Behavior Management Training (Children 2-12)

About the Course

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. 

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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]

  • Pre-Course Assessment (~8 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

  • Introduction: (~35 minute)

  • Module 1: Principles of Behavior Management Training (~15 minutes)

  • Module 2: Practitioner and Caregiver Roles and Responsibilities (~13 minutes)

  • Module 3: Assessment and Caregiver Orientation (~6 minutes)

  • Module 4: Behavior Management Training Structure (~4 minutes)

  • Module 5: Behavior Management Skills in Action: Selective Attention (~17 minutes)

  • Module 6: Behavior Training Skills in Action: Emotional Validation (~19 minutes)

  • Module 7: Behavioral Training Skills in Action: Rewards and Consequences with a Behavioral Plan (~16 minutes)

  • Module 8: Behavioral Training Skills in Action: Child Facing Fears (~19 minutes)

  • Module 9: Course Summary (~2 minutes)

  • Post-Course Assessment (~8 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

COURSE ACTIVITIES NOT FOR CE CREDIT

  • Participant Evaluation (~10 minutes)

  • (OPTIONAL) Supplementary Videos for Learner 


CE Information


Certificate of Completion

Training hours: {course_duration}

American Psychological Association (APA)

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

Social workers completing this course receive 2.5 clinical continuing education credits.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)

New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)

New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)

National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey (NASW-NJ)

Approval #: 10072024-242, CE Approval Collaborative Approval Period: through August 31, 2026. Social workers will receive 2.5 clinical continuing education hours for participating in this course.

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board

Experts


Steve Mazza, PhD

Paul Deger, MA, LPC, PT