Treatment for Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Build the confidence to help kids with challenging behaviors — and the families holding everything together.
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Mental health clinicians treating children and adolescents: clinical social workers, counselors, psychologists, and therapists
Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBDs) — including Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) — are among the most common reasons children and adolescents are referred to mental health specialists. Left undertreated, they lead to academic struggles, family stress, and long-term mental health challenges.
This course equips mental health clinicians with structured, evidence-based approaches to identifying, diagnosing, and treating DBDs in young people. You’ll learn to help children build self-regulation, problem-solving, and social competence skills — and to coach parents and caregivers with practical strategies that strengthen family dynamics and support lasting change.
All participants receive a structured treatment manual with session-by-session guidelines and reproducible client handouts.
This training has two components:
- A full-day interactive workshop where you’ll learn the latest evidence-based behavioral interventions for DBDs and how to coach parents and caregivers to implement them effectively.
- Six case-based learning calls over three months — where you present real client cases, apply course learning, and receive coaching and feedback from peers and REACH’s national expert faculty.
Participants who complete both components receive a certificate of completion.
COURSE GOALS
After this course, you’ll be able to:
Identify and understand disruptive behavior disorders in children and adolescents.
Diagnose and monitor symptoms using standardized rating scales.
Teach children essential self-regulation, problem-solving, and social competence skills.
Coach parents and caregivers in implementing practical, evidence-based behavior management strategies.
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About CATIE
This program is part of CATIE — REACH’s Child/Adolescent Training in Evidence-Based Psychotherapies — which gives mental health clinicians practical tools to implement evidence-based therapies for youth.
Hear from participants
“Completely worth it to gain new techniques, build skills, and connect with others in the field. I got to hear from national-level experts and get feedback from colleagues in rural areas — that connection was invaluable.”
— Amelia Lincoln, MEd, LCMHC
Vermont
“Having ongoing training and being able to talk to peers — with support from instructors — really helped with confidence building. When you see improvement working with families and children, it reaffirms that you’re on the right track.”
— Kristin Mason, LCMHC, MSW, ESMHL
Vermont
YOUR Questions Answered
Everything you need to know before you register.
his course is built for mental health clinicians treating children and adolescents — clinical social workers, counselors, psychologists, and therapists — who work with disruptive behavior disorders and want structured, evidence-based approaches to assessment and treatment.
The course focuses on Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBDs), including Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) — among the most common reasons children and adolescents are referred to mental health specialists.
ou’ll be able to diagnose and monitor DBD symptoms using standardized rating scales, apply evidence-based behavioral interventions, teach children self-regulation and problem-solving skills, and coach parents and caregivers in practical behavior management strategies.
The course has two components: a full-day interactive workshop on evidence-based DBD interventions, followed by six one-hour case-based learning calls over three months where you present real client cases and receive expert coaching.
All participants receive a structured treatment manual with session-by-session guidelines and reproducible client handouts — a complete, ready-to-use resource you can integrate into your practice immediately after the workshop.
Yes. A core component of the course is equipping clinicians to coach parents and caregivers with practical, evidence-based behavior management strategies — recognizing that lasting change for children depends on support at home as well as in the clinic.
Yes. Clinicians who complete both the full-day workshop and all six case-based learning calls receive a certificate of completion from The REACH Institute.
Yes. REACH offers private DBD trainings for groups of 15 or more. Contact us at [email protected] or complete the group training inquiry form on the course page to learn more.
All three CATIE courses — CBT for Youth Anxiety, CBT for Youth Depression, and Treatment for DBDs — address different clinical needs. This course focuses specifically on disruptive behavior disorders and parent coaching strategies, rather than anxiety or depression.
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Our team is happy to help you determine if Treatment for Disruptive
Behavior Disorders is the right fit for you or your institution.
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REACH offers customized training for groups of 15 or more.
Visit our Group Training page to learn more.
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