Behavior Management Training (Children 2-12)
This course covers training caregivers in the application of behavioral principles to guiding a person - in this case, children ages 2-12 - from problematic to prosocial behaviors that will support healthy development. This information and skill set can be used by a wide variety of practitioners, including health and wellness coaches, licensed mental health clinicians and other health care clinicians. The course also offers a selection of learning tools such as expert discussion and explanation, role plays, and knowledge checks.
Course Overview
- Estimated Course Length: 2 hrs & 34 minutes
- CE Credits: 2.50 continuing education/contact hours for psychologists and social workers / 2.50 continuing education hours for counselors and marriage and family therapists
- Course Includes: 9 modules consisting of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, and knowledge checks
- Supplementary PDFs: 4 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics
- Target Audience: Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Mental Healthcare Students, Case Managers, & Coaches
- Level of Instruction: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: N/A
- Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and knowledge checks
- Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com
- Completion Requirements: To obtain your CE certificate, you 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 quiz. 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: 6/20/2023
Learning Objectives
By completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Describe the behavioral principles, including operant conditioning, modeling and generalization.
2. Differentiate when to apply the behavioral principles and related skills to targeted behaviors.
3. Appraise how to effectively support caregivers in moving beyond barriers that may be encountered when implementing behavioral training.
Course Outline
TIMED COURSE OUTLINE
Since the course is interactive and each learner will proceed at their own pace, timing is not exact. These are approximations based on average pre/post-test time of pilot testers as well as the run-time of course videos and voiceover. This course does not have to be completed in one session.
COURSE ACTIVITIES FOR CE CREDIT (≥ 2 HOURS 25 MINUTES)
Pre-Course Assessment (~8 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
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Pre-Course Assessment (~8 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
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Introduction: (~35 minute)
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Module 1: Principles of Behavior Management Training (~15 minutes)
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Module 2: Practitioner and Caregiver Roles and Responsibilities (~13 minutes)
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Module 3: Assessment and Caregiver Orientation (~6 minutes)
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Module 4: Behavior Management Training Structure (~4 minutes)
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Module 5: Behavior Management Skills in Action: Selective Attention (~17 minutes)
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Module 6: Behavior Training Skills in Action: Emotional Validation (~19 minutes)
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Module 7: Behavioral Training Skills in Action: Rewards and Consequences with a Behavioral Plan (~16 minutes)
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Module 8: Behavioral Training Skills in Action: Child Facing Fears (~19 minutes)
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Module 9: Course Summary (~2 minutes)
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Post-Course Assessment (~8 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]
COURSE ACTIVITIES NOT FOR CE CREDIT
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Participant Evaluation (~10 minutes)
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(OPTIONAL) Supplementary Videos for Learner
CE Information
American Psychological Association (APA)
Psych Hub is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists completing this course receive 2.50 continuing education credits.Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Psych Hub, #1750, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2.50 clinical continuing education credits.California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Psych Hub is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT Approval #1000074. Course meets the qualifications for 2.50 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Psych Hub has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7051. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Psych Hub is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course receive 2.50 continuing education hours.New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0257. New York State licensed mental health counselors completing this course receive 2.50 contact hours.New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0109. New York State marriage and family therapists completing this course receive 2.50 contact hours.New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0208. New York State licensed psychologists completing this course receive 2.50 contact hours.New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0699. New York State social workers completing this course receive 2.50 contact hours.National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey (NASW-NJ)
This course is approved by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative Approval period through August 31, 2026. New Jersey social workers will receive 2.50 CE credits for participating in this course.Approval #: 10072024-242 CE Credits Approved: Clinical
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number 50-45376. Participants completing this course earn 2.50 continuing education credits.Experts
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Steve Mazza, PhD
Steve Mazza, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Clinical Director of the ABC Early Childhood Program at ColumbiaDoctors. Dr. Mazza graduated Magna Cum Laude from Skidmore College with a B.S. in elementary education. He received his M.A. in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Hofstra University. Dr. Mazza completed his predoctoral clinical internship at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital Center. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD), where he specialized in applying Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. As a faculty member at CUMC, Dr. Mazza developed the ABC Early Childhood Program, which provides evidence-based treatments to children ages 2-8 with emotional and behavioral difficulties. He is a certified Within-Agency Trainer for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a gold-standard treatment for disruptive behavior during childhood. Dr. Mazza’s research has focused on the creation and implementation of the Brave START program, a PCIT-informed treatment protocol for children who exhibit both anxiety and oppositionality. Dr. Mazza has been featured on SiriusXM “Doctor Radio,” HealthLine, InsideHook, and PsychHub, and is a public speaker who presents at professional conferences, schools, and summer camps. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, PCIT International, and the Association of Contextual Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Mazza is the founder and executive director of Play It Forward, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps songwriters raise money for charities using their original music (www.playitforward.com).