Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is rarely a standalone condition. Complex cases often present with comorbidities such as severe anxiety, depression, ADHD, ASD, Tic Disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, and sometimes a combination of these and other conditions. In this presentation, we will explore the nuances of treating OCD in complex cases, highlighting the importance of clinical expertise in recognizing and addressing these comorbidities and adapting treatment. We will discuss tailored interventions that account for the interplay between conditions, ensuring more comprehensive and effective care for individuals facing these challenging symptom presentations and very complex cases.

This presentation was originally reviewed on October 16, 2024, and live streamed online on October 18, 2024, from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on October 10, 2024, and live streamed online on October 11, 2024, from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on September 26, 2024, and live streamed online on September 27, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on September 17, 2024, and live streamed online on September 20, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET.

This presentation introduces the Happy, Relaxed, and Engaged (HRE) Framework, emphasizing its role in Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and behavior interventions. Participants will learn to identify key indicators of high-quality HRE states and understand how these conditions enhance behavioral outcomes, emotional regulation, and learning. The session explores the impact of environmental factors on achieving HRE and presents data collection techniques to assess these states. Case study examples will be presented to demonstrate the importance of assessing HRE for students with complex behavioral needs.

Tourette’s and related tic disorders are relatively common and often impairing conditions. While pharmacotherapy has historically been considered the first-line (and only) active treatment for tics, medication use in children has been limited by safety and tolerability concerns. Over the past two decades behavioral treatments, most notably, the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), have demonstrated efficacy and tolerability for tics in youth and adults, leading to designation as a first-line treatment, when available, for treating tics by the American Academy of Neurology and European and Canadian medical academies. This presentation will review the clinical aspects of Tourette’s and other tic disorders most relevant for treatment and describe the theoretical underpinings, implementation, benefits, and long-term outcomes of CBIT with reference to other treatment modalities. Core treatment elements will be demonstrated to illustrate their role in treatment. Following completion of the presentation, attendees should be able to describe the core components of this treatment.

This presentation was originally reviewed on May 13, 2024, and broadcast live online on May 17, 2024, from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET.

This presentation was last reviewed on July 18, 2024, and broadcast live online on September 9, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET. 

All people experience needs to regulate their emotions throughout everyday life. Some of our strategies may be more useful than others, but sometimes lack of either awareness or practice of different emotion regulation strategies is a barrier to exploring more effective ways at regulating our emotions without ignoring them. This presentation will cover: the process model of emotion generation and emotion regulation; how to use the process model to identify various places to regulate emotions; past research on two emotion regulation strategies: suppression and rethinking; practice utilizing the rethinking strategy; create a “plan to practice” an active emotion regulation strategy; suggestions for using the model in practice and ways of helping patients practice and self-monitor their emotion regulation effectiveness. Teaching patients the process model of emotions and emotion regulation can provide an empowering framework for organizing and suggesting emotion regulation strategies. Attendees will also practice one emotion regulation strategy “rethinking” – and generate ways to aid their patients in practicing this strategy to add to a toolbelt.