Mindfulness Strategies for ADHD: Integrate Neuroscience, Awareness Practices & Self-Compassion into Treatment

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All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Lidia Zylowska, MD Related seminars and products

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Lidia Zylowska, MD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and an internationally known expert in adult ADHD and mindfulness. She is an author of an award-winning self-help book The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD and a treatment manual book Mindfulness for Adult ADHD: A Clinician’s Guide. Her research work pioneered the application of mindfulness-based training in ADHD, developed the Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for ADHD programs, and helped co-found the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Boston Globe, and the ADDitudes Magazine. Dr. Zylowska is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine and a faculty member of the University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lidia Zylowska has an employment relationship with the University of Minnesota. Dr. Zylowska receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Lidia Zylowska is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, Minnesota Psychiatric Association, and the Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Objectives

1. Practice using the structure of a Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for ADHD Program.
2. Practice formal and informal mindfulness strategies to strengthen aspects of self-regulation in ADHD.
3. Analyze how mindful awareness can help with diverse aspects negatively affected by ADHD such as self-concept, relationships, and lifestyle.

Outline

• A practice and neuroscience perspective
• The rationale for mindfulness in ADHD treatment
• Practical conclusions from new research with adults

• How to implement Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) 
• Practices and tips for self-regulation of: 
  • Attention 
  • Emotional reactivity
  • Behaviour (e.g. impulse and task management)

• Cultivate more awareness
• Create lasting compassion 
• Increase self-concept & self-efficacy 
• Improve healthy lifestyle habits 
• Explore additional Resources

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