Practical, Evidence-Based Strategies for Working with
Challenging Children and Adolescents
Sought after speaker, trainer and published author Karen Doyle Buckwalter, LCSW, RPT-S brings her vast knowledge and expertise from over 25 years of working with some of the nation's most complex children. Accompanied by colleague and trauma-informed schools expert Josh Carlson, LCSW, this one day workshop includes engaging lecture, discussion, video and role play.
One Day Workshop
Go beyond theory and book knowledge! Lessons from the Toughest Kids will give you fresh, new ideas for those times when you are feeling totally ineffective when working
with kids and parents.
This workshop will make the theoretical practical for professionals working with kids and engaging parents. Karen and Josh will be distilling concepts from clinical models that they use in the field:
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Developmental Trauma & Attachment Program
Theraplay®
Trust-Based Relational Intervention®
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Attachment Regulation & Competency
Video Intervention Therapy
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Your ticket also includes a complimentary copy of Karen's newest book, "Raising the Challenging Child", co-authored with Chaddock CEO Debbie Reed.
June 5, 2020
Atlanta, Georgia
Tickets $150 per person
CEU's $50 per person
Event Agenda
Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Session
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.​
Lunch
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Session
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Target Audience
Therapists or professionals working with children and families in clinical practice, school settings or human service organizations, including case workers, child welfare and counselors.
Fernbank Museum
767 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GAO 30307
Karen Doyle Buckwalter,
LCSW, RPT-S
Chaddock Director of Program Strategy
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Karen has more than thirty years of experience working with children, adolescents and families, 25 of which she has been at Chaddock. While at Chaddock, Karen has been instrumental in the development of an innovative residential program for adolescents with attachment disorders and complex trauma. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences. She has co-authored articles and book chapters that have appeared in Adoption Today and Fostering Families magazines. She is also a Theraplay therapist, trainer and supervisor.
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Karen has a BS in Individual and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University and a Masters in Social Work from Temple University. She has completed a two-year postmaster's training program in family therapy at the Meninger Clinic.
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Attachment Theory in Action, edited with Debbie Reed was Karen's first book. She also hosts the popular Attachment Theory in Action podcast.
Josh Carlson, LCSW
Director of The Knowledge Center at Chaddock
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Josh has over 15 years of experience working with children and families at Chaddock, including residential and school environments as well as outpatient therapy. He is the Director of The Knowledge Center at Chaddock and oversees the training and consultation programs that TKC offers. He is also the Director of Caregiver Connections and oversees the infant mental health consultation program in the state of IL.
Josh has presented at numerous regional and national conferences as well as provided trainings on trauma-informed schools and attachment-based and trauma informed care. He has a BA in Youth and Family Ministry from Midland Lutheran College and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently taking a sabbatical from working on his Doctor in Social Work from Walden University.
Josh is trained and certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) as well as Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS).
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