Child Traumatic Stress During COVID-19

Live Online Presentation
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
5:00–8:00pm EST

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 3 CE contact hours

This presentation will introduce attendees to the concept of child traumatic stress, including definitions, diagnostic considerations, the difference between trauma in children vs. adults; the difference between stress and trauma; various approaches to treatment; the specifics of how children and adults are experiencing stress and trauma during the pandemic; and how adults can help.

By attending this presentation, participants will:

1. Learn at least three specific differences between stress and trauma.
2. Learn at least two differences between assessing traumatic stress in children vs. adults.
3. Describe the specific ways the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting children and their parents and how to effectively intervene with specific models.

Adam Brown, PsyD

Adam Brown, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist licensed and practicing in the state of New York since 1995. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where he provides training and technical assistance in Trauma Systems Therapy, as well as being the clinical coordinator of the trauma service in the faculty group practice, and teaching an undergraduate course in child and adolescent trauma. Dr. Brown has overseen programs for youth in inpatient, day treatment and residential settings. Dr. Brown has extensive training and expertise in the area of assessing and treating interpersonal trauma in children and adolescents. Specialized training and expertise includes evidenced based, trauma informed practices, including: Trauma Systems Therapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the Sanctuary Model, Positive Behavior Interventions and Support, and Parent Child Interaction Therapy.

To register for this seminar, please log in to our Online Registration Portal and select this event from the "All Events & Programs" tab, under the "Conferences and Events" section.

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General Admission: $60.00

If after registering, you determine that you can no longer attend this event, The Office of Global and Lifelong Learning will issue refunds on the following basis:

• Refund requests made on or before April 5 (by midnight): full refund
• Refund requests made on or before April 9 (by midnight): 50% refund
• Refund requests made on or after April 12: no refund

If this event is cancelled, all registrants will be fully reimbursed. To withdraw from and be reimbursed for this event, please complete the event withdrawal form.

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 3 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

Special Accommodations:
Students requiring accommodations have the opportunity to make these known upon registering or by writing to silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

Addressing Grievances:
For information on our grievance and complaint procedures, contact 212.998.9099 or silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
1 Washington Square North, G08
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497