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August 5, 2025: When Therapy Isn’t an Option: SPACE as a Breakthrough for Child Anxiety & OCD

We are excited to have Alex Littleton, PsyD, presenting for OCD Colorado on August 5th, from 5:30-6:30pm on SPACE. The talk will be located at: 8310 South Valley Highway
Suite 300
Englewood CO 80112

“When Therapy Isn’t an Option: SPACE as a Breakthrough for Child Anxiety & OCD”

Calming anxiety by empowering parents, not pressuring kids.

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a structured, parent-based approach to treating childhood anxiety & OCD — especially effective when kids resist therapy. Instead of targeting the child’s behavior, SPACE helps caregivers change their responses to the child’s anxiety & fear, creating lasting change without ever asking the child to do anything differently.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Recognize How SPACE Fills a Critical Treatment Gap
    • Understand how SPACE helps when children won’t engage in therapy, by working solely through parent behavior.
  2. Explain the Core Framework of SPACE
    • Emphasize that SPACE never asks children to change — only the caregiver’s behavior is adjusted.
  3. Identify and Reduce Accommodation
    • Spot common accommodating behaviors and why they continue.
    • Learn how to systematically reduce them without increasing conflict.
  4. Use Supportive Statements Across Contexts
    • Deliver clear, confident, and compassionate messages that validate the child’s feelings — without enabling avoidance.
    • Practice using supportive statements in varied situations: school refusal, bedtime, transitions, and more.
  5. Apply the SPACE Plan at Home or in Practice
    • Walk through the practical steps of implementing SPACE with families, focusing exclusively on caregiver-led change.
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Join us in the Rocky Mountains to make strides for OCD awareness!

The Denver OCD Walk will take place on October 19, 2025, starting at 10am with registration and check-in at Belleview Park, Pavilion 2.

At 11am, we will start the walk around the Belleview Park.

While we prefer you register ahead of time, you are welcome to register at the event. Registration is free. If you register and donate $25, you will receive an official 2025 OCD Walk t-shirt!

You register and find additional details at: https://support.iocdf.org/event/denver-ocd-walk/e673553

If you have questions, please contact us at: [email protected]