OVERVIEW

18th National Conference On Adolescents & Young Adults is organized by U.S. Journal Training, Inc. (USJT) and will be held from Apr 22 - 24, 2020 at Tropicana Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.

Accreditation:
Earn up to 27 Credit Hours for Continuing Education, 6 Hours Ethics Pre-Conference, April 21 (Includes 2 Hours of Suicide Risk Assessment/Prevention)

Program Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
• To identify treatment approaches for successfully treating adolescents and young adults with chemical dependence, trauma, co-occurring disorders, and other psychological and behavioral issues.
• To be able to discern symptoms and characteristics manifested in these disorders and to diminish/correct their negative impact on the client’s interpersonal and family relationships.
• To identify the impact of trauma, anxiety, attachment issues, and substance use on youth and best practices for treatment and how to bolster resilience.
• To identify advances in the assessment of at-risk factors for adolescents and young adults and their treatment.

Topics Include:
• Attachment-Based Family Therapy
• Working with High-Risk Adolescents
• Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse
• Compulsive & Self-Endangering Behavior
• Complex Trauma Treatment
• Shame & Guilt
• Family Treatment with Young Adults in Recovery
• Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors
• Mindfulness & Trauma Therapy
• Neuroscience of Addiction
• Working with LGBTQ Adolescents & Young Adults
• Developing Resiliency & Achievement Skills
• Trauma, Depression & Borderline Issues
• Food and Mood
• Opioids, Oxytocin, and Attachment
• Mindfulness & Regulating Stress
• Trauma & Eating Disorders
• Boiling Point: High Cost of Unhealthy Anger
• EMDR Therapy
• Healing Grief and Loss
• Advanced Addiction Counseling Techniques
• Mindfulness & Anger Management
• Music Therapy in Treatment
• Nutritional Needs for Adolescents & Young Adults
• Exercise & Increased Cognitive Processing
• Ethics and more.