Unique Perspectives and Interventions for High Risk Children and Their Families

Bryan Post, MSW, LCSW

About the workshop

It is believed that 90% of communication occurs on a nonverbal physiologic level. If this is true, then the implications for work with adopted and attachment challenged children just became more challenging. The development of a child is profoundly shaped and influenced by experience. Experiences shape and influence the early wiring of the brain and body system which in turn influences all aspects of emotional, social, cognitive and physiologic functioning. The experience of traumatic stress can create impairment within a child's body mind system with the capacity for influence throughout the lifespan. Such experiences typically are diagnosed in children as reactive attachment disorder, bi-polar, attention-deficit, oppositional-defiant, and post-traumatic stress disorder, to name a few. Parents for years have struggled to parent such children utilizing a wide range of traditional therapies and parenting techniques with little to no impact.

Research is now beginning to recognize that there is more to this mysterious treatment puzzle than once believed. The family system, which hass essentially been ignored by traditional therapists outside the marriage and family therapy context is now taking on a new and more meaningful role. It is proven that traumatic stress can be passed down through the generations, literally transforming cellular expression.

This intensive workshop will closely examine the latest neuroscientific findings with regards to the brain, creating a clear understanding for how trauma within any family member can potentially create traumatic experiences for all members of the family, making it essential that the entire family participate in the successful treatment of difficult and oftentimes attachment challenged children.

About the presenter

B. Bryan Post, MSW, LCSW , B. Bryan Post is America’s Foremost Child Behavior Expert. Founder and CEO of the Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy based in Virginia Beach, VA. The Post Institute specializes in working with adults, children and families who struggle with issues related to early life trauma and the impact of trauma on the development of the mind body system. A renowned clinician, lecturer, and author of several books, video, and audio programs, Bryan has traveled throughout the world providing expert treatment and consultation to a variety of groups. An internationally recognized specialist in the treatment of emotional and behavioral disturbance in adults, children and families, he specializes in a holistic family-based treatment approach that addresses the underlying interactive dynamics of the entire family, a neurophysiologic process he refers to as, “The secret life of the family.” Post contends that these same dynamics become obvious and are visibly apparent in every relationship.

He holds three degrees in the field of social work: a Bachelors of Social Work degree from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma; a Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Arlington; and a Doctoral degree in Social Work from Columbus University School of Public Administration.

About the particulars

Location: Red Lion Hotel at the Park-Spokane
When: November 12, 2009
Hours: 9:00am-4:30pm
Fee: $125.00 US
CEU info: 6 CEU's Cascadia Training is approved by the NASW, Washington State Chapter, to provide continuing education units to Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. Certificates of Completion are awarded to attendees at the end of each workshop. Provider number #1975-118, and is an OSPI approved provider of in-service education. This is a "Washington State Approved Clock Hour Offering Workshop."