Helping Defiant Children Succeed
Presented by Dr. Amy Vigliotti | April 8, 2025 7PM EST
1 HOUR | LIVE ONLINE via ZOOM | INTERACTIVE
This webinar will cover relevant, applicable, and specific ways that teachers & therapists, and mental health professionals can best understand, support, and help defiant children. During this webinar we will focus on building an understanding of how a defiant child is feeling, and what their behavior is trying to communicate. You will also learn targeted intervention strategies to aid in supporting defiant children learn how to cope, manage their emotional experience, and succeed.
DISCLOSURES [DR. AMY VIGLIOTTI]
Financial Disclosures – DR. AMY VIGLIOTTI has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Nonfinancial Disclosures -DR. AMY VIGLIOTTI has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
PURCHASE THIS WEBINARObjectives
The participants will be able to…
1. Explain the root of defiant behaviors and what they are communicating.
2. Identify ways to adjust your own behavior to support the emotional experience of a defiant child.
3. Identify strategies to help defiant children succeed
Agenda
1.Welcome and Introduction (7:00 PM - 7:05 PM)
2. Understanding the Root of Defiant Behaviors (7:05 PM - 7:15 PM)
3. Adjusting Your Own Behavior to Support Defiant Children (7:15 PM - 7:30 PM)
4. Targeted Intervention Strategies for Helping Defiant Children Succeed (7:30 PM - 7:45 PM)
5. Mindful, Proactive Routines and Therapeutic Exercises (7:45 PM - 7:55 PM)
6. Q&A and Closing Remarks (7:55 PM - 8:00 PM)
DURATION: 1 HOUR
Registration/Processing Fee: $9
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel within 30 days before the event, the registration fee is not refundable. However, you will receive a credit for the registration fee which can be applied to another Young Child Learning event within the following 12 months. The processing fee is non-refundable.
This Webinar Offers The Follwoing CE Certificate/Credits
1.0 ASWB CE CREDITS (BEGINNER LEVEL)
Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB)
Provider Code #1366
Approval Period: 3/30/22-3/30/25
Young Child Learning, #1366, 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: 3/30/22-3/30/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 General continuing education credits.
This program is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUS (Introductory Level)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA Certification Maintenance Standards require that all certificate holders (CCC-A and CCC-SLP) must accumulate 30 Certificate Maintenance Hours (CMHs) of professional development during each 3-year certification maintenance interval in order to maintain their ASHA Certificates of Clinical Competence (CCC).
How to obtain your certificate:
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You MUST attend the webinar from start to finish
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You MUST fill out the attendance form (will be sent via email)
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You MUST ANSWER the QUIZ (For ASHA)
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You MUST answer & submit the evaluation form after the webinar (will be sent via email)
ASHA will reflect your CEU credits on your ASHA CEU Registry within 45 days.
Contact [email protected] for any issues/concerns.
Speaker's Biography
Amy Vigliotti, PhD, is a child and adult psychologist, and adjunct professor at Adelphi University. In 2014, she founded the NYC-based group practice, SelfWorks. Prior to opening SelfWorks, Dr. Amy led a program for traumatized youth at the Child Advocacy Center at Jacobi Medical Center. Her work specializes in helping individuals thrive after upsetting/confusing events. Dr. Amy is a recognized speaker on a wide variety of mental health topics, with a particular passion for fostering self-trust and healthy attachments in children and adolescents. This work stems back to her adolescence when her poem, “I Am,” was published in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. “I Am” is used in the educational curriculum at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth and has sparked resiliency in thousands of students. Dr. Amy integrates mindfulness (the art of being present) into everything she does. You can sample some of her guided meditations on Spotify by searching Unwind: Guided Relaxation.
Host's Biography
Dr. Scott Mesh is the Director of Young Child Learning and the CEO and Co-Founder of Los Niños Services which serves 2,000 young children with special needs each year through homecare and center services. He is a Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with young children and their families and is an expert on assessing young children for developmental disabilities and autism. He has helped thousands of parents over the years make the transition to gaining help for their children through early childhood special education services. He is a leader in early childhood development and working effectively with parents.
System Requirements
You can access this webinar from various devices and platforms, on both PC and Mac desktops/laptops, as well as Android and iOS mobile devices. Our system requirements for these follow below.
Minimum system requirements
- Browser: The latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or Opera for desktop/laptop
- A broadband connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbps
PC specific requirements
- Platform: Windows 8.1 or higher with the latest updates installed
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
Mac specific requirement
- Platform: Mac OS X 10.12 or higher with the latest updates installed
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
Mobile specific requirements
- iOS 15.0 and above
- Android 7.0 and above
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