Optimising exposure treatment for children with anxiety disorders

Please note that all registrations have to be paid in full before the event takes place - otherwise you will miss out on receiving the Zoom link.

This event will be recorded for all those who are registered but can't make it on the day - recordings are available for a limited time only.

Objectives:

1. Understand current knowledge on the use of exposure in the treatment of anxiety disorders in children
2. Develop skills to design and implement effective exposure tasks
3. Understand the barriers to delivery of exposure-based treatments

This 3-hour session will help experienced psychologists to build more effective exposure tasks for children presenting for treatment for anxiety symptoms/disorders. It will also assist clinicians to understand and reflect on the barriers that prevent the effective delivery of exposure and provide clinicians with more confidence to design and implement better exposure tasks. The session will be delivered online and will involve didactic learning as well as experiential learning involving case discussions and examples.

PRESENTER: PROFESSOR JENNIE HUDSON (AUSTRALIA)

As a fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences (2018) and an NHMRC Investigator Fellow (Level 2, 2022-2027), Professor Hudson has made distinguished contributions to the scientific understanding and clinical treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. She has delivered sustained and influential insights into the complex aetiology of anxiety, as well as developed and validated innovative, accessible interventions. She is recognised as a world leader for her work on parent-child interactions and the development and treatment of anxiety. Professor Hudson brings her expertise to government meetings and advisory panels, including the Medical Research Future Fund’s Childhood Mental Health Research Plan Expert Advisory Panel, for which she was appointed Chair by the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care. She was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (2013-2016), and a Visiting Fellowship, University of Oxford (2015-20), and now plays an influential role in Australian mental health policy and research strategy in her position at the Black Dog Institute.