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For many students with ADHD, the biggest challenge at school isn’t understanding the material…it’s finding a way to stay organized, focused, motivated, and on track long enough to complete the work. This makes school into a perfect opportunity for students to learn ways to develop executive functioning skills that they can use to succeed later in life – during college and their career. Join us for this interview.

Dr. Maggie Wray is a certified ADHD Coach & Academic Life Coach with a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell and a Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics from Princeton. She founded Creating Positive Futures in 2012 to help high school and college students learn how to earn better grades with less stress. Her small team of dedicated coaches is on a mission to empower ADHD students to develop the mindset, organization, time management, and study skills they need to achieve their goals. Learn more about Dr. Maggie, the Creating Positive Futures team, and their innovative personalized private and small-group coaching programs for students at CreatingPositiveFutures.com.

Website: CreatingPositiveFutures.com
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Time Management for Busy Teens Webinar — Learn Dr. Wray’s top tips for how to help your teen balance all their commitments… without procrastinating, getting stressed out or losing sleep.

How can you help your kids handle the inevitable frustrations of life? What should you do when your kids get frustrated, or overwhelmed, or anxious? According to author of “Parenting without Power Struggles” Susan Stiffelman, parents can learn to handle challenging behaviors without getting triggered, or adding fuel to the fire for their kids. Learn how to begin to see yourself as the calm, confident Captain of the Ship that your kids will want to confide in and respect, and get strategies to help your kids increase their tolerance for frustration in the process.

Susan Stiffelman, is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist, an educational therapist and a highly lauded speaker. Her work offers strategies to help parents manage their reactions regardless of how their kids are behaving, so they can position themselves as the calm, confident “captain of the ship” that children cooperate with, confide in, be comforted by and respect. She is the author Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected and Parenting With Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids (an Eckhart Tolle Edition).

Susan offers online events for parents around the world on topics like Raising Tweens and Teens, Parenting in the Digital Age, and Raising Siblings with guests including Byron Katie, Dr.Dan Siegel, Alanis Morissette, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Arianna Huffington. She also hosts a monthly support group with Wendy Behary on Co-Parenting with a Narcissist. For many years, Susan offered weekly advice as the Huffington Post’s weekly “parent coach” advice columnist and the Ask the Therapist columnist for Grandparents.com. Her work has been featured on the Today Show, publications like The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and countless print and radio interviews.

A highly lauded speaker, Ms. Stiffelman has presented workshops at organizations like Google, parenting groups from Senegal to Paris, and countless educational institutions. Her colorful background make Susan’s presentations riveting and unique. She taught herself Hindi as a teenager, developing her fluency by calling people named “Singh” out of the phone book. Susan took her then 15 year old son on a two and a half month trip to Uganda, Tanzania, Australia and New Zealand, volunteering at the community outreach compound of former Black Panther Pete O’Neil, visiting Masai tribes, and spending time at village schools in both Africa and Maori establishments in New Zealand. Susan is deeply committed to enjoying her life, living with appreciation and having fun. She has had a regular meditation practice since she was seventeen years old, and has always made the nourishment of her heart and soul the number one priority.

Website: SusanStiffelman.com
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Free Report: What causes power struggles…and how to avoid them — Susan Stiffelman has worked with thousands of parents and children as a teacher, educational therapist, and marriage and family counselor for nearly 40 years, and has developed a keen understanding of what causes power struggles–and how we can shift our behavior to foster more natural cooperation in our children. This special bonus gift lays out specific causes and fixes for ongoing power struggles around issues like a need for freedom, ongoing frustration, feeling unseen, and wanting more connection. A terrific resource– and it’s free!

Every employer claims they want people who are ‘creative.’ But ‘creativity’ is a vague and misunderstood term. In fact, creativity is simply problem solving. You already use creativity in your relationships, parenting, career choices, and personal well-being. New research shows how creative breakthroughs happen. It’s a skill that can be taught. Rick Green shows how the creative process works and why people with ADHD seem more creative. He then lays out simple strategies to enhance and unleash creativity in any area of life.

After graduating with a BSc. in Physics, Rick Green became a comedy writer, actor, director, and producer. He has worked on 700 episodes of television and radio, including History Bites; Prisoners of Gravity; The Red Green Show; and The Frantics. In 2009 Rick and his wife, Ava, created the award-winning website TotallyADD.com, plus two ground-breaking PBS documentaries on adult ADHD: ADD & Loving It?! and ADD & Mastering It!, and 16 full-length videos on every aspect of ADHD. These program feature 60 doctors, specialists, researchers, coaches, and authors. Combining practical information with a warm, lively, and visual style, these videos offer sensible answers on parenting, holistic strategies, success at school and university, medication, mindfulness, sleep, emotional sensitivity, and more. For his work helping millions of people affected by ADHD, Rick was appointed to The Order of Ontario and The Order of Canada.

Website: TotallyADD.com
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Hope, Fear & Clutter! Uncut with Dr. Anthony Rostain (Digital Audio) — “I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking to Dr. Anthony Rostain, professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. We discussed a whole range of topics and some snippets have been used in our videos, but I wanted you to be able to hear the entire conversation. And to hear Dr. Rostain’s knowledge, curiosity and humanity.” – Rick Green, TotallyADD Founder

It is now common knowledge that ADHD shows up differently in girls than it does in boys, but exactly how boys and girls are different, and the long-term implications as girls grow into young women— well, the results of the research are absolutely fascinating. Dr. Stephen Hinshaw has been a primary researcher on the leading longitudinal study about girls and ADHD for decades, and you’ll hang on every word as he tells this compelling story of insights and explanations. This sobering interview is not to be missed for any parent who has a daughter with ADHD, or any woman with ADHD, herself.

Stephen Hinshaw is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and also Vice Chair for Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Harvard (summa cum laude) and, after directing school programs and residential summer camps, his doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA.

His work focuses on developmental psychopathology, clinical interventions, and mental illness stigma, with a major focus on ADHD, particularly in girls and women. He received a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley’s Division of Social Sciences in 2001. His Teaching Company (‘Great Lecture’) series, “Origins of the Human Mind,” was released in 2010. His research efforts have been recognized by the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (2015), the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science (2016)—its highest award, for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to applied psychological research—and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (2017).

He has been featured regularly in the media, including the New York Times, the Today Show, the CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, and many more.

Website: stephenhinshawauthor.com
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ADHD quite often travels in pairs and small groups – that is, the vast majority of people with ADHD also struggle with some other challenging condition that interferes with life or learning. Dr. Ari Tuckman shares some of the more typical conditions that tend to co-exist with ADHD, and explains how much more common they get as kids get older. He’ll discuss how ADHD can mask other conditions like anxiety and depression, and visa versa. And he’ll help you get a handle on how you might proceed with treatment when there are multiple factors to consider.

Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA has given more than 350 presentations and routinely earns excellent reviews for his ability to make complicated information understandable and useful. He is the author of three books: Understand Your Brain, Get More Done, More Attention, Less Deficit and Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD. His More Attention, Less Deficit podcast has more than 100 episodes and more than two million downloads. He is a psychologist in private practice in West Chester, PA, a former board member of CHADD National, and co-chair of the CHADD conference committee.

Website: tuckmanpsych.com/
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Join Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Debbie Steinberg Kuntz in navigating the stages of the ‘twice exceptional (2e)’ roadmap to help bright and quirky kids (grades K-12) realize their promise. We’ll discuss the 6 key stages (the 6 S’s) families raising 2e kids often navigate. Help your 2e child get in the right lane for thriving with concrete action steps for each stage of the journey. Which stage is your child in and what’s the next right step? Come find out!

Debbie Steinberg Kuntz is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in private practice near Seattle. She received her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and her Master’s in child, couple, and family counseling from Antioch University. She enjoys working with twice exceptional children and their parents, many of whom work in Seattle’s high tech field. She runs the Bright & Quirky Child online summit.

Website: brightandquirky.com
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The 2e Roadmap Webinar — 5 Stages to Helping Your Bright Child Thrive, Even with Focus, Learning, Social, Emotional and/or Behavioral Challenges

Let’s talk about careers! It is never too early to start exploring and preparing for your career, yet many millennials and GenZ’ers wait until their senior year of college – and that IS too late. For students with ADHD, it can be a greater challenge to explore interests, skills, and experience without support and a plan of action. Career exploration, discovery and planning are an important part of being a teen and young adult. Lynn will share tips for parents and students about the when, how and why of career planning and it’s importance. Remember: #DontWaitUntilYouGraduate

Lynn Miner-Rosen, MEd, ACC, CDCS is a Career Development Coach, Life Coach and ADHD Coach. Lynn works nationwide via live Zoom/Facetime or phone with high school seniors, college students and young adults who have been diagnosed with ADHD, EFD and ASD/High-Functioning Asperger’s. Lynn earned her ACC from the International Coaching Federation. She has a private practice in Boca Raton, Florida and supports her clients by helping them choose a college major, career choice, career future planning, job search, time management, organization, study skills, managing screen time and whole life challenges. Lynn teaches ADHD and ASD classes for New York-based institute, CORE Professional Development, and is a frequent speaker and presenter at conferences and schools throughout the country. Prior to coaching, Lynn was a Special Education middle school teacher, IEP coordinator and business teacher for 12 years with the New York City Department of Education. She received her undergraduate degree from California State University Northridge, and two master’s Degrees from Adelphi University in Elementary Education and Special Education.

Website: coachlynnmr.com/
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Free Transferable Skills Checklist for High School and College Students — Transferable Skills can go a long way to persuading a potential employer that you are the perfect fit for their company, even if you don’t necessarily have the experience. This worksheet will definitely help you out. You can download the worksheet and print it as a checklist or use it as a fillable PDF.

Let’s face it – parents and kids with ADHD often means having a lot of clutter and a crazy sense of disorganization. Between the constant flow of school stuff, appointments, meals, groceries, shoes, laundry… making it to the end of the day can feel pretty challenging. Tackling the clutter and creating systems is possible if the family can work as team. In this session, we’ll talk about creating awareness of the distractions, interests, and strengths of each family member and some strategies for implementing a successful outcome for various goals.

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In 2008, Dr. Regina Lark founded A Clear Path: Professional Organizing and Productivity. Regina is a featured speaker and educator on issues ranging from productivity, hoarding, and women’s leadership. As a Certified Professional Organizer, CPO®, Regina is a specialist in residential organizing, workplace productivity, and life transitions. With an additional Certification in Chronic Disorganization, she works with clients who are challenged by ADHD, procrastination, and time management. She is a graduate of the Organizer Coach Foundation Training Program, and serves as a Member Director of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO). Regina is the author of Psychic Debris, Crowded Closets: The Relationship between the Stuff in your Head and What’s Under your Bed (3rd ed). In 2018, she was identified as one of “20 Best” Professional Organizers by Expertise.com. In 2016, she was named one of LA’s Top 10 Organizers by CBS/KCAL Channel 2, and was awarded by “Most Innovative Organizer” in 2013 by NAPO-LA. Regina earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California. For fun she plays golf and tennis, and writes goofy songs about clutter.

Website: https://aclearpath.net/
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A Clear Path’s Timeless Top Ten Tips to Stay Organized — Timeless Top 10 Tips is designed for people who simply want solutions to move from chaos to clarity in their personal and professional spaces. Tips on time management, spring clearing, taming the paper tiger, and reminders for why we want an un-cluttered life are among the topics you’ll find in this easy to read monthly guide to clearing the past, organizing the present, and moving forward with a greater sense of calm.

Kick-start your Parent’s Palooza with a conversation about YOU — the parent or grandparent. In this insightful interview, parent educators and coaches Elaine Taylor-Klaus & Diane Dempster, the creators of SanitySchool.com and the co-founders of ImpactADHD.com, set the stage for all of the interviews to follow this week. They’ll answer questions like: What is recommended treatment for kids with ADHD? If kids are the ones with ADHD, what is the parent’s job? How is it different when parents do or don’t have ADHD themselves? How do you foster independence, no matter how young or old they are? And maybe most important — how can you get the most out of the Parent Palooza interviews and put what you learn into practice (without getting overwhelmed)? Start off your Palooza experience with Elaine, Diane, and Linda — and let them help you step out of desperation and begin to parent from inspiration!

Elaine Taylor-Klaus, PCC, CPCC, and Diane Dempster MHSA, PCC, CPC, are co-founders of ImpactADHD.com, an online resource for parents raising kids with ADHD, LD, Anxiety and related challenges. Parent educators and certified coaches with 6 complex kids between two families, Elaine and Diane are internationally recognized as leaders in the fields of parenting, coaching, and ADHD. The authors of Parenting ADHD Now, they help parents reduce the stress of raising complex children.

Website: ImpactADHD.com
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How to Support Without Enabling Webinar Bundle — Get the scoop on how to empower your kids to become independent and help them find their motivation with two webinars that help you pull it all together!

How easily the gifts of ADHD are lost on a child amid negative comments from doctors, teachers, and even loving but frustrated parents. I believe that ADHD is too often misunderstood and mistreated because it is mislabeled as only a “disability.” In truth, practical strength-based techniques can put the talents, charms, and positive essence of children with ADHD ahead of any presumed shortcomings; thereby, empowering them to believe in themselves. In this presentation, I’ll review how to change your perspective on ADHD, look for that special spark, promote the positives, reframe challenges in terms of mirror traits and the power of unconditional love. All of these steps will help you to empower your child.

Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D., is a child and adult psychiatrist, leading authority in the field of ADHD, the host of “Distraction” – a weekly podcast for thriving in this CrazyBusy world, NY Times best-selling author, world-renowned speaker and the founder of The Hallowell Centers in Boston MetroWest, NYC, San Francisco and Seattle. Learn more at drhallowell.com.

Website: drhallowell.com/
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Dr. Hallowell’s Top 10 ADHD Tips for Parents 

More and more families are finding that their child has both ADHD and autism since the diagnostic criteria opened the door for this dual diagnosis a few years ago. Penny knows this special brand of parenthood well, both in raising her own son with ADHD and “less-obvious” autism, and in training and coaching families on a similar journey. In this session, we discuss some signals that your child may have autism in addition to ADHD, why getting both diagnoses can be important, and what parenting strategies can be most effective for kids with both ADHD and autism.

Penny Williams trains and coaches parents raising kids with ADHD and/or “high-functioning” autism. She’s the award-winning author of four books on parenting ADHD — Boy Without Instructions, What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD, The Insider’s Guide to ADHD, and The Hidden Layers of ADHD — and anchor of the Parenting ADHD Podcast. Penny hosts the annual Happy Mama Retreat and bi-annual Purposeful Parent Bootcamps, and is also a frequent contributor on parenting and ADHD for ADDitude Magazine and other parenting and special needs publications.

Website: ParentingADHDandAutism.com
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Printable Parenting Mantras for Raising Challenging Kids — Mindset is everything when raising kids with ADHD and/or autism. Use these printable quotes and mantras to help you get in just the right mindset to help your child thrive.

Medical treatment for ADHD fails far too often, not because of the drugs themselves, but how they are managed. Patients often suffer from missed brain and body diagnoses that create a variety of reactions to ADHD medications. The too frequent result of these challenges: diagnostic confusion, imbalanced treatment and over or under medication. Patient treatment can dramatically improve when providers use the most up-to-date available methods derived from contemporary neuroscience – methods assembled from hard data, clinical experience and laboratory research. The brain is connected to the body, and without proper over-all health care, many medications simply will not work as expected.

Dr. Parker is a Neuroscience Consultant, Child and Adult psychiatrist, and psychopharmacologist. He specializes in diagnostic and medical services for troubled children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Parker’s philosophy starts with a consistent practice of teamwork with everyone from the family in the office to a growing team of national and international providers with whom he regularly consults. With 45 + years of experience he works with a variety of treatment issues from the challenging to the apparently simple, with patients who have multiple issues and treatment trials, and those uncomfortable with that first psychiatric consultation. Frequently he presents to a variety of national audiences on topics from neuroimaging to advances in psychopharmacology, and the growing pervasive problems with the downstream brain effects of neurotoxins. Dr. Parker’s diverse background includes psychoanalysis training in personal coaching; certification for use of Nuclear Medicine Pharmaceuticals and as a Radiation Safety Officer by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the use of neuroimaging for precise clinical guidelines to choose specific medical interventions with a wide variety of brain conditions. Dr. Parker is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the Medical Society of Virginia, Society for Neuroscience, and the medical staff of Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Website: http://corebrainjournal.com
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Buzz words such as “grit,” “resilience,” and “mindfulness” fill headlines around child development and education today, but what do they really mean? They all relate to our ability to sustain focus, persist, plan, and manage the challenges of everyday life and can be directly impacted by ADHD. On a practical, day to day level, what does research teach us about how to build resilience and promote EF in our children … and in ourselves?

Dr. Bertin is a developmental pediatrician and author of Mindful Parenting for ADHD and The Family ADHD Solution, which integrate mindfulness into the rest of evidence-based ADHD care. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College, on the faculty of the Windward Teacher Training Institute, and on advisory boards for both Common Sense Media and Reach Out and Read. His blog is available through Huffington Post, Mindful.org and Psychology Today.

Website: developmentaldoctor.com
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Mindfulness Practice – Working with the Inner Critic — Even a few minutes of mindfulness practice can help us stay more settled under stress. It also is an opportunity to work with challenging mental habits, like the perpetual inner criticism that undermines our ability to persist and manage challenges. This mindfulness practice aims to change our relationship with our inner critic, building both resilience and self-compassion over time.

While the freedoms of college present tremendous opportunities, without essential executive function skills and a plan, students often struggle in college. Even students who were successful in high school need strategies to overcome the tendency to procrastinate so they can effectively balance their social lives, academic demands, and the many other offerings that college life provides.

Massachusetts Distinguished Educator Michael Delman is the CEO of Beyond BookSmart, the nation’s leader in executive function coaching. He is the author of Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention. Michael is a pioneer and leader in the area of Executive Function coaching. He originated the application of Dr. James Prochaska’s Transtheoretical Model of Change to help students improve academic performance. Michael is also the co-founder of the McAuliffe Regional Charter Public School in Framingham, Massachusetts. He presents frequently around the country at conferences and to professionals and parent groups.

Website: Beyond BookSmart
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ACT NOW for Writing: How to Approach and Complete a Writing Task Effectively  — From the nation’s experts on Executive Function, this writing guide is full of tips and strategies to plan, organize, and edit a student’s writing assignments. Some of our coaches’ favorite go-to tools are featured in this handy reference guide.

We may know intellectually that all behavior is communication, but converting that awareness into practice so we can read our child’s cues and effectively communicate to them is a whole other story. Yet committing to becoming “fluent” in our child’s unique language— understanding how they express their emotions, needs, and wants, as well as how they receive our messages—allows us to deepen our relationship with our child. Ultimately, we want to develop our own child-to-parent “dictionary” so we can unlock genuine opportunities for learning, connection, and growth, help the family run more smoothly, and ensure no one’s signals get lost in translation.

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Debbie Reber is a New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who moved her career in a more personal direction in 2016 when she founded TiLT Parenting, a website, weekly podcast, and social media community for parents like her who are raising differently wired children. The TiLT Parenting Podcast has grown to be a top podcast in iTunes’ Kids and Family category, with more than 400,000 downloads and a slate of guests that includes high-profile thought leaders across the parenting and education space. Debbie’s newest book is Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World (Workman Publishing, 2018). Prior to launching TiLT, Debbie spent fifteen years writing inspiring books for women and teens, and ten years working in TV and video production, including working on Blue’s Clues for Nickelodeon and developing original series for Cartoon Network. She has an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research and a BA in Communications from Pennsylvania State University. In 2013, Debbie moved from Seattle to Amsterdam, where she currently lives with her husband Derin and homeschools her 13-year-old son Asher.

Website: http://www.tiltparenting.com
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Child-to-Parent Translation Mini-Workbook — A mini-workbook featuring questions and prompts to help parents craft a personalized “dictionary” for their child’s unique language.

Dr. Barkley will address the meaningful contributions grandparents can make to the care, development, and quality of life involved grandparents can make for their grandchild with special needs, such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and other developmental disabilities, as well as to the quality of life to their adult children who are the parents of this child. He will share his personal experiences as well as those of other grandparents who have stepped up and assumed various caregiver roles for their special needs grandchildren.

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a Diplomate (board certified) in three specialties, Clinical Psychology (ABPP), Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN, ABPP). Dr. Barkley is a clinical scientist, educator, and practitioner who has published 23 books, rating scales, and clinical manuals numbering 41 editions. He has also published more than 270 scientific articles and book chapters related to the nature, assessment, and treatment of ADHD and related disorders. He is the founder and Editor of the bimonthly clinical newsletter, The ADHD Report, now in its 20th year of publication.

Dr. Barkley has presented more than 800 invited addresses internationally and appeared on nationally televised programs such as 60 Minutes, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, and many other programs on behalf of those with ADHD. He has received awards from the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Professional Psychology, Association for the Advancement of Applied and Preventive Psychology, American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders, New England Educational Institute, the Wisconsin Psychological Association, and Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD) for his career accomplishments, contributions to research in ADHD, to clinical practice, and for the dissemination of science. His websites are russellbarkley.org and ADHDLectures.com.

Website: russellbarkley.org/ and adhdlectures.com/
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ADHD is most often hereditary, which means when kids have ADHD, at least one parent does, too. Melissa talks about the most common impacts and what couples need to do to make sure they, as well as their children, are leading healthy, happier lives.

Founder of ADHDmarriage.com, Melissa Orlov is a marriage consultant, a top expert in how ADHD affects relationships, and an award-winning author. She has been writing and speaking about the topic since 2007, researching it since 2005. She teaches couples, therapists, counselors and coaches about how ADHD impacts relationships and offers private counseling to couples who wish to improve their ADHD-impacted relationships. Her very popular couples seminar has helped many struggling couples turn their relationships around. Melissa is the author of The ADHD Effect on Marriage (“Best psychology book of 2010″) and The Couple’s Guide to Thriving with ADHD, which won 3 book awards, including best psychology book of 2014. She blogs for Psychology Today, at ADHDmarriage.com, and guest writes for many others. She wrote the Your Relationships column for ADDitude Magazine from 2008-2014. Find out more about Melissa and about how adult ADHD impacts relationships at ADHDmarriage.com.

Website: ADHDMarriage.com
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Optimizing Treatment of Adult ADHD E-Book — This guide provides an overview of what good treatment looks like for adult ADHD, demonstrating that it’s not just about meds. Reviewed and approved by the country’s top clinicians, this guide helps you make sense of your many options.

Sleep and ADHD often have a complicated relationship. Parents often report that their children with ADHD have difficulty going to bed, falling asleep, waking up in the morning, and staying awake during school. In addition, sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, can impact young people with ADHD. This session will cover the common sleep struggles people with ADHD experience. Dr. Olivardia, who has ADHD and a host of sleep problems, will share clinical and personal anecdotes.

Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Clinical Associate at McLean Hospital. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he specializes in the treatment of ADHD, OCD, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). He is an internationally recognized expert in eating disorders and body image problems in boys and men. He has appeared in publications such as TIME, GQ, and Rolling Stone, and has been featured on Good Morning America, EXTRA, CBS This Morning, CNN, and VH1. He has spoken on numerous radio and webinar shows and presents at many talks and conferences around the country. He currently sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for ADDitude Magazine and serves on the Professional Advisory Boards for Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD), the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) and the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders. He is an active member of Decoding Dyslexia-Massachusetts, an advocacy group promoting the needs of individuals with Dyslexia.

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Contact: roberto_olivardia@hms.harvard.edu

Choosing the correct ADHD medication for your child can make or break effective treatment strategies, even those outside the pharmaceutical realm. Not only is it challenging to choose among the dizzying array of meds: stimulants, non-stimulants, second-tier medications, meds for co-existing conditions – it can be equally difficult to fine tune the dosage for maximum effectiveness.

In this candid interview, you’ll hear valuable advice you may never have gleaned from other sources. Dr. Dodson “tells it like it is” from titrating stimulants to effective medication for ADHD “sidecar” issues such as Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Don’t miss this important session.

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William Dodson, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist who specialize in adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Although he is primarily a clinical practitioner who combines evidence-based practice techniques with practice-based evidence.

During his 25-year career, he has served on the faculties of Georgetown University and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  In 2012, he was named a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in recognition of his clinical contributions to the field of ADHD. He was honored with theMaxwell J. Schleifer Award for Distinguished Service to Persons with Disabilities and he is one of two experts from the United States to the World Anti-Doping program chosen to develop guidelines for using ADHD stimulant medications for the world’s athletes.

Dr. Dodson has a private practice in Greenwood Village, CO, specializing in adults with ADHD.

Website: dodsonadhdcenter.com
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Does what your child eats determine how his or her ADHD plays out during the day (or night)? There are dozens of opinions about food and ADHD, but Phil Boissiere sets the record straight. Don’t miss this information-packed session. It may well change what’s for dinner tonight!

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Phil Boissiere is an ADHD and couples counseling specialist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His goal-focused approach and use of evidence-based practices, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and skills training, form an empowering therapeutic process. Phil has pursued expertise in brain science, advanced training in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), and adult ADHD specific training at the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy. In 2014 Phil founded Beyond Focused, a web-based video learning series for adults with ADHD and others who are looking to achieve optimal cognitive, occupational, and personal success. The Beyond Focused for Adult ADHD video series has gained considerable popularity outside of the United States, where resources for adults with ADHD are scarce. In 2015 Phil co-founded the Elite Focus Clinic in the Silicon Valley with two Stanford-trained psychiatrists. Elite Focus Clinic specializes in the treatment of adult ADHD, especially among entrepreneurs, business professionals, and attorneys connected to the tech world.

Website: cognitivetheraphysf.com
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Are exercise and participation in sports beneficial to those with ADHD? In this presentation, Jeff Copper, founder of DIG Coaching Practice, looks at the impact of sports and exercise on ADHD. He shares insights around many variables an individual with ADHD should consider when participating in sports, including the pros and cons of individual sports and team sports — on both competitive and recreational levels. He explores different characteristics associated with each sport to provide a direct path to finding a better sport or type of exercise that is suited for someone with ADHD.

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Jeff Copper, MBA, PCC, PCAC, CPCC, ACG, is an attention coach and expert on attention issues. He founded DIG Coaching Practice and is host and founder of Attention Talk Radio and Attention Talk Video. He coaches individuals with ADD/ADHD symptoms who are seeking personal and business results by helping them realize their potential. As someone who has had to learn to manage attention and deal with his own challenges, Jeff helps his clients understand themselves and how their minds work. To this end, Jeff developed his anatomy of attention construct to help them regain control of their attention and move past barriers so they can achieve what they are capable of faster and with less stress. Jeff holds an undergraduate degree from Indiana University, an MBA from University of Tampa, professional designations from International Coaches Federation (ICF), Professional Association for ADHD Coaches, and certification programs at ADD Coach Academy and Coaches Training Institute. Jeff is a member of Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), CHADD, ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO), Professional Association for ADHD Coaches (PAAC), ADD Resources, and the International Coach Federation.

Website: digcoaching.com
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Bonus for Encore Package Purchasers:
The ADHD Aha Bundle — At DIG Coaching we are all about the power of the Aha. Our bundle includes a variety of Aha focused freebies. Everything from poster, an Aha test, articles and more.

Should kids with ADHD use technology and video games? Only if parents want their kids to connect with others? Can they overdo it? Of course! Parents of kids with ADHD recognize how much their kids love technology and can find many ways to use this interest to benefit their kids. This session will help parents learn how to choose and use technologies to help their kids with ADHD. We will also look at strategies such as developing a balanced “Play Diet” to moderate screen time and to transform digital play into healthy play.

Bio
Randy Kulman, Ph.D. is the Founder and President of LearningWorks for Kids, an educational technology company that specializes in using video games to teach executive-functioning and academic skills. For the past 30 years, Dr. Kulman has also been the Clinical Director and President of South County Child and Family Consultants, a private practice that specializes in assessment of children with learning disorders and attention difficulties. Additionally, Dr. Kulman is the author of numerous essays and book chapters on the use of digital technologies for improving executive functioning skills in children. His current research projects include the development of a parent and teacher scale for assessing executive-functioning skills in children and a large survey study examining how children with ADHD and Autism use popular video games and apps. He is an advisor and occasional writer for ADDitude Magazine, Commonsensemedia.org, and Toca Boca. He is the author of two books: Train Your Brain for Success: A Teenager’s Guide to Executive Functions and Playing Smarter in a Digital World.

Website: Learning Works for Kids
Contact: email via website

Bonus for Encore Package Purchasers:
The Plugged-In Parent’s Guide to ADHD E-Book — Great ebook describing how to use technology to help kids with ADHD.

Having a calmer household sure sounds nice, but is it really possible? With ADHD and other special needs kids? Hal Runkel believes it is, as long as one parent is committed to being calm and connected. Hal is the author of the NYT bestseller ScreamFree Parenting, and a licensed family therapist, and he’s helped thousands of parents around the world increase their influence, over both their kids and themselves. He believes he can help you, too, create a calmer, happier home.

Bio
Hal Runkel is a success coach, consultant, NYT bestselling author, and one of the world’s most trusted resources for life improvement. He is the founder of ScreamFree and The Pause Platform, and his practical words on life, love, and leadership help people around the world live calmer, happier lives. Hal regularly speaks at companies, schools, military and many other organizations worldwide and provides executive and family coaching services across the country. He and his wife, Jenny, live just outside Atlanta, struggling to both support and let go of their two kids in college.

Website: http://screamfree.com
Contact: email via website

Bonus for Encore Package Purchasers:
The Pause Platform: 1-hour of interactive, mobile-ready parenting system — The Pause Platform is a mobile-ready, 24×7 online growth management system. Fully accessible from your computer, tablet or smartphone, the Platform guides parents through the process of not only learning Hal’s life-changing concepts, but actually changing their mindsets and behaviors. The Pause Platform utilizes learning science and micro-learning to accomplish this. And just as importantly — it’s a ton of FUN! By utilizing all the different ways that people learn (visually, aurally, socially, verbally, etc.) and by breaking down large concepts into smaller chunks, learning takes place… and so does growth.

I was diagnosed with ADD at the age of 12 and prescribed Ritalin. Month after month I visited a psychiatrist, and the medication helped SO MUCH. As I got older, though, I learned to be ashamed of my medication; and at 32, my life was falling apart despite taking it, and I realized medication wasn’t enough. I’ll talk about my journey to understand my brain and build an ADHD toolbox to support it — and the unexpected “tool” I found that mattered most of all.

Bio
Jessica McCabe is the creator and host of “How to ADHD,” a YouTube series committed to educating and supporting ADHD brains around the world. Her outreach and her message have been featured by Upworthy, ADDitude Magazine, Today.com, and in her recent TEDx talk. She posts new episodes for her subscribers every week at http://howtoadhd.com.

Website: http://howtoadhd.com
Contact: email via website

We hear a lot about children with ADHD and challenging behaviors but often overlook one of the big reasons for these difficult behaviors: hypersensitivities. But many, if not most adults with ADHD also struggle with hypersensitivities. What happens then, when you’re a mom with ADHD who is hypersensitive to stimuli, raising a child who is also hypersensitive? Both adults and children with hypersensitivities can be either stimuli “avoiding” or stimuli “seeking.” This session will cover how both mom and child with ADHD may struggle with various hypersensitivities and how you can help your child and yourself.

Terry Matlen, MSW, ACSW is a psychotherapist, author, consultant, and coach, specializing in women with ADHD. She is the author of the award winning books, The Queen of Distraction and Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD, and runs ADDconsults.com, an online resource serving adults worldwide with ADHD, and QueensOfDistraction.com, an online coaching program for women with ADHD. A nationally recognized expert and speaker on ADHD, she served for many years on the board of directors of ADDA and is immediate past coordinator of the E. Oakland County CHADD Chapter in Michigan. Terry is the co-founder, with Linda Roggli, of the ADHD Women’s Palooza. She can be reached at .

Website: ADDconsults.com and QueensOfDistraction.com

Contact: terry@ADDconsults.com

Bonus for Encore Package Purchasers:
Terry Matlen’s Medical Info Toolkit E-Workbook — Terry Matlen’s Medical Info Toolkit e-workbook has something for every member of the family. In this guide, you will be able to document medications, medical appointments and medical history. This workbook will allow you to create a ready to go package in case you or a loved one ever has to go to the emergency room.

Imagine a world where both you and your child make choices about how to engage rather than react. Finding ways to encourage Response-Ability in children with ADHD can be uniquely challenging. I will review thoughtful strategies that will help you put a plan together to nurture a child’s ability to make appropriate goals, and take responsibility for their actions and behavior. I will outline strategies to help children to produce better results in decision-making, follow through, and taking responsibility by learning to practice Response-Ability.

Bio
John Willson has a Masters in Outdoor Therapeutic Recreation Administration. He is the Executive Director of SOAR, a non profit school and adventure camp serving youth diagnosed with learning disabilities and ADHD. He is the past President of the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of North Carolina and served on the national board for CHADD. He has led hundreds of adventure courses with youth diagnosed with LD & ADHD. He actively presents to parents and professionals at local, state and national conferences.

Website: http://soarnc.org
Contact: email via website

Are you overwhelmed, stuck and feel like your previous parenting tools and ways of coping are no longer working? You may have reached your tipping point where the strategies you used to manage your ADHD and sift through the challenges of parenting are no longer working. Join Laurie Dupar of Coaching for ADHD and the IACTCenter for this talk so you can recognize the 5 warning signs that might mean you have reached your tipping point and how to get your life back on track.

At Coaching for ADHD, Laurie Dupar, Senior Certified ADHD Coach, Certified Mentor Coach and trained Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, specializes in working with ADD/ADHD clients of all ages who want to finally understand how their brain works, minimize their challenges, and get things done! In 2015 she founded the International ADHD Coach Training Center (IACTCenter) where she trains and mentors emerging ADHD coaches to help them build a successful and profitable coaching business they love.

Website: coachingforadhd.com and iactcenter.com
Contact: email via webform

Bonus for Encore Package Purchasers:
Awesome Qualities of ADHD Graphic — We all occasionally need a reminder about how amazing and awesome ADHD can be! Here is a graphic you can print out and hang up in a place your child (and YOU!) will see it every day to remember there truly are gifts that come with ADHD! Definitely a paper that’s refrigerator worthy!

To teens and college students, the word “structure” makes them feel boxed in or trapped. They equate structure with rules dictated by their parents or teachers without regard to their individual needs and preferences. As adults, we know that setting up structures to get things done is beneficial for us, as well as for our teens — but how to we convey that? During this session, Jodi Sleeper-Triplett will share strategies for guiding your teen through the process of setting up a structure for studying that is comfortable and flexible, while supporting their ADHD, executive functioning and learning challenges.

Jodi Sleeper-Triplett, B.A., is a Master Certified Coach and Board Certified Coach, trainer, mentor, presenter and keynote speaker. She is the author of Empowering Youth with ADHD and contributing author of Becoming Self-Determined: Creating Thoughtful Learners in a Standards-Driven, Admissions-Frenzied Culture. Her company, JST Coaching & Training, provides coach training programs to individuals and organizations worldwide. She is the president-elect of the Association for Coach Training Organizations (ACTO). Jodi developed the first coach training programs focused on coaching students with ADHD, which is now offered in English, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. She is the recipient of the 2016 CHADD Hall of Fame Award for twenty-plus years of service and the 2017 Founders Award from the ADHD Coaches Organization. Jodi is seen by many of her peers as the foremost authority in the field of student and ADHD coaching. Her coaching model was used in the Edge Foundation College Coaching Research Study, and in the development of the ADHD Benefits of Coaching Scale. Jodi’s research interests include the positive impact of coaching on self-determination, resiliency and executive function skill development on students.

Website: jstcoaching.com/
Contact: email via website

As parents, we work hard to understand our children’s needs and advocate for them to receive the best services. Sometimes, unfortunately, things don’t turn out as we envision. Even with the best of intentions, there are times when the accommodations are not delivered as we expect, or our children are not comfortable receiving the services offered. Let’s talk about how to help kids receive support in ways that address both their needs and their concerns, and how to help them be involved in the process so they can learn to advocate for themselves now, and in the future.

Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC, is a mental health counselor, certified ADHD coach and teacher trainer. She is the author of 8 Keys for Parenting Children with ADHD, a book recognized for providing parents, educators, and therapists with a practical, easy-to-read guide for addressing challenging kids. She is the creator of the workshop series “Calm and Connected: Parenting Children with ADHD©” designed to teach parents and caregivers how to manage and support their children’s unique needs successfully. Cindy is also a recognized Keynote speaker and provides professional development for school districts nationwide addressing how ADHD and executive function deficits impact children and how to help boost behavior and performance in school and at home. Cindy received her Master’s in Education in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University, Teachers College and her ADHD coach certification from the Institute for the Advancement of AD/HD Coaching. She has trained with Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. Ross Greene. Cindy is the co-founder of the Long Island Professionals ADHD Consortium and is on the Editorial Advisory Board CHADD’s Attitude Magazine.

Website: http://ptscoaching.com/about-cindy/
Contact: email via website

Bonus for Encore Package Purchasers:
Understanding the Impact of ADHD and Executive Function on Learning, Motivation, and Behavior E-Course — Join ADHD Parenting expert Cindy Goldrich for this two-hour eCourse as she helps you make sense of why it is so hard for your child to behave as expected. What makes following directions and consistency of behavior so challenging? Why concepts like organization and time management seem to be learned, but not followed. How using rewards and punishments often create more problems than they solve. Why attention and discipline alone are not enough to improve performance and compliance.

Too often little girls with ADHD go unnoticed: they aren’t noisy, they don’t cause trouble and until reports cards come out, there’s little to worry about. But research shows that girls with ADHD suffer even more than ADHD boys. They have lower self esteem, higher anxiety and big problems making and keeping friends. Add in the effect of estrogen when girls reach adolescence and ADHD goes into hyperdrive. Find out more about the special issues faced by ADHD of all ages in this fascinating conversation.

Bio
Linda Roggli is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), award-winning author and founder of the A-D-Diva Network for ADHD women 40-and-better. She is an internationally-recognized expert in midlife and senior ADHD. She co-founded the Annual ADHD Women’s Palooza, a week of online conversation with 35 of the world’s top ADHD women’s experts. She will launch the first ADHD Parents’ Palooza in August 2018.

Linda’s book Confessions of an ADDiva- midlife in the non-linear lane won first prize for women’s issues in the prestigious Next Generation Indy Book Awards competition. She is a regular contributor to “ADDitude Magazine” and a popular speaker online and at on-site conferences. She lives in Durham, NC with her slightly OCD husband and two adorable ADHD Shelties

Website: ADDiva Network
Contact: linda@addiva.net