Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Toolbox for Children and Adolescents
“Fix my kid.” This is the desperate cry of parents and caregivers who walk into your office seeking help.
You start the therapeutic process with your go-to techniques. And your client progresses … for a while. But when they fail to make additional gains, or even regress, your skills as a therapist are put to the test. When all your usual tools have been exhausted, you’re left feeling helpless and wondering how to move forward.
Breathe new life into therapeutic approaches for resistant and avoidant cases with creative, activity-based interventions grounded in the proven success of CBT!
Amanda Crowder, LCSW, delivers an energetic, technique-heavy workshop that will give you the tools you need to harness the power of a creative, activity-based CBT approach. Amanda will provide the exercises and interventions she’s found most effective in improving outcomes for children and adolescents with disruptive behavior, trauma, ADHD, defiance, anger, anxiety, depression and family conflict.
Case examples, activities and hands-on practice will enable you to easily integrate these essential skills in your practice and allow you to individualize them for a variety of disorders and temperaments. Evidence-based techniques help you to drastically increase children’s engagement in treatment, improve emotional functioning, strengthen relationships, maximize academic engagement, and minimize acting-out behaviors. Must-have strategies create an affiliation between you, the child, and family members – boosting parent/child satisfaction, motivation and retention in therapy.
During this essential recording, Amanda will help you feel prepared and empowered to improve the lives of your most difficult-to-treat young clients with a creative, activity-based CBT approach!
Learning Objectives
- Formulate strategies to develop a therapeutic alliance that engage children and adolescents in easy, creative and effective therapeutic cognitive behavioral activities.
- Apply, practice, and integrate evidence-based CBT techniques to modify and change maladaptive behaviors.
- Assess, challenge and replace negative self-talk, thoughts, assumptions and core beliefs.
- Practice fun and creative emotional regulation activities that help children & adolescents strengthen their emotional language, thus reducing dysregulation.
- Communicate the importance of collaboration with families and utilize approaches to engage families in the treatment of children and adolescents.
- Utilize the CBT thought record and mood charting in order to enhance data-based decision making.
Course Modules
Core components
- Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
- Identifying Core Belief Systems & Negative Thinking Patterns
- Understanding Cognitive Distortions
- Implementing Homework
Build Rapport & Motivation
The Importance of Family Engagement
The Creation of Self-Talk
- Parental Resistance
- Parental Misbehavior
Cognitive Skills
Relationship Coaching
Competency Building
Brain-based Therapy
Identify and Understand Cognitive Distortions
Skills to Modify Maladaptive Thinking
Validation to Improve Engagement
Feelings Identification and Utilization to Improve Communication Skills
Cultural & Developmental Issues
INTERVENTIONS:
Childhood Trauma
- Identify & Define
- Cognitive Narratives & Trauma Stories
- Utilization of Play
- Alliance Building & Reciprocal Relationships
- Resilience
- Symptom Relief & Coping Mechanisms
- The Use of Mind & Body
ADHD
- Assessment, Diagnosis, & Use of Medications
- Concentration & Impulse Control
- Metacognition
- Relationships & Prosocial Skills
- Time Management & Goal Setting
- Self-Regulation
- Brain Breaks & Healthy Habits
Autism
- Assessment, Diagnosis, & Treatment Planning
- Flexible Thinking
- Sensory Integration
- Perspective Taking & Relationship Building
- Emotional Expression
- Managing Expectations
- Creating Functional Interactions
- Social Thinking
ODD, Conduct Disorder, Disruptive Behaviors, & Anger
- Assessment, Diagnosis, & Treatment Planning
- Anger, Aggression, and Dysregulation
- Communication
- Building Alliances & Positive Relationships
- Emotional Vocabulary & Regulation
- Reframing Thoughts
- Create Peace & Gratitude
- Body Mindfulness & Control
Anxiety and OCD
- Assessment, Diagnosis, & Use of Medications
- Externalize & Define “Bad” Worry
- Identify Body Reactions
- Assertiveness Skills
- Problem Solving
- The Need for Control
- Challenging Thoughts & Perspective Changing
- Mindfulness
Mood Disorder
- Mood, Isolation, & Emotional Expression
- Mood Charting
- Emotional Vocabulary & Regulation
- Reframe Thoughts
- Create Peace & Gratitude
- Body Mindfulness & Control
Self-Injurious Behaviors, & Suicidality
- Assessment, Treatment Strategies
- Self-Esteem & Confidence Building
- Identify Negative Self-Talk
- Problem Solving & Coping Skills
- Foster Motivation
- The Impacts of Being Healthy
Parental Supports
- Identify Parenting Styles
- Your Kid(s) & Their Differing Needs
- Attachment
- Receive & Give Love
- Utilize Choices as a Problem Solving Skill
- Set & Keep Limits & Boundaries
- Structure & Routine
- How to Structure Rewards & Punishments
- “Time Outs” for Parents
- Improve Parent-Child Bonding/Interactions
Who Will Get the Most Out of This Course
- Addiction Counselors
- Special Educators
- Psychologists
- School Psychologists
- Counselors
- Art Therapists
- Social Workers
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Other Helping Professionals
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Case Managers
How This Course Will Benefit You
Unlock the Power of Play for Deep Healing
Learn how to use playful, face-to-face interactions to create emotional safety, regulation, and connection—especially for children who have experienced trauma or adversity.
Transform Your Clinical or Educational Practice
Gain actionable strategies from leading experts in Theraplay, ARC, and trauma-informed care. These tools are immediately applicable in therapy sessions, classrooms, or youth programs.
Improve Outcomes for Hard-to-Reach Children
Discover how to break through emotional walls using joy, rhythm, and movement—essential for children who struggle with traditional talk-based approaches.
Restore Joy and Purpose to Your Work
Reignite your passion by tapping into your own playfulness and learning how your energy and presence can profoundly impact children’s healing.
Expand Your Professional Toolkit
Master trauma-sensitive techniques that foster developmental growth, resilience, and secure attachment in children and adolescents.
Build Deeper Therapeutic Connections
Establish trust faster and more effectively by embracing approaches that speak the language of children—play, safety, and connection.
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CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents: Over 200 Worksheets & Exercises for Trauma, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression & Conduct Disorders
The CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents gives you the resources to help the children in your life handle their daily obstacles with ease.
Inside this workbook you'll find hundreds of worksheets, exercises, and activities to help treat:
- Trauma
- ADHD
- Autism
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Conduct Disorders
Written by clinicians and teachers with decades of experience working with kids, these practical and easy-to-use therapy tools are vital to teaching children how to cope with and overcome their deepest struggles. Step-by-step, you'll see how the best strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy are adapted for children.
Client Activities are created for the child to do themselves either in-session or as homework. Whether supervised by the therapist or their caregiver, they will be able to do the activity at any age or stage in the treatment process.
About the Speakers
Amanda Crowder, MSW, LCSW
Amanda Crowder, MSW, LCSW, is co-author of the best-selling book CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents: Over 200 Worksheets & Exercises for Trauma, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression & Conduct Disorders. Amanda is an expert at moving evidence-based interventions into practical methods for application and moving research into action. She has created and adapted evidence-based interventions to work with the most challenging children, adolescents, and families in the most difficult situations. By helping to establish the Trauma Informed Care initiative within Carolinas Medical Center, Amanda has proven her leadership in moving clinical concepts into practice. Amanda runs a private practice in Charlotte, NC, and continues to work for Carolinas Medical Center within a crisis center and virtual mental health emergency room. Her specialties include depression, anxiety, trauma, behavioral issues, and family issues. Amanda uses realness, humor, and passion to build rapport with clients and audiences.
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