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Working with AD/HD

Session #: 710-230
Presenter(s): Diane Yapko
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Medications are often the first and only line of treatment for kids with AD/HD, which is too bad, because these young clients can often benefit much more from a nonmedical, collaborative approach. In this workshop, you'll learn about a range of highly effective interventions involving families and teachers that are geared to the specific age and school level of the child/adolescent. Since AD/HD kids tend to be easily distracted, impulsive, fidgety, and lacking in concentration, we'll discuss sensory and visual exercises that help them become more relaxed and focused, as well as visual learning strategies, the use of inherently motivating rewards, and ways of expanding black and white thinking. We'll also talk about helping families and teachers tailor their own expectations to reduce frustration (theirs and the kids'), respond with greater flexibility, and help children develop their own repertoire of social skills.

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