ASSESSMENT OF OCD:

ADVANCED TRAINING IN

YALE-BROWN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SCALE© (YBOCS)

Virtual Workshop (4 hrs)

 

Have you struggled to identify and diagnose OCD in your clinical practice?

Do you worry you’re missing something when trying to understand OCD symptoms and their severity?

Do you care about “doing it right” in your OCD evaluations, but never got formal training in how to do so? 

If so, this half-day virtual training opportunity is for you!


May 17, 2024 9:00am-1:00pm ET

Workshop will be held via Zoom

 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a prevalent mental illness that affects up to 2.5% of the population; that’s roughly the population of Los Angeles! Accurate assessment of OCD is critical for effective treatment planning. The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale© (YBOCS) is the gold standard clinical interview for the assessment of OCD symptoms and severity. Attendees to this workshop will be given hands-on training in the administration of the YBOCS© to help them fully and accurately diagnose their clients. 





Join us for this half-day virtual workshop designed to help mental health professionals improve their understanding of the diagnosis of OCD, and learn how to administer the YBOCS© to fully capture all of a patient’s OCD symptoms and accurately assess the severity of those symptoms.  In our deep-dive into assessing OCD using the YBOCS©, this workshop will broaden and deepen your understanding of the diagnosis of OCD and how to spot it in your patients.





We will walk attendees through the correct administration and scoring the YBOCS© to help accurately identify patient-specific symptoms and determine the overall severity score. We will also present on how to use the information gathered in an accurate YBOCS© administration into your clinical work with OCD clients. This training is appropriate for all licensed mental health professionals, or those working under the license of a mental health professional.





Workshop fee: $200 per person, which includes:

  • 4 hours of CEUs

  • Copies of all workshop slides

The purpose of our workshops is to provide comprehensive training on specialized treatment and disorders. Therefore, we expect participants to plan to attend for the full workshop duration. CEU hours are only supplied to participants who attend the whole workshop. 


The Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board Psychology and the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors to offer continuing education for social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. The Center for Anxiety and Behavior Therapy maintains responsibility for the program(s).

Instructors: Drs. Steven Tsao, David Yusko, and Christina DiChiara are experts in the delivery and dissemination of empirically-based treatments for anxiety disorders. They each bring over 10 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of OCD to this workshop, focusing on providing an interactive, comprehensive, and up-to-date training experience that helps participants implement new techniques and interventions in their own practice. Their combined experience spans the full spectrum of OCD subtypes and severity levels, having worked at outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential levels of care for OCD. Click here for more information about the instructors.

Registration Deadline:


Online registration will close when the workshop reaches maximum capacity, so early registration is strongly encouraged. If the workshop is not completely filled, online registration will close  24 hours prior to the start of the workshop. Registration after this deadline may be possible, but must be directly coordinated with our staff. If you are interested in registering after the online deadline has closed, please inquire at workshops@centerabt.com.

Cancellation Policy:

  • The cancellation deadline is 2 weeks prior to the start date of the workshop.

  • Registered attendees that request to cancel before the cancellation deadline will be refunded the full cost of their registration, less a processing fee determined by Stripe. 

  • Registered attendees that request to cancel after the cancellation deadline will be refunded 50% of their registration, less the processing fee determined by Stripe.

  • Refunds cannot be issued for cancellations made less than 2 days prior to the start of the workshop. 

  • You can receive full monetary credit towards another CABT workshop(s) at any point of cancellation.


    If you would like to cancel, please email workshops@centerabt.com.


Please note, registration is not complete and attendance is not guaranteed until payment is received in full.

For questions or more information, feel free to contact us at (610) 455-5757 or workshops@centerabt.com.

Course Objectives

  1. Define obsessions and compulsions, per the YBOCS manual 

  2. Identify examples of obsessions and compulsions across a variety of categories, using the YBOCS Checklist

  3. Practice administering the clinician-rated severity scale items on the YBOCS

  4. Understand the scoring rubric for the YBOCS



Center for Anxiety & Behavior Therapy

940 Haverford Road

Suite 301

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

(610) 455-5757

info@centerabt.com