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Supporting Defended and Disconnected Children and Youth: Reducing Alarm and Building Connection to Foster Resilience, Growth and Emotional Healing

$169.00

6 Hours  |   Pre-approved for CEU’s

Presenter
Deborah MacNamara, Ph.D.
Date
On Demand | Available Now
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Individual Online Workshop | 6 Hours of Learning

Supporting Defended and Disconnected Children and Youth: Reducing Alarm and Building Connection to Foster Resilience, Growth and Emotional Healing

Presented by Deborah MacNamara, Ph.D.

Format: On-Demand Online Learning

Workshop Overview

Explore why children resist closeness, withdraw emotionally, or reject support. Develop relational approaches that reduce alarm, build trust, and support emotional growth.

What You’ll Explore

  • Attachment, alarm, and emotional defenses.
  • Resistance, disengagement, and emotional shutdown.
  • Building connection with hard-to-reach youth.
  • Applying developmental understanding through practical examples.

What’s Included With Your Registration

  • On-demand workshop recording.
  • Downloadable presentation handouts.
  • Certificate upon completing all required lessons and passing the quiz.

Access deadline: February 1, 2027. Watch the videos, download handouts, complete all requirements, and download your certificate before access expires. Extensions are unavailable.

Who Should Attend?

Education, mental health, and helping professionals supporting children and youth.

About the Presenter

Deborah MacNamara, Ph.D., is a clinical counsellor, educator, author, and Neufeld Institute faculty member.

  • Traumatized or marginalized youth.
  • Oppositional or resistant behaviour.
  • Emotional shutdown or detachment.
  • Anxiety and alarm-based behaviours.
  • Peer-oriented youth.
  • High-risk or highly defended children.
  • School refusal, disengagement, or chronic relational struggles.

Deborah MacNamara, PhD is a clinical counsellor and educator with more than 25 years’ experience working with children, youth, and adults. She is on faculty at the Neufeld Institute, operates a counselling practice, and speaks regularly about child and adolescent development to parents, child care providers, educators, and mental health professionals. She is also the author of the best-selling book Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (Or Anyone Who Acts Like One), which provides a 360-degree developmental walk around the young child, and The Sorry Plane, a children’s picture book. Her new book, Nourished: Connection, Food, and Caring for our Kids (and everyone else we love), will be released September 19, 2023. Deborah resides in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and two children.

Education and Clinical Professionals: All education and mental health or healthcare professionals who work with children or youth including, but not limited to K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors, Learning Assistance/Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers • All other professionals who support behavioural challenges and complex learning needs including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers and Community Police Officers.

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