Crosby Integrative Training

Redefining ADHD: Unlocking the Puzzle of Assessment and Skill Strategies (6 CE’s)
2019-11-09 09:00 - 16:30 UTC | Hilton Garden Inn, 14850 Kruse Oaks Blvd, Lake Oswego, OR, 97035, United States
Description of Training:
ADD/ ADHD in adults can be a confusing and overwhelming experience because of the attention variability pattern of hyper focusing, under focusing and emotional/behavioral dysregulation. In this workshop we will explore an overview of Adult ADHD through the lens of interpersonal neurobiology. We will review the changes in the DSM-5 and focus on assessment and delineating co-occuring diagnoses. Outcome measures and surveys will be examined to increase effectiveness in diagnosis clarity and treatment planning.
An integrative CBT model of core behavioral/emotional and cognitive skills will be explored within a bio/psycho/social context to help regulate emotions/attention and behavior. Reflection of how ones learning style(s) affects attention and concentration will explored in a strength based perspective. This workshop can be beneficial for those who work with children and teens who have an ADHD diagnosis. Suggestions on how to discuss and suggest “reasonable accommodations” for ADHD will be reviewed.
Learning Objectives:

Delineate what ADHD has changed in the DSM-5 and how it can mask other diagnoses and also be co-occuring.
Examine selected outcomes measures and report forms to enhance clarity of diagnosis.
Better understand an Interpersonal Neurobiology perspective on Adult ADHD.
Explore how technology and environment impacts ADHD.
Delineate behavioral/cognitive and emotional skills to better regulate ADHD.
Increased understanding helping clients find their own strengths through examining multiple intelligences and how our senses affect learning.
Learn tips on how to discuss and suggest reasonable accommodations.

Polarities of American Culture: Amish/Las Vegas (6 CE’s)
2019-11-08 09:00 - 16:30
Description of Training:
The Amish and Las Vegas are symbols of two polarities in the world and within ourselves. Las Vegas represents fast pace, instant gratification, materialism, risk, impulse, excitement, and individualism. The Amish symbolize simplicity, plainness, selflessness, community, slow change, and humility. The workshop will explore a clinical transtheoretical model that integrates how thoughts, behavior, biology and feelings integrate with culture/ environment. An integrative cultural/clinical model gives us a wider clinical perspective of how ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction, family dysfunction, trauma affects our lives. We will explore how to integrate skills to managing cultural polarities that affect our dynamics and symptoms such as: under and over stimulation, self- oriented versus other- directed, denial of loss versus honoring loss, violence versus nonviolence, present versus past, enmeshment versus disengagement and blaming versus accepting. This workshop will be a blend of movies, stories, lectures, discussions and exercises within a liberal arts perspective to explore the patterns of Amish and Las Vegas on dynamics and symptoms and offer pathways to resolve the struggle of polarities. Meets Cultural Competency CE requirement.
Learning Objectives:

Emphasize the presence of polarities that exist in culture and ourselves.
Highlight a trans-theoretical model that integrates mind/mood/behaviors and the body with culture/environment.
Learn how to integrate a holistic cultural perspective with dynamic tensions such as self-directed other directed.
Connect how one can influence one’s environment and affect change in moods, thoughts, behaviors versus and the body.
Examine an easy to learn cultural model to better understand the context of symptoms.

Learning Mental Health Ethics and Law through Stories and Movies (6 CE's)
2019-09-13 09:00 - 16:30
Description of Training:
Stories and movies inform us about boundaries, confidentiality and its limits, working with in a scope of practice, importance of self-awareness and how it impacts ethics. We will be examining popular stories such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Wizard of OZ and TV shows such as In Treatment to illustrate problems and guidelines on how to make ethical decisions.
This course is designed to help us learn and reflect on how to understand and navigate ethical decisions through experiencing the wonderful medium of stories and movies into reflections on our practice. Meets Law and Ethics CE requirement.
Learning Objectives:

Examine the functions and commonalities of all ethical codes and how brain science explains ethics
Examine the dilemmas of setting boundaries
Learn the Cultural Formulation Model
Review confidentiality and its limits
Delineate the steps in ethical decision making
Reflect on implications of technology and ethics
Examine the AGPA Ethical Code for group therapy
