Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: What Behavior Analysts Need to Know is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: What Behavior Analysts Need to Know, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Pediatric anxiety disorders represent a pervasive and often debilitating mental health challenge affecting children and adolescents across the U.S. The American Academy of Family Physicians notes that anxiety disorders are the most diagnosed psychiatric condition in children and adolescents. Anxiety disorders include several different diagnostic categories including specific phobias, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder. Although board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) are not trained to diagnose or treat anxiety disorder, there are often opportunities to collaborate with mental health providers and support treatment protocols. Behavior analysts are in a prime position to support evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders as behavior analytic strategies and data collection are necessary. The presentation will highlight collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, pediatricians, educators, and parents, to ensure a holistic approach to treating pediatric anxiety. Attendees will learn effective communication and consultation skills to facilitate collaboration and provide comprehensive care for their clients.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 0 | — |
As the chief clinical officer at LEARN, Dr. Hanna Rue oversees quality assurance, training, data systems, professional development, and clinical research. She brings to her role more than 20 years of work with individuals with developmental disabilities in home, school, clinic, and residential settings. Previously, Hanna held a joint position at May Institute as the vice president of Autism Services and the executive director of the National Autism Center, where she chaired the second phase of the National Standards Project. More recently, as part of a global team, she helped develop a standard set to define outcomes and measurement tools for treating autism spectrum disorder with the International Consortium of Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). Hanna holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Dakota and maintains board certification as a behavior analyst.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.