Presented by Nina Shiffrin Starin, Ph.D.
This workshop focuses on learning ways to teach parents effective strategies to help children follow directions and improve a variety of behaviors from basic hygiene like toileting to more extreme problematic behaviors like fire setting or animal cruelty. Participants will learn about the principles of behavioral reinforcement and how to effectively use and develop positive reinforcement programs to increase positive behaviors through effective prompts and praise. Participants will also learn and rehearse instructing parents to calmly implement mild punishments.
More Information:
Please contact our CE Coordinator, Candice Watson at cwatson@alvordbaker.com.
Continuing Education: 3 credits
Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of Continuing Education. A certificate for Category 1 credits will be awarded at the completion of each workshop.
Alvord Baker & Associates, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0213.
Behavioral Parent Training for Disruptive Childhood Behavior
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Explain to parents how to effectively prompt and praise specific behaviors
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Develop effective reinforcement systems for families
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Apply effective punishments for aggressive childhood behaviors
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Dr. Shiffrin Starin is a licensed psychologist and the associate director of research at Alvord Baker and Associates. She has experience treating children, adolescents, and adults with a range of clinical presentations including behavioral difficulties, mood and anxiety disorders, and difficulties regulating emotions. Dr. Shiffrin earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yale University. While at Yale she received her certification in Kazdin Parent Management Training (KPMT), an evidence-based treatment for children with behavior problems, under the supervision of Dr. Alan Kazdin. She also received her certification in dialectical-behavior therapy for children (DBT-C) with emotion dysregulation and she was trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults with anxiety and mood disorders at the Yale Center for Anxiety and Mood Disorders. Dr. Shiffrin completed her predoctoral internship at Temple University under the supervision of Dr. Philip Kendall, where she gained experience providing the Coping Cat treatment, a cognitive-behavioral therapy program for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. She has provided individual, family based, and group therapy in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient, school, and intensive outpatient programs utilizing empirically supported treatments.