Russell A. Barkley and David Nowell and Cindy Goldrich – Certified ADHD Professional Intensive Training Course Evidence-Based Strategies for Managing ADHD Across the Lifespan

Gain a variety of practical strategies that you can implement immediately!

• Alternatives and complements to medication
• Safety and efficacy of non-medication treatments
• Impact of exercise, sleep, diet and the environment on ADHD
• Creative interventions to positively impact ADHD
• Case examples and demonstrations

• Purpose of medication interventions
• Behavioral benefits of medicinal interventions
• Primary side effects of ADHD medications
• Working with comorbid conditions
• Importance of early intervention in ADHD
• Common misconceptions related to stimulant use

• Improve kids’ motivation, focus, and cooperation to improve learning and engagement
• Ease stress and anxiety to help kids anticipate and prepare effectively
• Decrease time spent off task and out of compliance
• Teach kids to take responsibility for their own success in school and in life
• Improve collaboration with parents who struggle to help their children

• Decrease aggression, panic, and anxiety
• Improve communication, self-control, and social skills
• Increase empathy, remorse, and respect
• Reduce irritability and temper tantrums

• Subtypes of attention impairment
• Necessary modifications needed for special ADHD populations (girls, adults, etc.)
• Distinguishing SCT (ADD) from Inattentive ADHD
• Impairment associated with SCT

• The impact of ADHD on brain functioning
• Assessment tools to help clients better use their executive skills
• Skills to help adults with ADHD control emotions, manage their everyday lives, and get things done
• Key strategies to help ADHD clients cope with weak executive skills
• Strategies for improving executive skills at home, in relationships, and in the workplace

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children and Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA. He is a Diplomate (board certified) in three specialties, Clinical Psychology (ABPP), Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN, ABPP). Dr. Barkley is a clinical scientist, educator, and practitioner who has published 23 books, rating scales, and clinical manuals numbering 41 editions. He has also published more than 270 scientific articles and book chapters related to the nature, assessment, and treatment of ADHD and related disorders.

David Nowell, PhD, is a clinical neuropsychologist in private practice in Northborough, Massachusetts. He offers consultations to patients on an inpatient rehabilitation unit and is an adjunct instructor in neuropsychology to graduate students in the Clark University psychology program. He serves as a physician advisor with the University of Massachusetts Medical School Disability Evaluation Service where he was the former clinical director of the Learning Disability Assessment Program. Dr. Nowell writes a popular blog at Psychology Today on motivation and time management, and speaks internationally to clinicians on such topics as executive functioning, non-medication management of ADHD, and applying findings from Positive Psychology.

Cindy Goldrich, EdM, ADHD-CCSP, is a certified ADHD coach and teacher trainer. She is the author of 8 Keys for Parenting Children with ADHD, a book recognized for providing parents, educators, and therapists with a practical, easy-to-read guide for addressing challenging kids. She is the creator of the workshop series Calm and Connected: Parenting Children with ADHD© designed to teach parents and caregivers how to manage and support their children’s unique needs successfully. Through her ADHD Parent Coach Academy, she trains other professionals to become ADHD parent coaches.

Jennifer Wilke-Deaton, MA, LPA, is a licensed behavioral health therapist working in a private practice setting in Richmond, KY. Jen has more than 20 years of experience working with crisis management, psychological testing, inpatient/outpatient treatment, groups, families, and the court system. A tireless and passionate advocate for children and families, she developed a parent training program recognized by the Governor’s Commission for the Treatment of Children & Families and Kentucky’s Child Protective Services. Jen helped create a regional children’s crisis stabilization unit, children’s advocacy center, and an intensive after-school program for behaviorally challenged youth. She has published the Creative Parenting Handbook, CD Awareness In Focus: Modern Guided Imagery Techniques for Immediate Practice, CD Awareness in Focus By Kids For Kids, and The Mandala Workbook: Activities Across the Lifespan.

Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, is a school psychologist and has worked for 20+ years at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She is co-author of the best-selling books on executive dysfunction, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: 2nd Edition (Guilford, 2010), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (Guilford, 2013). In her most recent book, the Smart but Scattered Guide to Success, Peg and her co-author take the same strategies that they have used with youth for many years, and apply them to an adult population. While the tactics and strategies are particularly suited for adults with ADHD, they are effective with any adults struggling with executive skill challenges.