About the Event
Cognitive Behavior Institute is excited to welcome Dr. Kaleigh Bantum for a live interactive webinar on: Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Children & Adolescents.
Date: October 20th, 2023 and October 21st, 2023
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm EST each day
Location: online via Zoom meetings
Cost: $99.99
Level: Intermediate
Credit Hours: 13 Clinical CEs
Description:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by time-consuming, distressing, or impairing obsessions (repetitive unwanted thoughts, images, or urges) or compulsions (repetitive behaviors or thoughts), often accompanied by avoidance behaviors (Hirschtritt et al., 2017). Exposure with response prevention (EXRP) is considered the primary efficacious treatment for childhood OCD, that often involves in-vivo and/or imaginal exposures while working to prevent compulsions (Foa et al., 2012). EXRP for OCD is a structured, manualized psychotherapy that involves exposing the child to stimuli to provoke obsessions and the accompanying anxiety and distress and instructing the child to inhibit the associated compulsions or avoidance behaviors (Hirschtritt et al., 2017). The premise underlying EXRP is simple—identify stimuli that provoke obsessions, present those stimuli, and set the stage to block the child from engaging in the ritual. Participants will be able to describe the key components of Exposure and Response Prevention (EXRP), describe how exposures serve to reduce OCD symptomology, and will be able to construct and identify imaginal and in-vivo exposures that are developmentally appropriate for working with children and adolescents. Numerous treatment trials have demonstrated that this approach to treatment is highly effective, with large effect sizes (Franklin et al., 2015). Following this training, participants will recite the research in treatment of OCD and explain the rationale for using EXRP when working with pediatric OCD.
The international standard for assessing the symptom severity of pediatric OCD is the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS). The CY-BOCS is a clinician-administered interview that includes a symptom checklist followed by severity ratings for obsessions and compulsions, yielding an overall severity score. With regard to self-report measures, it is found that the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory – Child Version (OCI-CV) is the only self-report measure that captures the multidimensionality of OCD in youth (Aspvall et al., 2020). In completing this training, participants with recall how to administer Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CYBOCS) and will list other assessment tools that are helpful when treating OCD in children and adolescents, including the OCI-CV. In addition, exposure hierarchy development is a central component of OCD treatment when applying EXRP. Developing the hierarchy requires the clinician to identify components of the feared stimuli, ask the child about anticipated distress should they encounter the stimuli, and arrange accordingly (McKay et al., 2021). Following training completion, participants will be able to construct a hierarchy that is developmentally appropriate in working with youth with OCD. However, in spite of its effectiveness, the successful dissemination of EXRP has been hindered by a number of mistaken beliefs about the treatment’s safety, tolerability, and overall applicability to youth with OCD. Importantly, these beliefs negatively influence the child and their parents’ willingness to engage in EXRP. It is very important that clinicians prepare themselves to identify and address these pervasive beliefs (Blakey et al., 2018). Following this training, participants will be able to discuss the role of caregivers, identify strategies for psychoeducation, as well as explain barriers in implementing EXRP with children and adolescents.
Agenda:
October 20th, 2023 - 9:00am-4:00pm
9-10:30am Lecture Part 1
- Introduction to OCD in Youth
- Research Overview
10:30-12:00pm Lecture Part 2
- Introduction to EXRP
- Developing a rationale for using EXRP with youth
12:00-12:30pm – Lunch Break
12:30-2:00pm
- Identifying strategies for psychoeducation
- Practice rationale construction in groups
2:00-3:30pm
- OCD Assessment for youth
3:30-4:00pm
- Question/Answer Session
October 21st, 2023 – 9:00am-4:00pm
9-10:30am
- Review of key components of EXRP, including two types of exposures
- Discussion on developmentally appropriate techniques
10:30-12:00pm
- Intro to hierarchy construction
- Identify In-vivo exposure ideas for youth
12:00-12:30pm – Lunch Break
12:30-2:00pm
- Construct an Imaginal Exposure in groups
- Group Discussion/reflection
2:00-3:30pm
- Role of Caregivers
- Barriers to implementation for EXRP for youth
3:30-4:00pm
- Question/Answer Session
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will explain the research in treatment of OCD for children and adolescents.
- Participants will describe the key components of Exposure and Response Prevention (EXRP).
- Participants will explain the rationale for using EXRP in treating OCD in children and adolescents.
- Participants will recall how to administer Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CYBOCS).
- Participants will list other assessment tools that are helpful when treating OCD in children and adolescents.
- Participants will identify strategies for psychoeducation in implementing EXRP with children and adolescents.
- Participants will construct a hierarchy.
- Participants will describe how exposures reduce OCD symptoms.
- Participants will explain the two types of exposures in EXRP.
- Participants will construct an imaginal exposure.
- Participants will identify in-vivo exposure ideas in working with children and adolescents.
- Participants will identify developmentally appropriate techniques in using EXRP with children and adolescents.
- Participants will explain the role of caregivers in implementing EXRP with children and adolescents.
- Participants will explain barriers in implementing EXRP with children and adolescents.
Instructor Bio:
Dr. Kaleigh N. Bantum, PhD, NCSP is Cognitive Behavior Institute’s Co-Director. Dr. Bantum is a licensed psychologist in the state of Pennsylvania as well as a nationally certified school psychologist. She completed her undergraduate work at Ohio University before continuing her graduate education at Duquesne University. She completed her clinical training through Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC where she received specialized training in evidence-based practices in trauma and early childhood mental health. She has clinical, consultative and supervisory experience in school, hospital and community-based settings. Dr. Bantum has presented at a number of national conferences, taught at local universities, and serves as the Co-Director of CBI's Center for Education. Course bibliography:
Aspvall, K., Cervin, M., Andrén, P., Perrin, S., Mataix-Cols, D., & Andersson, E. (2020). Validity and clinical utility of the obsessive-compulsive inventory-child version: further evaluation in clinical samples. BMC psychiatry, 20(1), 1-10.
Blakey, Shannon & Thomas, Benjamin & Farrell, Nicholas. (2018). Addressing Common Myths and Mistaken Beliefs in the Treatment of Youth With OCD. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811427-8.00011-3.
Foa, E. B., Yadin, E., & Lichner, T. K. (2012). Exposure and response (ritual) prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Therapist guide (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Franklin, M.E., Sapyta, J., & Freeman, J.B., (2015). Cognitive Behavior Therapy Augmentation of people: assessment and treatment strategies. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 15(1), 2-11.
Hirschtritt, M. E., Bloch, M. H., & Mathews, C. A. (2017). Obsessive-compulsive disorder: advances in diagnosis and treatment. Jama, 317(13), 1358-1367.
McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., & Storch, E. A. (2021). Mechanisms of harmful treatments for obsessive–compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 28(1), 52–59. doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12337
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