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ADHD Medication & Non-medication Interventions: Maximize Brain Function & Create Healthy Habits
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- Speaker:
- Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA
- Duration:
- 3 Hours 19 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
07 Jun, 2022
- Product Code:
- POS058999
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
If you’re a therapist, educator or care provider who has questions about ADHD medication…
You’re not alone.
Many therapists struggle to get their clients to comply with their medication routine, overcome resistance, move beyond misconceptions AND instill new healthy habits.
Make it easier on yourself. Join renowned ADHD expert Ari Tuckman for an in-depth look at ADHD medication – the good, the bad, and everything in between. You’ll walk away with skills that help you:
- Gain confidence with medication options – stimulants & non-stimulants
- Identify misuse, abuse and dependency
- Understand how delaying treatment can damage your clients
- Develop healthy habits in your clients’ lives – diet, exercise & sleep
- Help your clients weigh the pros and cons of medication
Advance your knowledge of ADHD medication and help your clients at any stage of ADHD treatment.
Register now!
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Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA Related seminars and products
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA is a psychologist, international presenter, author, and ADHD thought leader. He has given more than 900 presentations and podcast interviews and routinely earns excellent reviews for his ability to make complicated information understandable and useful. Over the course of twenty-five years of private practice, he has done more than 40,000 client hours, specializing in ADHD in teens, adults, families, and couples. He is the author of five books, including his newest, The ADHD Productivity Manual. An active volunteer, he is a co-chair of CHADD’s conference committee and was awarded the 2023 Hall of Fame award for his significant contributions to the field. A popular expert and advocate, he has been widely quoted in national media such as The New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, and Boston Globe, and serves as an expert advisor for CHADD’s media team, the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, Understood.org, and Insight Timer. He is in private practice in West Chester, PA.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ari Tuckman maintains a private practice. He receives royalties as a published author. Ari Tuckman receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ari Tuckman is the National Conference Committee co-chair for CHAAD.
Objectives
- Appraise pros and cons of medication use for each unique client.
- Propose various treatment options for clients and facilitate their discussion with a prescriber.
- Formulate interventions to overcome clients’ barriers and challenges to better managing sleep, diet, exercise, and other health matters.
Outline
The Psychology of Medication- What’s behind a client’s resistance to meds?
- Help clients weigh pros and cons
- Explore your clients’ specific circumstances
- Behavioural treatments vs medication
- Stimulants and non-stimulants—what’s available & what to expect
- The ins-and-outs of Ritalin, Adderall & more
- The cost of delaying treatment
- Referring clients & facilitating prescriber relationship
- Substance abuse, misuse & dependency
- Side effects, extended release options & contraindications
- The impact of ADHD on lifespan
- How to get your clients to sleep
- What to do when comorbidities get in the way
- Simple steps to enhance treatment compliance
- Create deeper self-awareness through self-care
- Get your clients exercising
- Help clients set up the structure to eat a healthy diet
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Teachers
- School Administrators
- Addiction Counselors
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Nurses
- Physicians
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