About the Author |
| Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D. has been one of the country's leading ADHD advocates. In 1987, he and two parents of children with ADHD started CHADD, a national organization founded to help children and adults with ADHD. He played an instrumental role in helping the US Department of Education better understand the educational needs of children with ADHD. He was inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame in 1994 and has served as a member of the CHADD Board of Directors for the past eighteen years.
Dr. Parker is an author and co-author of over ten books and Internet websites on ADHD, study strategies, and behavior management. He lectures nationally to parents and professional groups and maintains a private practice in clinical psychology in Plantation, Florida. His other books include: The ADHD Handbook for Schools, The ADHD Workbook for Parents and Study Strategies Made Easy and Study Strategies for Early School Success with Leslie Davis and Sandi Sirotowitz.
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Summary
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6 hours CE
CE Accreditation Statements (APA, ASWB, NBCC, NAADAC, and state boards)
Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D.
Put Yourself in Their Shoes tries to do just what the title says - give the reader a sense of what it is like to be an adolescent with attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Put Yourself in Their Shoes contains up-to-date information on how ADHD affects the lives of adolescents at home, in school, in the workplace, and in social relationships. Whether you are just learning about ADHD or are knowledgeable about this common problem, you will find Put Yourself in Their Shoes informative. Although primarily written for parents, educators, health professionals and teenagers with ADHD will benefit from this comprehensive work.
Learning Objectives
- identify characteristics of ADHD
- identify appropriate assessment procedures for ADHD
- identify risk factors for those with ADHD in educational, social, and vocational settings
- identify appropriate, effective treatments for ADHD
- identify controversial treatments for ADHD
Table of Contents
- Put Yourself in Their Shoes
- Associated Problems
- A Closer Look at Teenagers with ADHD
- Causes of ADHD
- Controversial Treatments for ADHD
- Getting a Good Assessment
- Medications to Treat ADHD
- Guiding Your Adolescent
- Building Communication Skills in Your Family
- Problem-Solving Strategies with Adolescents
- Using a Home Token Economy to Encourage Behavior Change
- Helping Adolescents with ADHD Succeed in School
- Study Strategies to Improve Learning
- Social Skills Training
- Parents as Advocates: Legal Rights of Students with ADHD
- ADHD, Delinquency, and the Juvenile Justice System
- Substance Abuse in Adolescence by Alan Goodstat and Harvey C. Parker
- College, Vocational Education, and the Workforce
- ADHD and the Military
- Resources
- Suggested Reading and Videos
- Cited References
- Index
- Additional Worksheets
Difficulty Level: Beginning to Intermediate
249pp
Conflicts of Interest:
No commercial support was received for this CE activity.
The authors of this course have no conflicts of interest related to this CE activity.
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