Audio Conferences

Child Sexual Abuse Interview Protocol: Evidence-Based Strategies

Child sexual abuse investigations are difficult on children because of the recall of abuse details that are sexual in nature. Each instance of retelling the sexual experience adds to the traumatization of the child. Members of the multidisciplinary team also rely on the videotaped interview for information...

Developing a School Wellness Program

As many of you are aware, childhood obesity is one of our nation’s leading health threats. Today, about 1 in 3 children and youth (ages 2-19) in the United States is already overweight or obese -- that’s nearly 25 million young people.
• Disappearing recess: Nearly one-third of elementary schools...

Response to Intervention: Addressing Emerging Issues

Response to intervention is promoted as an important framework through which school staffs can improve the outcomes for all of their learners and more accurately identify those learners with disabilities. On the other hand, to achieve these benefits school staffs must have a high fidelity of implementation....

Juvenile Onset Bipolar Disorders

This live audio conference will address the current thinking and diagnostic skills necessary to diagnose and treat bipolar children and their families. The missing pieces will also be discussed, which is adequate educational planning. How to work collaboratively with a treating psychiatrist and how...

Best Practices for Motivating Students

If you’re tired of struggling to work successfully with unmotivated, bored, and disinterested children and teens, then you will want to be part of every minute of this live audio conference. This program is packed with dozens of innovative, ready-to-use, more effective strategies to turnaround unmotivated...

Assessing a Client's Risk for Violence

Institutions such as hospitals, law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, and courts are frequently faced with the question of whether and under what circumstances an individual should be released to the community when the person has some history of violence toward others. There is often a...

Best Practices for Preventing and Responding to Cheating in Your Classroom and School

Cheating in school is a widespread and complex problem. Recent news has included reports of hundreds of high school seniors in a Texas school obtaining test questions prior to a final exam in English, students in New York paying others to take their SAT tests, and students in a California high school...

Making Friends: Social Understanding for Students with Autism and Asperger's

This live audio conference describes the social challenges that children with Asperger’s Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorder may encounter while in the classroom. As the speaker notes, “Play is work for a child with ASD” and children with ASD typically do not become “social butterflies.” Dr. Norall...

Understanding and Addressing Non-Suicidal Self Injury in Adolescents and Young Adults

Rates of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are high in community populations of adolescents and young adults. Despite its prevalence, NSSI often goes undetected by parents, school official and medical and mental health professionals. Although most often undertaken without suicidal intent, NSSI is potent...