Kazdin Parent Management Training – Basic and Advanced 2026

General Information

Title: Kazdin Parent Management Training - Basic and Advanced

Presenter: Bernadette Lecza, LPC and Erin Carrubba, LPC

Dates: November 2, 4, 9, & 11 2026. 10:00 AM--2:30 PM ET on all 4 days.

Fee: Regular fee. $595. Early Bird Fee $475 (until 9/15/26). Please contact us for special discounts for groups of 3 or students.

Venue: Live Webinar

CE Credits: 16

Includes full technical support, handouts, access to recordings, and CE credits. 

Kazdin Parent Management Training – Basic and Advanced 2026

Description

Effective strategies are taught using an evidence-based treatment called Kazdin Parent Management Training (KPMT).  The strategies revolve around the use of positive reinforcement, antecedents, practice, and problem solving.  The treatment greatly improves pro-social behavior as well as decreases children’s oppositional and aggressive behavior.  The treatment and its effects have been well documented in many studies.

 

The instructors have worked with thousands of families, educators, and clinicians to help parents make significant changes in how they respond to very difficult, often provocative behaviors. Such skills are designed to significantly improve the vast relationships in a child’s life which ultimately leads to a happier, healthier child.

 

This training was developed by Dr. Alan Kazdin who wrote to us the following: “These two trainers have years of experience doing workshops with mental health professionals.  Each also has a warm, welcoming style.  They have worked with a few thousand families and have seen seemingly every imaginable child and adolescent problems that occur in the home or at school. They are extremely qualified and it gives me nachas every time I see them in action!”

 

Instructors

 Erin Carrubba, LPC and Bernadette Lecza, LPC are licensed clinicians who have over 2 decades of experience working with children, teens and parents of children and teens who exhibit a wide range of disruptive behavioral difficulties. They have worked in concert with Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., past President of the American Psychological Association, and leading authority in how to effectively address and treat childhood and adolescent behavioral issues. They continue to disseminate effective, evidence-based strategies to parents, clinicians, and educators.

 

Erin and Bernadette have worked with thousands of families and have helped parents to make significant changes in how they respond to very difficult, often provocative behaviors. Such skills are designed to significantly improve the vast relationships in a child’s life which ultimately leads to a happier, healthier child.   They have extensive experience training professionals at all levels in the theory and methods of the model and are sought after to conduct these trainings in many settings. 

Kazdin Parent Management Training – Basic and Advanced 2026

Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be better able to:

1. Identify and describe several Kazdin Parent Management Training Techniques

2. Create positive reinforcement programs to strengthen pro-social behaviors for clientele

3. Demonstrate the application of effective punishment techniques to reduce aggressive behaviors, including case studies and role-play scenarios

4. Effectively address serious problem behaviors

5. Integrate skills to design effective individualized programs

6. Develop effective school programs to reduce disruptive behavior in school for clientele

7. Illustrate methods to enhance clinicians’ skills in motivating parents for consistent application of behavioral techniques

8. Explain barriers that may occur with skills and successfully problem solve

9. Conduct effective role-plays in session with parents in order to teach skills

10. Describe and practice how to effectively negotiate and maintain healthy communication around conflict

Application Deadline

November 25, 2023 or until all training spaces are filled, whichever comes first.

Notification of Acceptance

Applicants will be notified, via email, of acceptance when registration is complete, and payment is received.

Refund/Cancellation Policy 

Tuition/registration payments are refundable (minus $25) until October 25, 2023.  Cancellations after this date are non-refundable. In this situation, we will attempt to find someone to take your slot (based on our waiting list).

Accessibility

Workshop is via webinar. For live options, there will be handicap accessibility.

Course level

Introductory

Level of clinician 

Introductory

Accessibility

If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification

Our Grievance Policy for trainings is available here.

 Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.

CE Information

Continuing Education Credits are granted through Neuhoff Psychological Consulting, PLLC for the following professions: Psychologists, Social workers, Mental Health Counselors, LMFTs, and LCATs. It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. 

APA 

Nachas Consulting is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Neuhoff Psychological Consulting, PLLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

 

NBCC 

Neuhoff Psychological Consulting PLLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7503. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Neuhoff Psychological Consulting, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

 

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References

Kazdin, A. E., Glick, A., Pope, J., Kaptchuk, T. J., Lecza, B., Carrubba, E., McWhinney, E., & Hamilton, N. (2018). Parent management training for conduct problems in children: Enhancing treatment to improve therapeutic change. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology18(2), 91–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.002 

Kazdin, A. E., Glick, A., Pope, J., Kaptchuk, T. J., Lecza, B., Carrubba, E., McWhinney, E., & Hamilton, N. (2018). Parent management training for conduct problems in children: Enhancing treatment to improve therapeutic change. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology18(2), 91–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.12.002 

 

Rabbitt, S. M., Carrubba, E., Lecza, B., McWhinney, E., Pope, J., & Kazdin, A. E. (2016). Reducing therapist contact in parenting programs: Evaluation of internet-based treatments for child conduct problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies25(6), 2001–2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0363-3 

 

Satisfactory Completion:

Participants must have paid the tuition fee, signed in or logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (for pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% is required.) Failure to sign/log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available electronically after satisfactory course completion. A link will be provided for those who have completed the training.

 

Kazdin Parent Management Training – Basic and Advanced 2026

Schedule

Day 1, Basic January 13, 2025
 

10:00 – 10:05 AM: 

Welcome and Introduction

 

10:05 – 10:30 AM:

Program Overview

Background on KPMT: Research and Outcomes

Brief Review of KPMT Strategies and Sessions

 

10:30 – 12:30 PM

Positive Opposites, Prompting, Positive Reinforcement, and Point Incentive Programs

Role-play use of skills included.

12:30 – 1:00 PM

Break

1:00 – 2:30 PM

Mild Punishment Techniques for Aggressive Behaviors

Role-play use of skills included.

 

 

Day 2, Basic January 15, 2025
 

10:00 – 10:30 AM: 

Review Key Concepts from Prior Day

10:30 – 11:30 AM:

Attending & Ignoring; To Reduce Annoying Behavior

Role-play use of skills included.

11:30 – 12:30 PM

Shaping (home program)

Role-play use of skills included.

12:30 – 1:00 PM

Break

1:00 – 2:30 PM

Shaping (school program)

Role-play use of skills included.

 

 

Day 3, Advanced January 20, 2025

10:00 – 10:30

 

10:30 – 11:30

 

 

11:30 – 12:30

 

 

12:30 – 1:00

 

1:00 – 2:30

Review Key Concepts from Prior Day

 

Low Rate; Mild Punishment for Serious Problem Behaviors

Role-play use of skills included

 

Reprimands: Verbal Expression of Disapproval for Behaviors in Motion

Role-play use of skills included

 

Break

 

Compromise/Negotiating Conflict

 

 

 

Day 4, Advanced January 22, 2025

 

10:00 – 10:30

 

10:30 – 12:30

 

Review Key Concepts for Prior Day

 

Challenges to Treatment & Best Practices

Discussion and role-plays included

 

12:30 – 1:00

Break

 

1:00 – 2:30

Review & Develop Programs

Discussion included

 

Kazdin Parent Management Training – Basic and Advanced 2026

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