Creative Interventions for Children Birth-to-Five

The first five years are a critical period of development and receiving early intervention can support a healthy developmental trajectory. Clinicians who have had most of their experience working with older children, teens, or adults, may wonder how to even start with clinical care for our youngest patients. Children from birth to five years-old may be particularly challenging to engage in treatment, whether in-person or virtually. This course will illuminate best practices for engaging the youngest patients in therapy. Participants will learn creative techniques for sustaining child and family involvement in mental health services with considerations of care provision in-person and virtually. This course will help participants achieve child and family buy-in, build a safe therapeutic relationship with the young child, and empower the child to exercise their voice and choice. Cultural considerations and work with children with physical differences and neurodivergencies will be addressed. Case vignettes and practical applications will support participants with case conceptualization and treatment planning.

2 hours CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 2 hours

CE CREDITS: 2.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Introductory

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 5/3/2023

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least three effective strategies to achieve child and family buy-in to therapy
• Provide a minimum of three examples of creative interventions to use with patients ages 0 to 5 years old
• Describe at least three specific strategies to implement to maintain child engagement in virtual care
• Demonstrate understanding of at least two ways to navigate a young patient’s physical differences and neurodivergencies in terms of engagement in therapy

1. Birth-to-Five Mental Health
   1. Factors bringing our youngest population to treatment
   2. Types of mental health issues among this population
   3. Child and family buy-in
2. Creative Engagement Strategies
1. Setting up the framework/ground rules
2. Empowering the child with voice and choice
3. Brain breaks
4. Use of creative arts/talent
5. Case vignettes and practical applications
3. Engagement considerations and adaptations
1. Cultural considerations
2. Neurodivergencies
3. Physical differences