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Digital Seminar

Life-changing Interventions for the New AD/HD: Beyond DSM-5


Faculty:
Kevin T. Blake, PhD, PLC,
Duration:
6 Hours 20 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 30, 2015
Product Code:
WDS020099
Brochure Code:
WDBHADLIF
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Never expires.

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Description

Looking at AD/HD through a New Lens
The DSM-5's changes to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) are already pitching curveballs to behavioral healthcare professionals. Will existing patients meet the current criteria for their diagnoses? What should be done with patients who were previously diagnosed with dropped disorders?

This live seminar updates clinicians on revisions to these conditions, identifying changes to the diagnostic process and their impact on treatment plans in children, adolescents, and adults. The logic driving these changes will be examined, and effective strategies for managing patients who were previously diagnosed with dropped disorders will be outlined. Examine the latest information on brain anatomy differences in those with AD/HD and discuss breakthrough treatments that may be able to relatively normalize brain anatomy. Finally, helpful technological aids and environmental adaptations for children, adolescents, and adults with AD/HD will be covered.

Born hearing-impaired and dyslexic (Specific Learning Disorder – Reading), Dr. Kevin Blake understands both sides of the learning disorder equation. Learn which practical techniques really work from a patient's perspective to make your clients' lives easier, as well as your own. Specific treatments for the most common difficulties experienced by those with AD/HD will be covered in depth. This comprehensive seminar is a MUST for anyone who works with clients who have AD/HD.

 


Course Content

 

Introduction

  • The difference between an ability and a skill
  • What is a developmental disorder?
  • The difference between a disorder and a disability

 

DSM-5 and how it differs from DSM-IV, TR

  • DSM-IV, TR: attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders—the inside story
  • DSM-5: attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders
    • AD/HD, predominately hyperactive/impulsive presentation
    • AD/HD, combined presentation
    • AD/HD, predominately inattentive presentation
    • other specified AD/HD
    • unspecified AD/HD
  • The state of DSM-5 on May 1, 2012 regarding AD/HD: Why all the changes?
  • What about the ICD-11?

 

AD/HD

  • Definition
    • Barkley's theory
      • executive functions defined
    • Brown's theory
    • why there is now only one type of AD/HD
  • What about AD/HD, inattentive presentation (restrictive)?
  • What does "neurobiological" mean?
    • genetics and neurobiology
    • "acquired" AD/HD
    • 30 to 40% rule
      • driving
      • lifestyle health
  • Diagnosis
    • what the near future may have in store
    • the 3 most important things in diagnosing AD/HD
    • paperwork and collaterals
    • how to protect against feigned disability
    • continuous performance tests (CPTs)
    • I.Q. and AD/HD
    • neuropsychological batteries and AD/HD
    • rating scales
    • documentation and practice guidelines
  • Treatment
    • warnings about stimulant medications
    • the "MTA" and 8 year follow-up
    • making facial expressions
    • medications, benefits, and side effects
    • non-medical treatments for AD/HD
      • cognitive behavioral modification (CBT)
      • visual-spatial working memory training
      • AD/HD coaching and professional organizing
      • mindfulness training
      • exercise
      • therapy dogs
      • complementary and alternative medicine
  • Classroom modifications
    • classroom management rules
    • 80-20% rule
    • token economies
    • actively ignoring negative behavior
    • color coding
    • classroom stoplight
    • daily report card
    • 3 R's and AD/HD
    • technology
    • extended time
    • AD/HD teens in the classroom
    • college accommodations
  • Vocational counseling
    • difficulties of AD/HD adults in the workplace
    • employers of adults with AD/HD

 

"Crichton Syndrome" – what was to be AD/HD, Inattentive Presentation Restrictive

  • Definition
  • Symptoms
  • What may cause it?
  • Possible treatments

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Kevin T. Blake, PhD, PLC, Related seminars and products


KEVIN T. BLAKE, PhD, PLC, is a recognized national authority with over 20 years of experience working with Autism Spectrum Disorder, specific learning disorder, and AD/HD in adolescents and adults. His interest in these were spurred by his own struggles to overcome his specific learning disorder-Dyslexia with impairment in phonological processing, spelling, fluency, and comprehension, as well as severe unspecified sensorineural hearing loss. These diagnoses occurred during the first year of his doctoral program, when not much was known about adults with specific learning disorder.

As Dr. Blake struggled to understand his own specific learning disorder, he decided to make his life's work about the diagnosis and treatment of adults with ASD, specific learning disorder, and AD/HD. When he started his professional life, Dr. Blake was one of only a handful of professionals in the country with such a focus. Now he travels the country sharing his personal story and what he has learned about ASD, specific learning disorder, AD/HD, and other neurobiological disorders with professionals who work with these populations, individuals with these disorders, and their loved ones.

Dr. Blake has been a member of several state and national organizations, a facilitator for a Tucson support group for adults with AD/HD for several years, and a published author, with articles appearing in Attention!, LDA Newsbriefs, and Perspectives (of the International Dyslexia Association). He was also a member of the LEAD 2000 Congress that advised the United States Congress regarding uses faced by citizens with specific learning disorder in the 21st century.

Speaker Disclosures: 

 

Financial: Dr. Kevin Blake receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. and TPN.Health. He is a stockholder of Johnson and Johnson, Inc. and Amgen, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.

Non-financial: Dr. Kevin Blake is an at-large board member of CHADD of Tucson. He is a member of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CHADD), the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), and the American Psychological Association (APA).


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Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.

Target Audience

Psychologists, Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Guidance Counselors, Special Education Teachers, School Administrators, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Case Managers, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Mental Health Administrators, ADA Compliance Officers, Psychiatrists, Physicians

 

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