A Neurocognitive Understanding of ADHD and SLD: Practical Assessment and Intervention
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Description
This program examines ADHD and Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) disorders from a neurocognitive processing perspective called PASS (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive). Kathleen and Jack will lead an interactive workshop that explains how this brain-based approach detects different profiles of neurocognitive strengths and weaknesses for individuals with ADHD and SLD. The presenters will examine case studies and show how to intentionally and transparently offer instructional interventions that align with students’ needs based on the inter-relationships between PASS, Executive Function, Social Emotional Skills, and Impairment.
Objectives
Participants will be able to describe:
- how to use a neurocognitive approach to understanding ADHD and how it differentiates from SLD
- how to identify distinct ADHD and SLD profiles based on the four PASS neurocognitive processes
- how ADHD diagnosis differs using he PASS neurocognitive approach compared to traditional IQ
- how to analyze case studies from the PASS neurocognitive perspective
- how to identify appropriate ADHD & SLD assessments and interventions
- how to identify intentional and transparent ways to share brain-based insights and interventions with parents and children
Topics
A Neurocognitive Approach to ADHD & SLD
- A cognitive processing understanding of ADHD & SLD
- The difference between PASS neurocognitive approach and traditional IQ
- Why traditional IQ has been unrelated to ADHD diagnosis
- Planning and the Frontal Lobes (Hyperactive type of ADHD)
PASS Strategies
- Strategies for developing executive function academically and social-emotionally)
- Case studies, instruction and intervention related to planning
- Attention and the brain stem (inattentive type of ADHD, resistance to distraction)
Interventions
- Case studies, instruction, and intervention related to attention
- Simultaneous processing and the occipital-parietal lobes
- Case studies and Interventions
Successive Processing and the Temporal Lobes
- Case Studies and Interventions
- Conclusions