The Second workshop of the FCP 2016 Spring Series is presented by Carisa Perry-Parrish, Ph.D.: Adolescent Emotional and Social Development: Sadness Regulation and Peer Acceptance

Adolescence is a developmental period marked by many changes in social and emotional functioning, leading to the ‘sturm und drang’ interpretation of the teen years. Indeed, relationships and friendships become increasingly important during this per iod, and increases are observed in normative self-consciousness as well as clinical risk for internalizing disorders (e.g., depression). Fortunately, most youth display healthy emotional and social development. This workshop will focus on understanding healthy development of sadness regulation (apart from depression) and how this aspect of emotion regulation relates to adolescent social/peer competence.

Workshop Objectives

• At the end of this activity, the learner will be able to:
  Identify normative emotional and social changes typical of adolescence
• Understand evidence-based prevalence of increased emotional difficulties (e.g., depression) among adolescents
• Become familiar with evidence-based approaches to address adolescent difficulties with sadness regulation and interpersonal vulnerabilities

Presenter: Carisa Perry-Parrish, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. A skilled instructor and speaker, Dr. Perry-Parrish has presented at many national conferences. Her research has been published in the Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics,Social Development and the Journal of Developmental Psychology. She also serves as a Journal Reviewer for Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Child and Family Studies and the Journal of Clinical Psychology.