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:
- 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.
- Explain the Core Framework of SPACE
- Emphasize that SPACE never asks children to change — only the caregiver’s behavior is adjusted.
- Identify and Reduce Accommodation
- Spot common accommodating behaviors and why they continue.
- Learn how to systematically reduce them without increasing conflict.
- 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.
- 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.
