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CPC's Training Institute presents Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., a leading authority on Anxiety Disorders in children, on the "Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children, including Issues of School Refusal." Key topic areas:

• Separation Anxiety
• School Refusal
• Social Phobias
• Adult Outcomes of Childhood Anxiety Disorders
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Skills for Childhood Anxiety Disorders
• Age-Appropriate Cognitive Restructuring
• Somatic Management

• Understand origins of use of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for child anxiety triad: separation anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, and social phobia
• Gain knowledge of manualized treatment techniques, including psychoeducation, somatic management, age-appropriate restructuring, and exposure "STIC" (Show That I Can) tasks
• Understand value of combination of CBT and medications in treatment of child anxiety triad
• Understand durability of treatment effects and long-term follow-up outcomes

Dr. Anne Marie Albano is associate professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Dr. Albano received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Mississippi and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Clinic of the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders at SUNY-Albany, under the mentorship of David H. Barlow, Ph.D. She has held past positions as the Assistant Director of the SUNY Phobia Clinic, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Louisville, and the Recanati Family Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.

Time: 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Registration Fee: $75 
CEUs:  confirmed by NASW-NJ