ADHD Parenting Workshop

Session #1: The most effective plan for ADHD management

What ADD/ADHD is & isn’t

• A look at the DSM 5
• What the DSM 5 is missing
• Understanding the executive functions
• Mirror traits: Two sides to every coin
• ADHD: A genetically influenced neurological condition.
• Knowledge is not power.

Session #2: Creating a user friendly environment

• Change how we view ADHD in a child and the child will change
• 5 steps for continuous success
• How to use VITALS and SMART goals.
• Positive reinforcement and compliments
• Emotional health in adults stems from childhood

Session # 3: Baskets – Parents’ Control Center

• Developing cognitive skills
• Problem solving together
• Moving away from solutionizing
• Skills for life
• Effective communication skills
• Synergizing
• Validating

Session #5: Treatment of ADHD

• Medication optimization
• What the psychiatrists won’t tell you
• Brain development on medicine
• O.P.A.
• Mindfulness
• Exercise
• Vitamins
• Externalizing structure, reminders, and accountability

Session #5: Treatment of ADHD, All options considered

• Medication optimization
• What the psychiatrists won’t tell you
• Brain development on medicine
• O.P.A.
• Mindfulness
• Exercise
• Vitamins
• Externalizing structure, reminders, and accountability

Session #6: Just when we thought we had it all under control

• Managing the storm after the calm
• Expectation and advance preparation
• The marathon vs. the sprint
• DBT skills
• The inevitable SLIP & SLIDE
• Interpreting situations correctly