Susan Hamre – Building Social, Emotional and Cognitive Development in Children

Building Social, Emotional and Cognitive Development in Children – Susan Hamre

In this interactive seminar, you will learn practical strategies to improve your client’s emotional health, social competence and cognitive abilities. Discover evaluation and treatment plans for children (birth-13 years old) who demonstrate social-emotional challenges, including those diagnosed with disorders/delays in communication, development, cognition, autism, sensory processing, behavior and attachment. This seminar also includes social-emotional development as it relates to cultural influences, adoption, child abuse and neglect.

Walk away with a “social-emotional intervention toolbox” to enhance your client’s overall successful integration into society. The essential strategies and techniques you will learn include:

• Scripts and first person stories to develop creative language
• Sensory diets that can be easily integrated throughout daily routines
• Methods to help the child identify, express and label their feelings
• Video modeling techniques to develop joint attention
• Activities to reduce stimulation and provide calm
• Systems to provide family structure and consistency in the home
• Techniques that can be used in the clinic, home and school

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn strategies that can be implemented immediately with some of your most challenging clients.

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OUTLINE

Linking Disorders to Social-Emotional Development

• Developmental delays
• Cognitive delays
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
• Sensory Integration/Processing Disorder
• Behavioral disorders
• Attachment disorders

Foundations for Treatment

• Current brain research: What is critical in overall development?
• How social-emotional and cognitive development are intertwined
• 6 core features of solid social-emotional health

Screening and Evaluation Tools

• Early signs of ‘at risk’ social-emotional development
• Measurement of cognitive functions
• Pre-linguistic communication
• Expressive and receptive communication
• Early and subtle signs of autism
• Sensory seeking and/or avoiding behaviors
• Fine and gross motor development

Communication Strategies

• Interventions to develop receptive skills/ language comprehension
• Scripts and first person stories to develop creative language
• Communication cards, choice boards and Apps as visual supports
• “High-tech” communication devices
• Social stories to break down daily activities

Sensory Integration/Processing Strategies

• Sensory diets that can be easily integrated throughout daily routines
• Sensory breaks that promote focus and self-regulation
• Teach child how to self-advocate

Self-Regulation Strategies

• Teach child to identify, express and label their feelings
• Use high focus/interests as incentives to change behavior
• Techniques to teach self-calm and self-control
• Guided imagery and visualization for relaxation
• Manage behavior and emotions

Joint Attention Strategies

• Develop a relationship based on joint interest
• Create a need to access interest
• Generate motivation
• Video modeling

Environmental Strategies

• Create a ‘calm’ atmosphere
• Visual supports for organization
• Reduce stimulation and peer-to-peer conflict
• Appropriate vs. inappropriate use of technology

Individualized Treatment Plan: Hands-on Activity

• Walk away with a treatment plan in place!

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OBJECTIVES

1. Explain how early forms of communication, sensory, social-emotional and physical development can affect overall cognitive development.
2. Utilize strategies to strengthen communication, sensory processing and joint attention deficits that impact social-emotional development.
3. Develop treatment plans that impact the development of social-emotional skills.
4. Design treatment techniques that can be used in the home, school and clinic environments.
5. Employ strategies to develop social reciprocity, self-regulation, attention and overall focusing skills.
6. Determine the family support systems that will ensure realistic and long-lasting plans for the child.

 

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