Treating and Understanding Anxiety in Families of Children with Special Needs

Course Objectives
• Recognize the various presentations of anxiety (including when
anxiety masks as aggression) in young children with special needs;
• Describe the mental health issues (including depression, grief, and
loss) commonly experienced by parents and caregivers of children
with special needs (with a focus on autism spectrum disorders);
• Apply strategies/techniques for supporting and treating clinical
signs of anxiety in the special needs population based on the DIR
model;
• Create a clinical roadmap for supporting the social/emotional
functioning of caregivers of young children with special needs; and
• Demonstrate skills to identify and effectively manage transference
and countertransference issues in working with young children
with special needs.

Date:June 11, 2010
Time: 8:30am-4:00pm
(8:30-9:00am registration period)
$85 Registration
$100 Registration on the day of
(if permitted by space)
$15 for continuing education units
(CEUs available for LMFTs, LCSWs and
Psychologists!)

Location:
St. Joseph’s Center
204 Hampton Drive
Venice, CA 90291

Who should participate?
Clinicians (Psychologists, Social Workers,
Marriage & Family Therapists, Occupational
Therapists, etc.)
Case Managers
Family Advocates
Educators
Early Childhood Educators are Strongly
Encouraged to attend!

For registration forms and additional questions, please contact Stephanie Fiamengo, trainings@winla.org, 310.846.4100 x 6138