Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center

Providing psychological services to children and adolescents is more complex than knowing and applying techniques or strategies to an individual case. This is especially true when improving mental health and wellness in a school setting. The key for school-based clinicians in providing high-quality, evidence-based services is knowing when, for whom, and at what times to apply specific interventions or approaches. This workshop will help clinicians identify strategic aspects of a brief-care model using cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). This model will explain how to use evaluation and test data to look beyond diagnosis to formulate a case conceptualization that drives evidence-based interventions. The presenter will review specific interventions from a transdiagnostic treatment approach and discuss how to enhance buy-in through the use of metaphor, pop culture, sports, superheroes, and improv. Participants will be able to discuss and actively work through case examples and practice strategies.

Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Winston-Salem State University; Director of Minority Academic
Achievement and Development Lab; Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Economic Mobility; Honors and Awards
including from American Educational Research Association and Society for Research in Child Development Fellowship
in Middle Childhood Education and Development