OVERVIEW

Advances in Understanding and Solving the ADHD Puzzle is organized by Institute for Brain Potential (IBP).

Initial Release Date: 08/29/2022
Expiration Date: 08/29/2025

Duration: A 6-Hour Home Study Program for Health Professionals.

Description:
ADHD is a disorder of impaired executive function. Executive functions develop in a sequence including the acquisition of working memory, the ability to develop focus, control emotions, and impulses, and set and attain goals.

When best practices are applied by the family, educator, and health professional, ADHD is one of the most treatable neuropsychiatric disorders.

Participants completing this program should be able to:
• Describe varied symptoms, subtypes, and comorbidities associated with ADHD and executive functions.
• Describe the major medical and health concerns associated with ADHD.
• Compare and contrast the various evidence-based treatment modalities including medication, nutrition, education, academic, and cognitive and behavioral interventions.
• Discuss practical and effective methods for treating the most common comorbidities of ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Understanding ADHD as a Disorder of Executive Function
• Executive Function Developmental Disorder
• Neurological Age Equivalents
• Diagnosis
• Common Psychological Comorbidities
• Common Physical Comorbidities
• Persistence of ADHD

Characteristics of People With ADHD
• Cognitive-Behavioral Features
• Medical Concerns
• Dental Concerns
• Academic Underachievement
• Family Issues
• Understanding Adults With ADHD

Pharmacotherapies
• Psychostimulants
• Selected Nonstimulant Medications
• Benefits of Early Intervention

Nutritional Therapies
• Dietary Therapies of Weak Effectiveness
• Unproven or Disproven Treatments

Psychological and Educational Treatments for Youth With ADHD
• Counseling Parents
• Unproven or Disproven Treatments
• Educational Interventions
• Neuropsychological Training

Treating Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Diagnosis
• Treatment