Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Diabetes Workshop (BFST-D)

January 9, 2023 to January 10, 2023

 

Goal:

Train attendees in the component parts of Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Diabetes (BFST-D) for implementation with youth with diabetes and their families.

Provided by:

Child Behavioral Health and Pediatric Endocrinology and Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education

 

 

 

Target Audience

This course is designed for both child behavioral and medial providers who work with the pediatric diabetes population.

Learning Objectives

 

  • Learners will be able to apply fundamentals of adolescent development to behavioral interventions with families of youth with diabetes.  
  • Learners will be able to articulate theoretical underpinnings of BFST-D.
  • Learners will be able to implement component parts of BFST-D including problem solving, communication skills training, cognitive restructuring, and family roles and rules interventions.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 10.50 APA American Psychological Association
    Baystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 10.50 ASWB Continuing Education Credit(s)
  • 10.50 IPCE Credit Hour(s)
Course opens: 
01/05/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
01/09/2023 - 8:00am EST
Event ends: 
01/10/2023 - 1:00pm EST
Cost:
$0.00
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Day One:  BFST-D Workshop – January 9th, 2023

8:00 – 8:30         Introductions and coffee

8:30 – 9:00          Adolescent development

      • Individuation
      • Defiance of convention
      • Storm and stress debunked
      • Risk and reward data – safe to swim with sharks

9:00 – 9:30          Working with parents and adolescents

      • Roberts, Block & Block – naturalistic observations of parenting
      • Cats and dogs and diabetes
      • Balanced alliances – how to play both sides
      • Use of info about development

9:30 – 10:00       BFST model and conceptual underpinnings

10:00 – 10:15     Break

10:15 – 10:45     Problem solving

      • Fundamental attribution error
      • Behavior is context dependent

10:45 – 11:30     Communication skills training

11:30 – 12:00     Lunch

1:00 – 1:30         Strong beliefs

1:30 – 2:00         Family systems interventions

2:00 – 2:30         Contraindications and cultural considerations

2:30 – 4:00          Live family demonstrations

      • Family 1 – 45 minutes
      • Family 2 – 45 minutes

4:00 – 4:45          Q & A - Putting it all together

 

Day Two:  BFST-D Workshop – January 10th, 2023

8:00 – 8:30         Coffee and getting settled

8:30 – 9:00         Empirical outcomes

9:00 – 10:15       Problem solving videos – dos and don’ts

10:15 – 11:30     Communication skills training – dos and don’ts

11:30 – 12:30     Applications to skype, transition, etc.

12:30 – 1:00       Wrap up

 

 

 

 

 

Family Advocacy Center
300 Carew Street
Springfield, MA
United States

 

 

 

 

 

Program Director

Peter Thunsfor, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
UMASS Chan Medical School - Baystate 
Clinical Supervisor
Child Behavioral Health
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty

Michael A. Harris, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics
Psychologist/Chief of Pediatric Psychology
Oregon Health & Science University

Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, CDES*
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Collaborative Specialty Care Director
Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the faculty or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 

 

In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available Credit

  • 10.50 APA American Psychological Association
    Baystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 10.50 ASWB Continuing Education Credit(s)
  • 10.50 IPCE Credit Hour(s)

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Please Note:
  • Each participant must register themselves for the program.
In order to receive CREDIT, the evaluation must be completed by:Sun, 12/31/2023 - 1:00pm

We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs.  We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change.  Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.

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