A Relationship-Based Model of Executive Functioning
A Relationship-Based Model of Executive Functioning
Unlock the Key to Deeper Client Understanding and More Effective Interventions
As mental health professionals, we often encounter children and teens struggling with challenges like impulse control, emotional regulation, organization, and focus. These struggles are often tied to executive functioning skills—a critical yet often overlooked piece of the mental health puzzle.
Understanding executive functioning is essential. These skills act as the control tower of the mind, guiding cognitive and emotional processes that impact every aspect of daily life—from academic performance and family interactions to friendships and personal development.
Why This Matters:
Many common mental health concerns, including anxiety, ADHD, and depression, are tethered to deficits in executive functioning. When therapists have the tools to recognize and address these deficits, they can:
Pinpoint root causes behind a client’s struggles.
Develop more accurate diagnoses.
Create highly targeted, effective treatment plans that empower their clients.
Executive functioning skills are not innate nor are they static; they develop and refine over time, continuing to grow and mature well into early adulthood. These essential skills form the foundation for navigating life’s complexities, from managing daily responsibilities to adapting to new challenges. As a therapist, incorporating executive functioning skills into your practice allows you to support young clients during a critical stage of their development.
By strengthening these skills, you help clients cultivate the tools they need to approach tasks with organization and confidence, regulate their emotions effectively, and build resilience in the face of setbacks. This support doesn’t just address their immediate struggles—it prepares them for a lifetime of independence and success. Whether it’s managing academic pressures, making thoughtful choices about their future, or fostering meaningful relationships, your role in enhancing their executive functioning can have a profound and lasting impact on their journey into adulthood.
What You’ll Learn in This Course
Learn from industry leaders Dr. Cory Clark and Kate Melillo—experts who have lived this work and are now ready to share their clinical expertise with you. This course is more than just theory; it will equip you to make immediate, impactful changes in your practice with the tools and knowledge to:
1) Understand Executive Functioning
Break down the components of executive functioning and explore how these skills intersect with mental health.
2) Incorporate Best Practices
Learn the key attributes, knowledge areas, and skills child counselors need to effectively support clients’ executive functioning.
3) Apply Proven Strategies
Master three relationship-based strategies that can be seamlessly integrated into your therapy sessions to create meaningful, lasting change.
Why This Course Is Different
This isn’t just another training—it’s a game-changer for your practice. Grounded in clinical best practices for treating children and adolescents, this course offers a unique blend of actionable insights and real-world experience that you can begin applying immediately. Designed with busy professionals in mind, it provides practical tools and strategies that will seamlessly integrate into your existing therapy sessions, making a measurable difference in the lives of your young clients.
Through this course, you’ll deepen your understanding of the cognitive and emotional processes that shape the behavior of children and adolescents. You’ll be ready to identify executive functioning challenges that often lie beneath presenting issues like anxiety, ADHD, and more. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll be able to tailor your interventions in a way that addresses the root causes, not just the symptoms, leading to more effective and lasting outcomes.
If you’re committed to enhancing your treatment approach, improving your diagnostic accuracy, and taking your clinical expertise to the next level, this course is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Stand out amongst the crowd by integrating executive functioning support into your practice.
Enroll today to make lasting, positive impacts on the lives of children, teens, and their families.
$35
Includes 1 NBCC credit hour
Unlock the Key to Deeper Client Understanding and More Effective Interventions
As mental health professionals, we often encounter children and teens struggling with challenges like impulse control, emotional regulation, organization, and focus. These struggles are often tied to executive functioning skills—a critical yet often overlooked piece of the mental health puzzle.
Understanding executive functioning is essential. These skills act as the control tower of the mind, guiding cognitive and emotional processes that impact every aspect of daily life—from academic performance and family interactions to friendships and personal development.
Why This Matters:
Many common mental health concerns, including anxiety, ADHD, and depression, are tethered to deficits in executive functioning. When therapists have the tools to recognize and address these deficits, they can:
Pinpoint root causes behind a client’s struggles.
Develop more accurate diagnoses.
Create highly targeted, effective treatment plans that empower their clients.
Executive functioning skills are not innate nor are they static; they develop and refine over time, continuing to grow and mature well into early adulthood. These essential skills form the foundation for navigating life’s complexities, from managing daily responsibilities to adapting to new challenges. As a therapist, incorporating executive functioning skills into your practice allows you to support young clients during a critical stage of their development.
By strengthening these skills, you help clients cultivate the tools they need to approach tasks with organization and confidence, regulate their emotions effectively, and build resilience in the face of setbacks. This support doesn’t just address their immediate struggles—it prepares them for a lifetime of independence and success. Whether it’s managing academic pressures, making thoughtful choices about their future, or fostering meaningful relationships, your role in enhancing their executive functioning can have a profound and lasting impact on their journey into adulthood.
What You’ll Learn in This Course
Learn from industry leaders Dr. Cory Clark and Kate Melillo—experts who have lived this work and are now ready to share their clinical expertise with you. This course is more than just theory; it will equip you to make immediate, impactful changes in your practice with the tools and knowledge to:
1) Understand Executive Functioning
Break down the components of executive functioning and explore how these skills intersect with mental health.
2) Incorporate Best Practices
Learn the key attributes, knowledge areas, and skills child counselors need to effectively support clients’ executive functioning.
3) Apply Proven Strategies
Master three relationship-based strategies that can be seamlessly integrated into your therapy sessions to create meaningful, lasting change.
Why This Course Is Different
This isn’t just another training—it’s a game-changer for your practice. Grounded in clinical best practices for treating children and adolescents, this course offers a unique blend of actionable insights and real-world experience that you can begin applying immediately. Designed with busy professionals in mind, it provides practical tools and strategies that will seamlessly integrate into your existing therapy sessions, making a measurable difference in the lives of your young clients.
Through this course, you’ll deepen your understanding of the cognitive and emotional processes that shape the behavior of children and adolescents. You’ll be ready to identify executive functioning challenges that often lie beneath presenting issues like anxiety, ADHD, and more. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll be able to tailor your interventions in a way that addresses the root causes, not just the symptoms, leading to more effective and lasting outcomes.
If you’re committed to enhancing your treatment approach, improving your diagnostic accuracy, and taking your clinical expertise to the next level, this course is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Stand out amongst the crowd by integrating executive functioning support into your practice.
Enroll today to make lasting, positive impacts on the lives of children, teens, and their families.
$35
Includes 1 NBCC credit hour
