The California Department of Rehabilitation Approves Anger Management Certification

 The California Department of Rehabilitation pays for the training of disabled adults for a wide range of occupations, careers and professions. For many clients who are non-college graduates, training is now available in Anger Management Facilitation Certification as well as Batterer’s Intervention Facilitation.

http://www.dor.ca.gov/RRD/Consumer/RRD_Home.aspx

The Anderson & Anderson, APC provider Vendor # for the Department of Rehabilitation is CA Rehabilitation Department ISP #1012

These two Certifications are excellent for persons interested in teaching classes and offering coaching to persons who have problems in anger management, impulse control or family violence. The need for these services is great and can be offered to probation, schools, parole, jails, prisons, substance abuse organizations as well as business and industry.

The three- day certification training in anger management will be offered throughout the state. For our schedule of training, click here: https://andersonservices.com/services/seminar-schedule/

Training for San Francisco is currently being planned for October 2017.

This training is Approved TIER 1 for Special Advancement for Achievement for Veterans Administration Social Workers. We are an approved vendor for SAM.

George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF, EQ-i-2.0 Emotional Intelligence Professional

Anger Management for Developmentally Disabled Children

A developmental disability is a disability that is manifested before the person reaches 22 years of age, which constitutes a substantial disability to the affected individual, and is attributable to mental retardation or related conditions which include cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism or other neurological conditions when such conditions result in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of a person with mental retardation.

Adaptive behavior means that the person has overall adaptive behavior which is significantly limited in two or more skill areas (communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure, and work: as measured by an instrument which is standardized, appropriate to the person’s living environment, and administered and clinically determined by a qualified professional.

Like so many other skill enhancement interventions, anger management professionals have overlooked the entire developmentally disabled population. This is unfortunate, unacceptable and must be addressed.

Like any other individuals, persons who are developmentally disabled suffer from deficits in their ability to understand and manage stress, recognize when they are becoming angry and control their behavior when unpleasant feelings are present. In addition, they may be prone to appear insensitive and lacking in empathy.

These clients typically score low in self-regard, self-awareness, self, control, emotional self-express, empathy, stress tolerance, empathy and social awareness as well as interpersonal relationships.

Anger management classes for developmentally disabled persons must sometimes be offered on an individual basis or in dyads or very small groups. Graphics with pictures as well as CDs and DVDs or posters must be maximized for those who learn best with visual material.

https://www.grabthewheelkids.com

Frequent, brief sessions are often better than 50- minute sessions that overwhelm the client’s capacity to sustain attention. All providers must have a minimum of 40 hours in Anger Management Facilitator Certification.

Before and After Assessments must be used for use with developmentally disabled persons. Emotional Intelligence Pre and Post Assessments for Children are used for all Anderson & Anderson, APC clients. (EQ-i-2.0 Emotional Intelligence Youth Version)

http://www.hpsys.com/EI_BarOn_YouthVersion.htm

George Anderson, MSW. LCSW, CAMF

www.andersonservices.com

Anderson & Anderson, APC

310-476-0908

Impulse-Control Requires More That Insight

Anderson & Anderson, APC provided Emotional Intelligence Coaching for Impulse Control to a 62-year-old attorney who had been in psychoanalysis for 25 years for problems managing his anger. While he was an expert on where his first angry feelings came from and how they related to an incident with his mother at age 6, his ability to control his angry behavior had not improved during his many years of psychoanalytic treatment.

As the result of his lack of progress managing his impulse to behave aggressively when angry, he confronted his psychoanalyst who referred him for Emotional Intelligence Skill Enhancement Coaching for impulse control.

Practicing attorneys are well known for their obsession with facts. This attorney was therefore excited to learn the objective results of his competencies in Self-Regard, Self-Actualization, Emotional Self-Awareness, Emotional Expression, Assertiveness, Independence, Interpersonal Relationships, Empathy, Social Responsibility, Problem Solving, Reality Testing, Impulse Control, Flexibility, Stress Tolerance and Optimism.

By simply learning about his level of competency in these 15 Emotional Intelligence scales and how they related to his behavior provided him with considerable optimism. He quickly recognized the need practice to emotional intelligence skill enhancement in the areas in which he scored in the low or mid range.

Practical applications of Emotional Intelligence Skill Enhancement is needed and wanted by a wide range of professionals whose success is closely related to their ability to influence others based on these important interpersonal skills.

In contrast to counseling or psychotherapy, skill enhancement in emotional intelligence is practice and evidence based. A comprehensive EQ-i-2.0 Assessment designed to provide a base line of EI competencies precedes the coaching. Once the assessment is reviewed and the client is debriefed, skill enhancement coaching is provided over a six-month period.

The coaching is augmented by the use of DVDs, CDs, client workbooks along with specific exercises related to each skill. At the end of six months, the same assessment is administered in order to objectively determine the results of the coaching.

Emotional Intelligence Coaching for Professionals including attorneys, physicians and executives is trending in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Clients are requesting the 12-hour intensive followed by coaching via phone or Skype from Saudi Arabia, San Juan, Puerto Rica and other major U.S. cities.

The Anderson & Anderson, APC’s Emotional Intelligence Coaching is a respected coaching model specifically designed to enhance the skills that physicians, attorneys, executives, managers, and athletes need to meet the demands of a high-stress, high-performance environment. Our program recognizes the qualities present in top leaders as well as top employees, and uses a customized assessment to help you make your skills functional.

For more information, visit our website at http://www.andersonservices.com or contact George Anderson at 310-476-0908.