Unlocking the Potential of Patients with ADHD: 4 DVD Set
Internationally recognized experts in medicine, psychology, nutrition, and education team up to present their perspectives on strategies to help children, teens and college students succeed in life.
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This 4-DVD set provides a comprehensive perspective on the nature of ADHD and how physicians, mental health providers, educators and parents can collaborate to bring out the best in patients with ADHD.
DVD 1: What do we know about ADHD? What can you do to help?
Parenting Children with ADHD
Presenter: Dr. Vince Monastra, Clinical Director,
FPI Attention Disorders
Dr. Monastra provides an overview of the multiple causes of chronic problems of attention, emphasizing EEG characteristics and how advances in neuroscience can improve diagnostic accuracy and patient care. He also provides an overview of his award winning parenting program.
DVD 2: Stimulant Medications
Non-stimulant medication
Presenter: Dr. Timothy Wilens
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Dr. Wilens provides a comprehensive, yet understandable presentation of the neurology of ADHD and how the various medications for ADHD work. Includes guidance on medication selection, dosage, and the management of common side effects.
DVD 3: Educational & Behavioral Interventions for Children with ADHD
Presenter: Dr. Wilma Jozwiak
Special Education Training & Resource Center
Capital Region BOCES
Albany, New York
Dr. Jozwiak provides a comprehensive overview of educational law, as it relates to children with ADHD. She also shares her expertise on the types of educational interventions that have been found to be helpful in promoting the academic success of students with ADHD.
Succeeding in College Despite ADHD
Presenter: Lisa Hughes, M.A.
Director
Learning Assistance Center
SUNY, Broome
Ms. Hughes shares her expertise on ways to promote the success of students transitioning to college. Her presentation highlights those interventions that have been helpful in a community college setting.
DVD 4: Nutrition and ADHD
Presenter: Dr. Helen Baptisti
Director of the Coordinated Program in Nutrition and
Dietetics, Marywood University
Scranton, PA
Dr. Battisti provides an overview of the role of nutrition in cognitive, attention and memory functions and how changes in dietary habits can contribute to improved outcomes. Her presentation provides "common sense" strategies for parents as well as adults with ADHD.
Strategies for Adults with ADHD
Presenter: Janice Lee, M.A.
Learning Disabilities Specialist
Adult Life Coach
Ms. Lee provides her perspective on the most common "daily living" problems encountered by adults with ADHD, as well as the foundations of her "coaching" model. Her presentation features numerous suggestions and strategies to help adults with ADHD.
