Understanding and Assisting Children with Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Beginning With The End in Mind – Raising a Competent, Confident, Motivated Adult

How It Feels To Be Learning Disabled?

Emotional Intelligence and the LD and ADD/ADHD Child

Redirecting Children’s Behavior and Effective Discipline

Psychoeducational Testing- What Does It All Mean!!!
 

Understanding and Assisting Children with Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Participants will gain a better understanding of the causes and myths related to ADHD.  New genetic and neurological research findings will be presented.  Classroom and home strategies and accommodations will be discussed that can enable individuals with ADHD to be more successful and develop a positive self-image. 

Beginning With The End in Mind – Raising a Competent, Confident, Motivated Adult
 Participants will learn 4 key strategies to foster a child’s feelings of competency.  They will learn how to develop realistic expectations and recognize process over product in order to help children become self-motivated individuals. In addition, participants will learn about the importance of establishing a common family vision to increase communication and cooperation within the home. 

How It Feels To Be Learning Disabled?
Participants will have a better understanding of the foundational blocks of learning.  They will learn about several processing deficits that impact learning and will have an opportunity to experience what these processing deficits would feel like at home and in school. Finally they will learn some home strategies to assist in compensation of these deficits. 

Emotional Intelligence and the LD and ADD/ADHD Child
Participants will gain an understanding of Emotional Intelligence and learn ways to nurture the emotional mind within the home and at school.  Particular emphasis will be placed on ways to teach LD and ADHD children pro-social skills, so they can develop a positive self-image and be more successful around peers and adults. 

Redirecting Children’s Behavior and Effective Discipline
This workshop will help participants understand why children misbehave and will introduce strategies and techniques to help parents redirect misbehavior.  They will learn some essential parental behaviors and will identify common parent traps that can lead to misbehavior.  Three effective discipline techniques will be discussed. 

Psychoeducational Testing- What Does It All Mean!!!
Very often parents sit with psychologists, speech and language pathologists, educational specialists, etc. and listen to the results of their child’s evaluation. They often walk away with a report and after reading it several times, have no clue what it all means or what should happen now.  This workshop will help parents understand the basic elements of an evaluation and gain an understanding of what all the numbers mean, so they can become better advocates for their child.