SPACE Workshop: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Workshop Details
Dates
January 3rd & 10th 2025 | 8AM-4PM PST
Location
Virtual via Zoom
Cost
$600
Target Audience
Mental health professionals aiming to implement SPACE in their practice
Course Description
See schedule for breaks – no food or beverages provided
What is SPACE?
SPACE is a parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent anxiety and OCD, developed at Yale University. It offers an accessible alternative to traditional child-focused treatments, backed by robust research and positive clinical outcomes.
Training Level
This intermediate-to-advanced level training provides step-by-step instruction on implementing SPACE, along with theoretical background and evidence base for the treatment.
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder that has been found to be as efficacious as individual cognitive-behavioral therapy. This is an intermediate-to-advanced level training that is aimed toward mental health professionals who intend to expand their clinical practice by providing step-by-step instruction on how to implement SPACE, a novel evidence-based treatment approach, in addition to providing the theoretical background and evidence base for the treatment.
Learning Objectives
2. Describe empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of SPACE and identify three limitations of this evidence
5. Identify the 6 key questions to address when helping parents develop specific plans to reduce their parental accommodations of child anxiety, OCD and related disorders
6. Identify three potential barriers to treatment and how to manage them
Meet Your Instructor
Rebecca Etkin, PhD (#004113)
Education
PhD in Clinical Psychology from University at Buffalo, SUNY
Experience
Licensed clinical psychologist at Yale Child Study Center
Expertise
SPACE provider and trainer for over 5 years
She is a licensed clinical psychologist and postdoctoral associate at the Yale Child Study Center in the Anxiety & Mood Disorders Program. Rebecca received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and Spanish from Johns Hopkins University in 2010 and her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 2019. Her research seeks to understand the linkages between child and adolescent internalizing problems and parent-child and peer relationships, with a focus on anxiety and related disorders. She has been a SPACE provider and trainer for over 5 years and has delivered SPACE and other evidence-based anxiety treatments to over 100 youth and their families.
Workshop Schedule
Day 1
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Introduction and logistics |
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Theoretical Background |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Evidence of efficacy |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Morning Break |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Overview of treatment steps and use of SPACE manual |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Part 1 – Introducing Parents to SPACE and setting the stage |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Part 2 – Increasing supportive parental responses |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Lunch Break |
| 12:15 - 1:15 | Part 3 – Charting accommodation, making the ‘accommodation map’ |
| 1:15 - 2:15 | Part 4 – Choosing a target accommodation |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | Afternoon Break |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Part 5 – Making a plan to reduce target accommodation |
Day 2
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Part 5 – Making a plan continued |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Part 6a – Informing the child |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Morning Break |
| 10:15 - 11:30 | Part 6b – Coping with child responses |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Lunch Break |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Part 7 – Implementation |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Part 7b – Moving to the next target accommodation |
| 1:45 - 2:00 | Afternoon Break |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Module – Recruiting supporters |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Module – Dealing with disruptive child behaviors |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Module – Dealing with threats of self-harm |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Module – Collaboration between parents; summary and wrap-up |
Certification and CE Credits
Course Completion
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