New Ways to Approach Oppositional Defiance

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Jason D Mathison, PsyD, NCSP, ABSNP Related seminars and products

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Jason Mathison, PsyD, NCSP, ABSNP, is a licensed psychologist and certified school neuropsychologist in Maryland and Virginia who has worked with children and adolescents for over 20 years. Dr. Mathison is also the owner and director of Psychoeducational Consultants where he provides neuropsychological testing and conducts workshops on brain-behavior relationships for educational staff, mental health professionals and families. Dr. Mathison spends much of his time providing executive functioning coaching for both clients and their families.

In addition to multiple publications on executive functioning, Dr. Mathison has served on an expert panel at National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on the teenage brain. He has served as a school psychologist for Prince George’s County Public Schools for 20 years where he works with students and teachers to diagnose and provide interventions to enhance executive functioning and maximize academic success.

Dr. Mathison earned his doctorate in school psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he published with faculty and served as an adjunct professor before graduating and continued adjunct appointments at both Loyola University in Baltimore and the Chicago Professional School of Psychology for several years.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jason Mathison is the owner of Psychoeducational Consultants and has employment relationships with Prince George’s County Public Schools and The Better Brain Center. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jason Mathison has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Construct a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches (e.g., labeling emotions, motor memory strategies, and accountability training) within functional activities to address challenging behaviors.
2. Demonstrate effective communication on the biological basis of maladaptive behaviors to families, caregivers, and teachers to promote effective collaboration and support. 
3. Formulate targeted interventions for subtypes of oppositional behaviors in school and home environments. 
4. Reflect and assess your clinical judgment and reasoning within evaluation and intervention processes to address challenging behaviors disrupting school performance. 
5. Determine how and when to implement IEPs and 504 plans and how to effectively write goals and objectives for them.
6. Apply strategies for Harvard’s 3 levels of executive functioning in school and at home to promote functional performance. 

Outline

• Angry/Irritable subtype
  • Overactive amygdala strategies
  • Apply and optimize the anger thermometer
  • Handy biofeedback strategies in school
  • How to use sensory paths
  • Strategies for labeling emotions
  • Motor memory strategies to avoid tantrums
  • Techniques to stop kids from eloping from class
• Argumentative/Headstrong subtype
  • Apply the 3-second rule to stop arguments in class
  • Teach kids how to read micro expressions
  • Nonverbal strategies to diffuse conflict
  • REBT techniques to challenge their schemas
• Vindictive subtype
  • How to use the accountability pie
  • Implement the best behavioral report card for any behavior
  • Change the narrative by “spitting in their soup”
  • How to channel their anger in productive ways

• ADHD and ways to overcome the heterogeneity problem
• The ubiquity of sensory processing dysfunction
• DMDD versus bipolar disorder versus clinical depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Disorders of trauma
• The spectrum in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

• Using the cerebellum to treat the most challenging behaviors
• Overactive versus the underactive amygdala child: 20 strategies for each!
• Gray matter versus white matter problems and solutions
• The role of neurotransmitters in childhood pathology
• Sensory processing dysfunction
• Executive functioning development and treatment for each level

• Ways to stop classroom tantrums and meltdowns
• Muscle memory strategies for lower functioning children
• How to create a task analysis for any behavior in school!
• Develop the ultimate self-report card for any disruptive behavior
• 10 proven ways to label emotions to reduce volatility
• Teach kids how to read microexpressions and other nonverbal gestures to improve social skills
• Executive functioning strategies for selfcontrol, working memory, and mental flexibility

• Teach personal responsibility using the “accountability pie”
• Self-report cards to bridge home and school
• Ways to stop tantrums and meltdowns at home
• Integrating clinical assessments for schools to create IEPs and 504 plans
• Artful thinking routines for perspective taking and reasoning
• Executive functioning strategies for selfcontrol, working memory, and mental flexibility

• Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder
• Treatment strategies tailored to divorced parents
• Pandemic fueled abuse and trauma
• Foster care and adoption issues
• Ways to work with parent dysfunction

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• School-based Psychologists
• School-based Counselors
• School-based Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• School Administrators
• Educators
• School Guidance Counselors
• Occupational Therapists
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Educational Paraprofessionals
• School Nurses