Presenting Rebecca Avern, author of “Acupuncture for Babies, Children and Teenagers: Treating Both the Illness and the Child 2018” and “Chinese Medicine for Childhood Anxiety and Depression: A Practical Guide for Practitioners and Parents 2021”

Webinar Description

Children and teenagers experiences anxiety and depression in a different ways and it is up to us to be able to identify those nuances to provide the best treatment. As Xu Dachun puts it, ‘Illnesses may be identical but the people who have them are different’.

The rates of anxiety and depression amongst children and teenagers have been increasing exponentially over the past few years. These disorders had become even more prevalent during the COVID-19 era, so it is essential that we are ready to help them at a moment’s notice.  The way we handle mental healthcare treatments with children and adolescents, as allied health practitioner should take a more delicate and sensitive approach that certainly requires further training to develop the appropriate tools and right knowledge.

Acupuncture has been found to be extremely effective towards treating anxiety and depression, and when applied correctly it is a well-tolerated and enjoyable therapeutic modality for children that can help turn their lives around without the need for medication, this is on the proviso that the rationale and techniques used are appropriate for the child

This simple-to-follow 4 hour webinar will be able to supply you the confidence to help the many children and teenagers out there who will need support through their formative years. This is a course is a must if you are considering moving into this highly specialised area of clinical practice, practicing within scope or perhaps even just seeking to expand your skills and knowledge

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the causes of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence from the Chinese Medicine perspective
• Utilise 5 Element constitutional diagnosis in conjunction with TCM patterns to understand how a child experiences anxiety or depression in his or her unique way
• Diagnose and treat the condition with acupuncture and non-needle techniques

 

Biography

Rebecca Avern has treated children with acupuncture for over 20 years, and now treats exclusively children and teenagers.  She founded and runs two children’s acupuncture clinics in Oxford, UK, one of which offers affordable acupuncture to children and the opportunity for practitioner internships. She is passionate about supporting practitioners to treat children and making treatment accessible to as many children as possible.

Rebecca has been a senior faculty member, teacher and clinical supervisor at the prestigious College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (CICM) in the UK for over 15 years.

She is the author of the textbook Acupuncture for Babies, Children and Teenagers and also of Chinese Medicine for Childhood Anxiety and Depression.  She teaches paediatrics in the UK, online and internationally.

Rebecca is also the founder of the Hub of Paediatric Acupuncture – an online community for paediatric acupuncturists (www.paediatricacupuncture.com).

Details

Date: 8th of October 2023
Time: 7am-11am (AEDT)
Pricing: Practitioner $255 | Full Time Undergraduate Student $210
Recording (Revisit) Access Fee for live participants and recording purchase- 5 years: $39 
CPD: 4 CPD Points
Notes: Included

ZOOM INVITE LINK WILL BE PROVIDED VIA EMAIL CLOSER TO THE DATE

This is a live webinar conducted via the ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING Platform. 

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