Full Course Description

ADHD at Work: Strategies to Help Clients Survive & Thrive in Their Careers

Your clients show up late to session, seem to forget skills taught the week before and struggle to stay on track with treatment goals.

Unfortunately, these clients bring the same problems to their professional lives…

Their career history details a graveyard of failed aspirations - perfection that leads to procrastination, an inability to take feedback from colleagues and a lack of follow through on day-to-day office tasks.

Be the therapist that radically changes your clients’ lives by giving them essential skills to finally succeed at work.

Join ADHD expert Ari Tuckman to get essential and advanced strategies to help your adult clients with ADHD:

Make wise disclosures with colleagues – when & how
Take feedback without intense emotional reactions
Balance their strengths & weaknesses to excel at work
Meet deadlines by feeling the future in the present moment
Avoid perfection & procrastinate with motivation
Clarify career priorities & actually achieve them!

Program Information

Objectives

Appraise strategies that help clients to be more productive by deeply understanding how to work with their ADHD.
Practice strategies that help clients resolve conflicts, clarify priorities & create a successful work environment.
Support clients in making decisions regarding who to disclose their ADHD to, when & how at work.

Outline

How to Help Your Clients Succeed at Work

Is the problem awareness or motivation?
Fill the productivity tank so clients can bring their best
Set up the productivity tools that work— dump the ones that don’t
Teach clients to clarify priorities, resolve conflicts & create a good work environment
Break free of the distractions of the moment—teach clients to feel the future to build motivation
Balance strengths & weakness to increase self-esteem
Help your clients take feedback with ease

When and How to Disclose ADHD

Inform clients’ thinking on when, how, and to whom to disclose ADHD
Is ADHD an excuse or an explanation?
A “sometimes better” option than full disclosure
The most productive way to disclose
Avoid the potential landmines of disclosure

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians
Any other mental health professionals, health care or rehab professionals typically on ADHD certifications

Copyright : 05/10/2022

ADHD in the Family: Interventions for Parents at Home & in the Classroom

Parenting becomes that much harder for your clients who have ADHD.

And, when these parents have children diagnosed with ADHD or a partner with ADHD… You have so many dynamics to manage in therapy…

You need to have the skills to be the go-to expert for helping these individuals and families.

Join Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST, and get strategies to support your clients individually and in family therapy. You’ll learn how to:

Help parents & kids set boundaries, prioritize goals & organize daily tasks
Keep kids motivated with a step-by-step method
Prepare families with a framework for regular check-ins
Know when to have individual or conjoint sessions
Help parents depersonalize the impact of their child’s diagnosis
Support clients whose partner has ADHD

Plus, equip families with the tools to support kids’ self-management skills during launch years, gap-years & more!

Program Information

Objectives

Apply a coherent model to helping parents navigate the demands of raising kids with ADHD into independence.
Apply a coherent model to helping kids, teens, and young adults to earn the independence that they desire.
Practice evidence-based strategies to support parents and their children with ADHD through individual & family therapy.

Outline

Family Therapy Strategies

Get parents & kids on the same team
Help parents whose kid’s with ADHD need more parental involvement, but don’t want it
Strategies for young children to early adulthood
When to see the kid, parent or both together
Depersonalize parent’s internalization of kid’s diagnosis

Lay the Groundwork for Launch: K – 8

Master the family hotspots: homework, screen time, and mornings
What should parents actually expect from 504s and IEPs?
How to set boundaries & assess results
Help parents organize their kid’s backpack, room & more

Prepare for Launch: 9-12

Balance teen’s desire for independence against their fears
Help teens create fool-proof plans to meet increasing responsibilities
Get teens the confidence to be & feel ready for college
Teach parents step-by-step goals to keep kids motivated

Survive the Launch: Post-High School

Are “gap-years” effective?
How to use gap years to strength life skills
Play the “long game” with success
Help parents find their role when kids live on campus
Help college students with ADHD do well & stay in school

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians
Any other mental health professionals, health care or rehab professionals typically on ADHD certifications

Copyright : 05/10/2022

Time Management & Executive Functioning Strategies for Adults with ADHD

Often adult ADHD clients’ poor time management negatively impacts therapy…

They’re late for sessions, struggling to anticipate rewards or consequences of their actions and procrastinating on executing homework or practicing new skills.

Helping these clients manage time takes a highly developed therapeutic skill set.

Join Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST, to get the education and skills you need to keep these clients on track in therapy and life. You’ll learn advanced skills to:

Help clients set deadlines – and stick to them
Customizable strategies for the 6 executive functions impacted by ADHD
Get clients motivated by “feeling the future”
Convert intentions into action
Work effective with client’s “time horizon” and “temporal discounting”

Get the skills to help your adult clients with ADHD combat the life interruptions that executive function and time management problems create.

Program Information

Objectives

Develop client self-awareness by explaining the impacts of ADHD on time awareness and executive functions.
Formulate strategies for individual clients based on the impact of ADHD on time horizon and temporal discounting.
Construct strategies for individual clients based on the impact of ADHD on six executive functions.

Outline

ADHD: Motivation, Time & the Future

Help clients master time management
Time horizon—how close does the deadline need to be?
Temporal discounting— help clients feel the deadline
Teach clients to see time more effectively by externalizing it
Help clients maximize motivation by “feeling the future”

Executive Functions: Stop, Then Respond

Specific, customizable strategies for the 6 executive functions impacted by ADHD
Translate “I know how to” into action
Convert intentions into a better future
Overcome disruptions to life trajectory from executive functioning hang-ups

Target Audience

Psychologists
Counselors
Social Workers
Case Managers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Teachers/Educators
Speech-Language Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/17/2022

ADHD & Couples Therapy: Foster Trust, Follow-Through & More

By the time couples struggling with ADHD come to your office their relationship is a tangled mess.

Each partner blames the other and both feel powerless.

Your work is to help these couples re-balance desires, competing needs and find joy.

You can make it easier to help these clients confront their problems, and even get the skills to address “uncomfortable” topics, like sexual satisfaction.

Join Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST, for an in-depth training that explores the most intimate parts of relationships impacted by ADHD. From Ari’s expertise you’ll walk away with a highly refined skill set including how to:

Balance the under/over-functioner dynamic
Help clients find sexual acceptance and enjoyment
Get couples to let go of the past & focus on the future
Help each client get their needs met – especially when they’re in opposition
Transform your couple’s troubled partnerships into happy, healthy and thriving relationships.

Program Information

Objectives

Assess each romantic partner’s contribution to the under-/over-functioner dynamic.
Facilitate creating sustainable agreements between partners.
Formulate interventions to help couples overcome barriers to shared positive experiences.

Outline

An individual condition. . . with relationship dynamics

The under-/over-functioner
The diagnosis “game changer”
How time horizon impacts relationships
Straightforward goal setting
The relationship “Ouija board”

The First Step: Targeted Treatment

From passive to active management
How medication can close the gaps
What the research says about partner’s perceptions of effort & effectiveness

Re-balance the relationship

Get the partner with ADHD to step up & the other partner to step down
Balance change and acceptance
The gender imbalance
Realistic expectation setting
Working with competing priorities and needs
Is ADHD the scapegoat?
Understanding preferences vs limits
Emotional regulation & breaking the anger cycle
Move from “false” agreements to trust

Sex and other fun stuff

Help your couples enjoy each other again
What the research tells us
Balancing busy with fun
The intersection of ADHD and sexuality
Exploring the “uncomfortable” – porn, masturbation & sexual satisfaction

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians

Copyright : 05/17/2022

ADHD Medication & Non-medication Interventions: Maximize Brain Function & Create Healthy Habits

If you’re a therapist, educator or care provider who has questions about ADHD medication…

You’re not alone.

Many therapists struggle to get their clients to comply with their medication routine, overcome resistance, move beyond misconceptions AND instill new healthy habits.

Make it easier on yourself. Join renowned ADHD expert Ari Tuckman for an in-depth look at ADHD medication – the good, the bad, and everything in between. You’ll walk away with skills that help you:

Gain confidence with medication options – stimulants & non-stimulants
Identify misuse, abuse and dependency
Understand how delaying treatment can damage your clients
Develop healthy habits in your clients’ lives – diet, exercise & sleep
Help your clients weigh the pros and cons of medication

Advance your knowledge of ADHD medication and help your clients at any stage of ADHD treatment.

Program Information

Objectives

Appraise pros and cons of medication use for each unique client.
Propose various treatment options for clients and facilitate their discussion with a prescriber.
Formulate interventions to overcome clients’ barriers and challenges to better managing sleep, diet, exercise, and other health matters.

Outline

The Psychology of Medication

What’s behind a client’s resistance to meds?
Help clients weigh pros and cons
Explore your clients’ specific circumstances
Behavioral treatments vs medication

What Non-Prescribers Need to Know

Stimulants and non-stimulants—what’s available & what to expect
The ins-and-outs of Ritalin, Adderall & more
The cost of delaying treatment
Referring clients & facilitating prescriber relationship
Substance abuse, misuse & dependency
Side effects, extended release options & contraindications

Lifestyle Factors & Treatment Compliance

The impact of ADHD on lifespan
How to get your clients to sleep
What to do when comorbidities get in the way
Simple steps to enhance treatment compliance
Create deeper self-awareness through self-care
Get your clients exercising
Help clients set up the structure to eat a healthy diet

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians

Copyright : 06/07/2022

Neurology Drives Psychology in ADHD Clients: Promote Resilience, Self-Regulation & Overcome Common Roadblocks

As a therapist overcoming the impact of ADHD on your client’s mindset and self-esteem can feel impossible.

These clients are often stuck in rationalizations that keep them from moving forward… “I can do it tomorrow… I don’t need to go to sleep… This will just take a minute…”

Join ADHD expert Ari Tuckman to get innovative treatment tools to help free your clients from the shackles of unmanaged ADHD. Walk away with strategies to help clients:

Confront challenges & make life easier by avoiding less
Understand ADHD without letting it be an excuse
Overcome perfectionism and accept “good enough”
Develop both skills & motivation to change

Move your clients out of common ADHD pitfalls into improved integrity, self-honesty, self-esteem, agency & more.

Program Information

Objectives

Build strong and resilient self-esteem in their clients.
Formulate interventions to overcome the five mindset traps most common to clients with ADHD.
Develop techniques to overcome the eight rationalizations of the moment most likely to stall clients’ progress.

Outline

How ADHD Impacts Mindset

The relationship between neurology & psychology
Create better self-esteem and agency
The double-edged sword - “ADHD is a poor excuse, but a great explanation”
Help clients prioritize what to change & what to accept
Overcome common social challenges of poorly managed ADHD

Five Mindset Traps that Sap Self-Esteem

How specific ADHD deficits make certain mindset traps more likely
Is the problem skills or motivation?
Challenge avoidance/protective pessimism, self-mistrust, externalizing responsibility, acceptance of chaos, and conflict avoidance
Good enough versus Perfection mindset
Psychoeducation to empower – emotional & pragmatic approaches

Overcome Common Client Stuck Points & Rationalizations

8 rationalizations that make life easier in the moment but painful later
Specific strategies for each rationalization: “this will just take a minute” or “I don’t have to go to bed now” & more
Foster integrity and self-honesty by helping clients change
When to manage ADHD & when to rest

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians

Copyright : 06/07/2022

ADHD & Emotional Regulation: Updated Diagnostic Considerations, Assessment, CBT, DBT Skills & More

ADHD often leads your clients to fixate on negative thoughts, experiences and emotions.

Seemingly small obstacles, like misplaced keys, can lead to full-on emotional meltdowns.

Help your clients resist responding to roadblocks with emotional intensity.

Marcy Caldwell, PsyD. expert on ADHD and emotional regulation, walks you through step-by-step instructions for how to help your emotionally dysregulated clients. Get the training and skills to:

Create a map with “personal road signs” to help clients maintain therapeutic gains
Treat clients with comorbid diagnoses: anxiety, depression, PTSD bipolar, borderline & more
Help clients turn down the volume on shame, anger, anxiety, rejection & more

PLUS, explore case studies to help you navigate your client’s real-world obstacles!

Program Information

Objectives

Apply evidence-based, ADHD-friendly clinical strategies to help reduce ADHD emotional dysregulation.
Distinguish emotional regulation resulting from ADHD from similar and comorbid conditions.
Assess the ways in which ADHD brains process emotion differently from neurotypical brains.

Outline

Emotional Regulation (ER) & Emotional Dysregulation (ED)

What is it?
Models of Emotional Regulation
Prevalence & What it looks like
- Case Study: Tim, 45yo: ADHD w/ anger dysregulation

Emotional Dysregulation & Symptom Interaction

Ways ED impacts other ADHD symptoms
Impact of EDR
Relationships, parenting & more
Challenges to social & communication
- Case study: Emily, 48yo: ADHD w/ significant EDR

Why ER is hard for ADHD brains

Neurological Substraits of ER
Default Mode Network
Emotion path for ADHD brains

Diagnostic Considerations

Differential diagnosis
Special Considerations for diverse populations
ADHD & other disorders: PTSD, anxiety, bipolar, borderline & other personality disorders

Reliable Treatment Interventions for ED

Research on effective strategies
3rd wave behavioral strategies: CBT, DBT, ACT
Limitations of the research and potential risks
Role of Psychoeducation
ADHD-friendly Emotional Regulation Training
Medication
Improving other aspects of ADHD Triad
Maintaining gains over time

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians
Any other mental health professionals, health care or rehab professionals

Copyright : 06/16/2022

ADHD Assessment for Adults: Overcome Treatment Obstacles, Identify Co-Morbidities & Resolve Diagnostic Dilemmas

When ADHD is misdiagnosed or undiagnosed it presents tremendous life challenges for your clients…

Struggles at work, parenting and relationships can destroy your client’s self-esteem leaving them feeling hopeless.

Get the education to give your clients a path toward thriving in life.

Join Harvard-trained Dr. Roberto Olivardia to go beyond DSM-5^® diagnostic criteria and dive into expert assessment. You’ll learn:

The right questions to make assessment quicker & easier!
ADHD screening & assessments – plus, their limitations
How the ADHD brain works in a language your client can understand
Best practices for identifying learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders & MORE!

Program Information

Objectives

Theorize how aspects of the ADHD brain help explain its symptoms.
Investigate components of a thorough clinical assessment for ADHD.
Diagnose symptoms and features of various co-morbid disorders and conditions (i.e. learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, substance abuse and addictive disorders, and eating disorders).
Determine differential factors between ADHD and the comorbid disorders and conditions.

Outline

Diagnosing ADHD Properly

Review of the DSM-5^® Criteria
Problems and Limitations of the DSM-5^® criteria
Common ADHD surveys
Problems and Limitations with ADHD surveys
Neuropsychological testing Measures and Indices for ADHD
Problems and Limitations with neuropsychological testing
Understanding the ADHD Brain

Components of a Clinical Evaluation

Going beyond the criteria
Ask more detail about symptoms that people endorse or deny (questions to ask)
Understanding the importance of context
Screening for psychiatric disorders and possible comorbid disorders for differential diagnosis

ADHD and Co-Morbid Disorders: The rule rather than the exception
*Each section reviews traits/symptoms of the co-morbid disorder, how having ADHD can be a risk factor and/or is commonly associated, how to differentiate it from ADHD, as well as treatment/interventions when people have both ADHD and the comorbid disorder

Learning disabilities
- Dyslexia
- Dyscalculia
- Dysgraphia
- Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Anxiety secondary to ADHD and executive function issues
Mood Disorders
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
- Suicide
Substance Abuse and other Addictions
- Cannabis
- Alcohol
- Other Addictive Behaviors
Eating Disorders and Body Image Problems
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Men and Eating Disorders

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians
Other Helping Professionals

Copyright : 06/03/2022

Essential Tools & Skills for Women with ADHD: Specialized Assessment & Comprehensive Treatment Strategies

While it’s easy to miss an ADHD diagnosis in your female clients… these missed or late diagnoses can destroy your clients’ lives.

It doesn’t have to be this way… you can be a part of the solution.

Help your female clients by getting expert training that gives you concrete, how-to interventions to overcome biases in research, assessments, society and even your own perception of what ADHD symptoms “should look like.”

Join renowned therapist and author Michelle Frank, PhD and elevate your skill set in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of complex comorbidities particular to women. In this comprehensive training you’ll explore:

The impact of pregnancy, motherhood, PMDD, hormones & other biological processes on ADHD
How to help clients prevent risk factors like SUDs, domestic violence & more
Gender roles and how they influence perception of ADHD
Treating co-occurring conditions such as eating disorders, depression, suicidality & more
Redefining treatment goals to increase self-esteem and self-efficacy

Women with ADHD have gotten the short end of the stick for far too long… Sharpen your skill set and stop missing important cues!

Program Information

Objectives

Build competence in identifying possible ADHD in women to make any necessary referrals and/or provide basic psychoeducation to a client.
Appraise the complexity of how ADHD presents in women.
Assess 3 common areas of concern or distress/impairment for women with ADHD seeking therapy.
Differentiate comorbid conditions from ADHD symptoms to apply appropriate treatment interventions.

Outline

ADHD in women is commonly misdiagnosed and dismissed
- Prevalence & Presentation
- Discrepancies in diagnoses
  - Historical underrepresentation in research
  - Biases in scales & persons
  - Compensatory behaviors in girls – perfectionism
  - Hormonal challenges
- Impact of “later in life” diagnosis
- Prescription medication increases
- ADHD in women in color
Symptom Presentation in Women
- Qualitative and phenomenological vs quantitative differences
- Assessment – overcome traditional biases
- Internalizing vs externalizing behaviors
- ADHD “types”
  - “Space Cadet”
  - “Chatty Cathy”
- Co-occurring conditions
  - Depression, anxiety, PMDD, eating disorders
Gender Roles & ADHD
- Intersection of gender role constructs and ADHD challenges
  - Impact on executive functioning
  - Gender roles & the perception of ADHD
- Motherhood
  - “How can I have children when…”
  - Increased EF demands and constraints
  - Common challenges
    - Sensory overload
    - Boredom
    - Creating and maintaining structure, consistency
    - Organization, memory
    - Under- and over-stimulation
    - Asking for help
Hormones & ADHD
- Estrogen & Dopamine
- PMS & PMDD
- Pregnancy & medication?
- Menopause
  - “Is this early-onset dementia?!”
- Common interventions
Why Diagnosis & Treatment Matters - Risk Factors for Girls & Women with ADHD
- Suicidality and self-harm
- Low self-esteem
- Unwanted pregnancy, STIs
- Bullying, peer victimization
- Domestic violence and abuse dynamics
- Substance abuse
- Chronic pain, migraines, poorer health outcomes
Common Presenting Concerns
- “The Emotional Legacy of ADHD”: Shame and Loss
- Anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation
- Rejection sensitivity
- Negative self-talk, poor self-concept
  - “I’m too much and not enough”
- Disordered eating, brain and body shame
- Perfectionism, over-compensation becomes rigid
- Relational impacts: Friendships, partners, motherhood
- Academic and career concerns
  - What do I really want and how do I do it with ADHD?
- Trauma
Treatment Considerations
- Redefining goals
  - Functional vs symptom improvement
  - Becoming more of self vs becoming more neurotypical
- Cultural considerations & intersectionality
- Validation & Psychoeducation
- Unravel internalized messages
- Addressing the emotional legacy of ADHD
- Managing unhelpful thoughts, rumination
- Assertiveness training
- Emotional regulation work
- Self-compassion work
- Barriers to treatment – stigma, finances, ADHD myths
Limitations of the research and potential risks
- Limited research on hormones, hard to study
- Limited research on women of color
- Limited research on trans and non-binary individuals
- Limited research on female-specific treatment modalities and outcomes

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians

Copyright : 08/02/2022

Mindfulness Strategies for ADHD: Integrate Neuroscience, Awareness Practices & Self-Compassion into Treatment

Supporting clients with ADHD is more than just referring them to a medication provider, seeing them once a week and monitoring symptoms.

You need to give your clients concrete solutions they can use not just throughout their day… but throughout their life.

Help clients’ get their lives on track by teaching them techniques for hyperactivity, distractibility, stress, overwhelm, emotional regulation and more.

Discover evidence-based, easy-to-implement mindfulness strategies for holistic treatment. Join ADHD and mindfulness expert Lidia Zylowska, MD, for a powerful training where you’ll gain the skills to:

Overcome the 5 most common barriers clients encounter

Customize “MAPS for ADHD” to create upward spirals

Manage emotional triggers with calendar planning & reflecting

Help clients balance acceptance and change

Create harmony in your client’s relationships with improved listening & communication

Structure individual and group mindfulness for ADHD sessions

Don’t keep your clients with ADHD waiting, get effective mindfulness-based interventions now!

Program Information

Objectives

Practice using the structure of a Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for ADHD Program.
Practice formal and informal mindfulness strategies to strengthen aspects of self-regulation in ADHD.
Analyze how mindful awareness can help with diverse aspects negatively affected by ADHD such as self-concept, relationships, and lifestyle.

Outline

What is Mindfulness?

A practice and neuroscience perspective
The rationale for mindfulness in ADHD treatment
Practical conclusions from new research with adults

Easy-to-use Interventions: Introduction to MAPS

How to implement Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs)
Practices and tips for self-regulation of:
- Attention
- Emotional reactivity
- Behavior (e.g. impulse and task management)

Get Clients Living Mindfully

Cultivate more awareness
Create lasting compassion
Increase self-concept & self-efficacy
Improve healthy lifestyle habits
Explore additional Resources

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians

Treating ADHD in Diverse Populations: Strategies for Adults, Kids & Collaborating with Care Teams

Disparities in care for clients with ADHD from diverse backgrounds don’t have to exist.

You can be a part of closing the gap in treatment inequality. The solution is right here…

Get expert training to understand, recognize, assess and treat culturally diverse clients with ADHD.

Commit to not missing cues, symptoms, and giving the highest standard of care to all your clients by joining Brandi Walker, PhD, for a comprehensive training on ADHD in communities of color. Sit alongside Brandi and explore:

Real world case studies with complex, intersectional identifies of both clients & therapists
Familial dynamics that impact development and treatment of ADHD
How to build rapport and trust across cultural differences
Strategies for collaborating with caregivers and care teams
Ways to overcome disparities in medication management, access to treatment & more

Make sure you have the interventions to help any client coming through your door.

Program Information

Objectives

Analyze health disparities as they pertain to ADHD diagnoses within socially diverse populations.
Evaluate the health, mental health, and social problems that result from assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD when health disparities are present.
Investigate current research studies and their findings.
Develop understanding of the diversity in family dynamics and its influence on treatment/interventions and quality of life outcomes for clients with ADHD.
Apply a transcultural model to assessment and treatment of ADHD .

Outline

From Multiculturalism to Transculturalism

Overcome historical mistrust and distrust
Contextuality & what it means for clinicians
How intersectional identities impact therapy
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model
Racial socialization

Qualities for Culturally Competent Work

Foster trust across culture lines
Be a catalyst for hope
Cultivate consistency
Acculturation and assimilation

Disparities in Assessment & Diagnosis Of ADHD

Know the risk factors
Explore the potential health outcomes
Understand assessment biases & learn alternatives
What prevents diagnosis when it’s appropriate?
Trauma & common comorbidities

How to Overcome Treatment Gaps

Impact of untreated ADHD
7 Essential steps for clinical care
Evaluate racial socialization/ethnic stress
ADHD & incarceration
Resource sharing
BioPsychoSocialSpiritualStrengths Model
Understand family dynamics & support families more

Case Studies & Clinician FAQ

Wesley & Mom – 2nd grader, father incarcerated; 27 years old, three kids, new relationship
Shayla – 17th year old, Latina & caibbean female, middle class, “behavior & academic” problems
Marcel – 18 year old, African American Female, parents divorced, first year in college
Anna – 26 year old, pacific Islander, transgender, bullying, anxiety, depression
Marvin – 32 years old, 2nd generation Lantix American, low-income, career struggles

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Teachers
School Administrators
Addiction Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Nurses
Physicians

LIVE | Panel with Q&A

Program Information

Objectives

Help couples & individuals in relationships when ADHD is present through the use of strengths-based interventions that prioritize communication and creating balance between partners.
Propose strategies to help parents align with one other and their child in meeting treatment goals.
Develop and utilize appropriate psychoeducation tools and materials to help clients under their diagnosis and prognosis throughout treatment.

Outline

Questions covered:

How can a therapist help couples when one person has a “later-in-life” ADHD diagnosis?
How can divorced, separated or parents not living together support their child with an ADHD diagnoses when there is disagreement on treatment and each house has different routines for the child?
How can therapists work with a client who is resistant to the diagnosis of ADHD or to considering targeted treatment for it?

Outline:

Help couples & individuals in relationships when ADHD is present
Support parents in being cooperative to meet their child’s needs
Get parents and kids on the same page with routines
Gain strategies to help clients understand their diagnosis

ARCHIVE | February Panel with Q&A

Program Information

Objectives

Help couples & individuals in relationships when ADHD is present through the use of strengths-based interventions that prioritize communication and creating balance between partners.
Propose strategies to help parents align with one other and their child in meeting treatment goals.
Develop and utilize appropriate psychoeducation tools and materials to help clients under their diagnosis and prognosis throughout treatment.

Outline

Questions covered:

How can a therapist help couples when one person has a “later-in-life” ADHD diagnosis?
How can divorced, separated or parents not living together support their child with an ADHD diagnoses when there is disagreement on treatment and each house has different routines for the child?
How can therapists work with a client who is resistant to the diagnosis of ADHD or to considering targeted treatment for it?

Outline:

Help couples & individuals in relationships when ADHD is present
Support parents in being cooperative to meet their child’s needs
Get parents and kids on the same page with routines
Gain strategies to help clients understand their diagnosis

LIVE | Panel with Q&A

Program Information

Objectives

Investigate the impact of underdiagnosis of ADHD in women to enhance assessment and treatment planning.
Evaluate how increased availability of online medication services and providers has impacted prescription of ADHD medications for clients.
Formulate assessment and treatment skills with enhanced cultural competence.

Outline

Questions covered:

How do women constitute a larger portion of therapy clients than men but remain underdiagnosed with ADHD?
How has the availability of online medication services and providers impacted clients using and possibly abusing ADHD medications?
What has contributed to disparities in assessment and diagnosis of ADHD in BIPOC communities?
What can clinicians from different backgrounds than their clients do to help ensure treatment is effective?

Outline:

Help your female clients get appropriate treatment, faster
Explore the impact of online services on ADHD treatment and medication management
Understand how to support BIPOC clients
Bridge communication gaps and cultivate greater rapport with BIPOC clients

ARCHIVE | March Panel with Q&A

Program Information

Objectives

Investigate the impact of underdiagnosis of ADHD in women.
Evaluate how increased availability of online medication services and providers has impacted prescription of ADHD medications for clients.
Formulate assessment and treatment skills with enhanced cultural competence.

Outline

Questions covered:

How do women constitute a larger portion of therapy clients than men but remain underdiagnosed with ADHD?
How has the availability of online medication services and providers impacted clients using and possibly abusing ADHD medications?
What has contributed to disparities in assessment and diagnosis of ADHD in BIPOC communities?
What can clinicians from different backgrounds than their clients do to help ensure treatment is effective?

Outline:

Help your female clients get appropriate treatment, faster
Explore the impact of online services on ADHD treatment and medication management
Understand how to support BIPOC clients
Bridge communication gaps and cultivate greater rapport with BIPOC clients