Greetings , dear colleagues!
I invite you to take a course
«Assessment of developmental trauma and dissociation in children and adolescents”
with
Sandra Baita, LCP, Argentina
ABSTRACT :
Part I.
Contents
Understanding dissociation from a developmental perspective.
Theoretical models to understand dissociation from a developmental perspective:
– Putnam´s Discrete Behavioral States
– Structural Dissociation of Personality
– Silberg´s Affect Avoidance Theory
– Attachment disorganization
Developmental trauma vs. posttraumatic stress disorder
The link between dissociation and developmental trauma
Understanding symptoms of dissociation and developmental trauma as adaptations.
Understanding affective and behavioral dysregulation.
The 5 guiding principles for assessing dissociation in children and adolescents
: Part II.
Contents
Components of the assessment process.
External sources of information
-Trauma history
– Asking parents about traumatic symptoms
– Asking parents about dissociative symptoms
– Context-based and relational- based triggers
Screening tools: scope and limitations.
Asking the child about dissociative symptoms: psychoeducation and clinical tools.
Asking the child about behaviors and attitudes observed in the clinical setting.
Differential diagnosis: play, fantasy, and imaginary friends in traumatized children.
Increasing metacognitive functioning during the assessment process.
Symptoms of dissociation:
-Amnesia
-Fluctuations in knowledge and abilities
– Sudden changes in affective and behavioral states
– Symptoms of intrusion
– Depersonalization and derealization
– Auditory, visual and kinesthetic hallucinations. Regressive behaviors.
– Dissociative parts
Recognizing avoidance during the assessment process.
DETAILES
DATES AND TIME
04.07.25 & 5 07.25
10.07.25 & 11.07.25
17.07.25 & 18.07.25
31.07.25 & 01.08.25
Час з 16.00 до 19.00
CERTIFICATES :
Participants will receive personalized certificates in English with the number of academic hours (24 a.h.) from the Tree of Knowledge Educational Projects Center. Karine Kocharyan
RECORDING
The recording is available to all participants for one year.
PAYMENT:
Cost: €295 in hryvnia at the exchange rate on the day of payment
IMPORTANT AND MANDATORY!!!
Before making a payment, please contact (from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
Yulia Bazyuk to check the euro exchange rate.
Her contact details: +380671404064 (Telegram)
Or by email to the Tree of Knowledge Center
karine.kocharyan@epc-tree-of-knowlege.com.ua
epc.tree.of.knowlege@gmail.com
Language: English with consecutive translation into Ukrainian.
Translation: Iryna Nastalovska
This training is for mental health professionals: psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and other health practitioners who have experience of working with early adversity and trauma.
PRESENTER
Sandra Baita is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Child Therapist, EMDR Therapist, and Approved Consultant, as well as a Fellow Member of ISSTD. She has authored several book chapters in English, Italian, and Spanish; co-authored a book in Spanish about child sexual abuse for judges and prosecutors under a UNICEF project; and authored the first book written in the Spanish language on childhood dissociation (a book that was also translated into Italian). She has lectured and trained in Argentina, Latin America, Italy, Spain, Holland, and the US. She has worked for public agencies of the City of Buenos Aires for 15 years, working with abused children and adolescents. She currently lives and has a private practice in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
