Helping Defiant Children Succeed

Name: Helping Defiant Children Succeed
Start: 2025-04-08T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-08T20:15:00-04:00

Schedule

Tue Apr 08 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Online | Online, 0

Discover strategies to support defiant children by addressing their emotional needs and teaching regulation.
About this Event

Helping Defiant Children Succeed

Date: April 8, 2025 (7-8:15PM EST)
Speaker: Dr. Amy Vigliotti
Hosted by: Dr. Scott Mesh
Format: Online Webinar

- Join for FREE: get a Certificate of Attendance at the end.

- CE Certificate/CEUs $9
○ 1.0 CTLE CE Hours (CE Certificate)
○ 1.0 NYSED SW CE Hours (CE Certificate)
○ 0.1 ASHA CE Credits (via ASHA Registry) pending

REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN CE Certificate/CEUs:
○ You MUST attend the webinar from start to finish
○ You MUST fill out the attendance form (will be sent via email)
○ You MUST answer & submit the evaluation form after the webinar (will be sent via email)
○ ADDITIONAL FOR ASHA: You MUST pass the quiz (75% passing)

Failure to fulfill requirements may result in delays receiving your certificate/credits, or in some cases, non-receipt of your certificate/credits.

Webinar Description:
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.
Defiance is often an unhelpful protection for children and adolescents that initially developed out of the necessity to regulate anxiety and other painful emotions. When we fully appreciate that these off-putting behaviors arose from a place of insecurity, professionals can both empathize and better predict vulnerable situations. In part, defiance is a maladaptive emotional regulation strategy, so this webinar will teach effective emotional regulation strategies that will over time replace defiance. Additionally, professionals will learn mindful, proactive routines and therapeutic exercises to integrate into the classroom and therapy space.

Objectives:
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

Speaker's Bio
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. Outside of the office, Dr. Amy can be found chasing her girls around the playground, playing tennis or enjoying a good mystery.

Host's Bio
Dr. Mesh is a clinical psychologist and the co-author of the book “Early Childhood Assessment: A Practical Guide to Psychological and Developmental Evaluations in the Early Intervention Program.” He has worked with families for over 30 years. Dr. Mesh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Los Niños Services, an award-winning Early Childhood Special Education program in New York City, and the Founder of Young Child Learning which provides professional development to teachers and all professionals working with young children. He consults with professionals and parents on the challenges they face in helping young children achieve their full potential. Dr. Mesh is the author of upcoming book Tapas: Tasty Inspirational Poems(www.inspire.nyc).

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.

Special Accommodations or Requests.
Individuals with disabilities in need of special accommodations should contact the Admin, Cari Laroza at (212) 787-9700 ext. 3330 to make a request. The Admin will work with the team to provide the necessary accommodations. Requests for special accommodations must be made at least a month prior to the webinar date. Once accommodations are found, the Admin will confirm need for accommodations. Once the individual confirms, the special accommodations will be secured. If the individual finds that he or she is no longer in need of the accommodations, he or she must contact the Admin a week before the webinar date.

Grievance Policy & Procedure
Young Child Learning will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants. The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of Young Child Learning. All grievances must be submitted in writing (via e-mail or mail) within 30 days of the end of the webinar date. Any supporting documents must be included with the submitted complaint. For all grievances, contact information (name, phone number, and email) must be provided in the case that the Young Child Learning team may need clarification.
Submit complaints in writing to Young Child Learning, 505 8th Avenue, Floor 12A Room 02, New York, NY 10018 or via email at [email protected]. If you have any additional questions or concerns, contact Cari Laroza at (212) 787-9700 ext. 333 or at [email protected]

This webinar is presented by Young Child Learning & sponsored by Los Niños Services.

About Young Child Learning
Young Child Learning (YCL) organizes Early Childhood Webinars. The mission of YCL is to help all early childhood professionals learn, grow, and help young children get a good start in life and achieve their full potential. YCL carries on the tradition of the Young Child Expo and Conference.

About Los Niños Services
Los Niños Services is an award-winning multilingual agency that has been serving young children with developmental delays and autism for 25 years. Los Niños is one of the leading early chilhood special education providers in NYC and surrounding communities. Los Niños serves all children and families from all communities providing services such as the Early Intervention Program, Preschool Special Education, & Private Services/ABA Private Insurance Services.

If you have further questions, contact Cari Laroza (Administrator) at [email protected]

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