Update on Child & Adolescent ADHD
This workshop provides an in-depth look at major advances in four clinically important topics pertaining to child and adolescent ADHD. Each of the four lectures provides a “deep dive” into what is currently known in these topics and their implications for the diagnosis and management of ADHD.
J&K Seminars does not provide NBCC credit for this program.
All orders include the entire presentation with handouts and a CE test.
Streaming videos and audio downloads will be available immediately after checkout
Mailed CD and DVD formats include the printed handouts and CE test in an attractive portfolio
Objectives
Participants will be able to describe:
- The nature of executive function deficits and their role in ADHD
- The 14 best principles for managing executive function deficits in children and teens.
- Predisposed ADHD personality traits and lifestyle choices that impact life expectancy
- How sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is different from ADHD requiring different management.
Topics
ADHD, Self-Regulation, and Executive Functioning: Implications for Management
- The five major executive functions and their deficits in people with ADHD
- How this instrumental level of EF relates to higher levels of EF in daily life activities
- How this theory leads to more effectively designed interventions
Counseling Parents
- ADHD as a disorder of self-regulation and executive functioning
- 14 best management principles
Implications for Life Expectancy and Clinical Management
- Impaired major life activities
- Impact of childhood ADHD on various health and medical problems
- Revising approaches to clinical management
Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) versus ADHD
- History of ADHD and Subtypes
- Problems with Current Subtyping
- SCT Symptoms within ADD without Hyperactivity
- Children and Adults with High SCT vs. ADHD
- Management of SCT