Wednesday, February 14, 2024
1:00 PM–1:50 PM CST
- PMD: 4,6
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Intermediate
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- apply principles of CBT, social–emotional problem solving, and emotion regulation techniques in the context of storytelling and discussion.
- harness the power of the story and the peer context with children who may be reluctant to participate.
- grow their tool kit of strategies to engage children with anxiety in groups using empirically supported principles.
Description
What happens when the principles of CBT are woven into story-based group counseling with children referred for anxiety? More emotional engagement, reduced stigma surrounding anxiety, and increased peer group bonding.
Presenter(s)
Hailey M. Fleece, University of Maryland
Laura Kelly, University of Maryland
Contributor(s)
Carrie McMahon, Hedwig Teglasi
