CHADD is pleased to offer a special selection of audio recordings from the International Conference on ADHD. Listen on the platform or download the MP3 onto your device. The handouts from each workshop are also provided. Session descriptions are provided below.
Parent Toolbox Includes 6 Audio-Only Recordings and Handouts
Don’t miss this session led by two veteran professionals who have been in the forefront of identifying strategies to address deficits in executive functions. They will answer the burning question asked by teachers, coaches, and other professionals: How can I help children and teens to build better executive skills? Their practical strategies can be utilized immediately with your clients, patients or students.
The purpose of this presentation is to describe a family-school intervention for children with ADHD and how to implement the program in diverse settings. Family School Success (FSS) is an intervention program that links the family and school systems to address the needs of children with ADHD in grades K to 6. FSS was originally designed as a multimodal intervention involving family and school. The FSS program is grounded in attachment theory, social learning theory, and ecological systems theory.
By gathering skills and research on brain science, visual learning, executive functions, and neuroscience, teachers can change the success students experience in the classroom. Educators will develop a toolbox to help students develop into active, purposeful learners as we reexamine our assumptions about memory and attention.
Participants will learn about comprehensive support programs and support services and how each can address an array of learning needs, including ADHD coaching, social support, and tutoring for specific learning disabilities.
This workshop outlines the necessary components of a comprehensive evaluation. Criteria will also be outlined for the thresholds that must be met for children to qualify for special services in most school districts for ADHD, learning disorders, and emotional/social issues.
Learn practical strategies that foster students’ mastery of executive function processes. In particular, setting goals, organizing, prioritizing, shifting flexibly, and self-monitoring. We will emphasize strategies for improving cognitive flexibility so that children, adolescents, and young adults learn to shift mindsets and to think flexibly in the context of social, interpersonal, and academic situations. Strategies for organizing, memorizing, and selfmonitoring will be selected from our SMARTS Executive Function Curriculum and will be modeled using hands-on activities. Applications across the content areas and grade levels are discussed.
