Empowering professionals through education

Created and taught by Forrest Lien, LCSW, this course offers real tools grounded in over 40 years of experience working directly with children and families impacted by early trauma. Lien is highly regarded by parents across the country because he truly understands their reality — and because his approach focuses on the entire family system.

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This self-paced, clinician-designed training will help you build confidence and clarity in your work with children affected by reactive attachment disorder, while offering insight you won’t find in textbooks or most CEU workshops.

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What You'll Learn

• How early attachment disruptions shape brain development, behavior, and relational functioning

• The difference between reactive attachment disorder and conditions like autism and personality disorders

• Assessment strategies that consider both the child and the family system

• Why outpatient therapy often falls short — and how to strengthen family involvement in treatment

• Clinical insight into the trauma caregivers experience when parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder

• How to create the felt safety required for healing to begin

• The role of therapist self-awareness and counter-transference in this work

• Real-world guidance for integrating these tools into your existing practice​

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Course Specifics

• $230, with or without CEUs

• Includes 4 CEUs (approved through NASW-Arizona and generally accepted in all 50 states)

• CEUs awarded upon passing a post-course exam (80% or higher)

• A live Q & A call with Forrest Lien after completion of the course

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Continuing Education Credit Details

 

Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and attending the question & answer session at the completion of the course. Participants who do not need CE credits will receive a certificate of attendance per request. 

 

This course has been approved for 4 CE credits by Arizona NASW. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.