, as well as working with whole families using a cognitive–behavioural perspective. There will also be discussion of the role of families within the treatment of particular disorders such as anxiety disorders, depression, OCD and eating disorders.
This workshop will be interactive with opportunity to discuss case scenarios and try out skills.
Level: Intermediate
Cost: £135, incl. lunch (or £250 for two days if booked together with 9th March or 5th October)
Venue: Northampton Room, Oxford Centre
Day 2: Identifying and modifying images and beliefs
This workshop will develop the basic skills learnt in the previous workshops and expand them to working with beliefs and with imagery. It will look at identifying images and then outline methods of transforming images in young people. It will also look at identifying beliefs and various methods for modifying beliefs such as using positive data logs, continua, flash cards and the prejudice model. The workshop is focussed on practical skills and there is work in pairs as well as small group work.
Level: Intermediate
Cost: £135, incl. lunch (or £250 for two days if booked together with 8th March or 4th October)
Venue: Northampton Room, Oxford Centre
