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Education Regional Conference on ADHD
 | The different presenters
were extremely diverse and were experienced. It was a pleasure to have
them and listen to these experiences. | 
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2009 Regional Conference | | | | |
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these strategies/suggestions in my classroom. | | - Educator, 2009
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Session Codes | Tracks | Title | Speakers | | Saturday May 19th | | | | | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. | | Exhibits Open | | | 7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | | Registration Desk
Open - Lobby Level | | 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
G1A | All | Welcome by Barbara
Hawkins (CHADD President-Elect) and Ruth Hughes(CHADD
CEO) | Ruth Hughes, Ph.D.;
Barbara
Hawkins | 8:45 a.m. - 10:15
a.m.
G1B | All | Keynote: Strength Based Approach To
ADHD | Edward Hallowell,
M.D. | | 10:15 a.m - 10:30
a.m. | | Break | | | 10:30 a.m.
- 11:30 a.m. | | BREAKOUTS A | | | A1 | Lifespan ADHD (Childhood and Adult),
Parent/Caregiver | Understanding The Medications Used To Treat ADHD In
Children And Adolescents | Diana Fertsch,
M.D. | | A2 | Adult, Mental Health
Professional | Current Status Of Assessment Of Adults With
ADHD. | Stephan M. Silverman, Ph.D.; Marla B. Shapiro,
Ph.D., N.C.S.P. | | A3 | Parent/Caregiver,
Educator, Psychologist and other Mental Health Professional | Late, Lost, and Unprepared®: Helping Children
Build Better Executive Functioning | Joyce Cooper-Kahn,
Ph.D. | | A4 | Psychologist and other
Mental Health Professional | Executive Function And Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy: Practical Tools for Treatment | Abigail Levrine,
Ph.D. | | A5 | Educator | Tried And True Classroom Supports For Students With
AD/HD | Jennifer Engel Fisher, M.S.;Jacqueline Iseman, Ph.D.
| 11:45 a.m. - 1:00
p.m.
G2L | All Interest Groups | Lunch and Learn: Getting Your Brain In
Gear-With Or Without Medication: Brain-Friendly Habits Essential To Good
Daily Functioning With ADHD | Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D. | | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | | BREAKOUTS
B | | | B1 | Lifespan ADHD (Childhood
and Adult),Psychologist and other Mental Health Professional,
Parent/Caregiver | Neurocognitive Tools For The ADHD Toolbox: A
Comprehensive Brain-Based Treatment Approach | Carol Ann Robbins,
Ph.D., Judith Glasser, Ph.D. | | B2 | Adult/Young Adult,
Parent/Caregiver | The Challenge Of Life Transitions For Young Adults
With ADHD - Coaching Can Help! | Jodi Sleeper-Triplett,
MCC | | B3 | Parent/Caregiver, Young
Adult | Failure To Launch In The Young Adult Population:
Using A Cohort Program To Build The Capability For Independent
Living | Rick Silver ; Jared Bosley | | B4 | Parent/Caregiver,
Educator | Intervention To Address Homework-Related Problems
In Children And Adolescents With ADHD | Veronica Raggi,
Ph.D. | | B5 | Educator | Electronic Organization for the AD/HD
Student | Matt Johns, M.Ed.;Josh Gwilliam, M.A.
| | 2:00 p.m. -
2:15 p.m. | | Break | | | 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | | BREAKOUTS
C | | | C1 | Lifespan ADHD (Childhood
and Adult), All | Help! Nothing Is Working. When Someone You Care
About Struggles With Risky Behaviors | Marie
Paxson | | C2 | Educator,
Parent/Caregiver | Accentuate The Positive-Eliminate The Negative:
COMMUNICATION Between Families And Schools!
| Linda
Gallup | | C3 | Psychologist and other Mental Health Professional,
Educator | Twice Exceptional Students: An Overview Of
Considerations In Identification, Assessment, And Intervention With
Gifted Children & Teens With ADHD. | Julie A. Morrison,
Psy.D. | | C4 | Psychologist and other Mental
Health Professional, Parent/Caregiver | ADHD-Friendly Parent Coaching: How
To Help Parents Become Powerful Effective Change Agents For Their
Children With ADHD | Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D. | | C5 | Educator,
Parent/Caregiver | The Effects Of ADHD On Reading Fluency And
Comprehension | E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D. | | 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | | Break | | | 3:30
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | | BREAKOUTS D | | | D1 | Lifespan ADHD
(Childhood and Adult), All | Keeping The Romance In An ADHD
Household | Beth A. Kaplanek, RN ;Charles Kaplanek | | D2 | Adult/Young Adult, Mental
Health Professional | Interacting With Others At Work-Is
There An App for That? | Michelle Novotni,
Ph.D. | | D3 | Parent/Caregiver,
Educator | Working Effectively With Your Child's
School | Michelle Davis, M.Ed. | | D4 | Psychologist and other
Mental Health Professional, Parent/Caregiver | Why Are Children With ADHD So Oppositional And What
Can We Do About It? | Barbara Howard,
M.D. | | D5 | Educator,
Parent/Caregiver | High Risk To High Potential: Transition Issues For
High School And College Students With ADHD | Robert M. Tudisco,
JD |
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Questions? 301-306-7070.| Session - Registration Fee | | Description - Registration
Fee |
| Session - G1A
Welcome | | Description -
Welcome by CHADD CEO Ruth Hughes and CHADD President-Elect Barbara
Hawkins |
| Session - G1B
Strength Based Approach To ADHD | | Description - Dr. Hallowell's presentation will
focus on a strength-based approach to ADHD as presented in his book,
Delivered from Distraction. When the diagnosis of ADHD emphasizes what
is wrong with a person, that person immediately starts to see himself in
those negative terms. Shame, fear and self doubt grow. However, when the
treatment of ADHD begins with an effort to find what's good in a person
by using a strength-based approach to ferret out their hidden strengths
and emphasizes first and foremost what is positive, then the person sees
himself in a positive light. This is Dr. Hallowell's goal: to help
people master the power of ADHD while avoiding its pitfalls. His message
will be all encompassing as he talks about what it is like to have ADHD,
explains some of the brain science behind it, and discusses how to get
diagnosed properly and the available medicinal and non-medicinal
treatments. |
| Session - A1
Understanding The Medications Used To Treat ADHD In Children And
Adolescents | | Description -
Have you ever wondered how ADHD medications work? Is medication the
right choice for your child? As new medications arrive on the market,
what are their advantages and disadvantages? Dr. Fertsch will answer
these questions as she explains the mechanisms of actions for the
frequently used medications for ADHD. She will also discuss common side
effects and monitoring for adverse events. The goal is that
participants will be able to make an informed decision regarding the use
of medication for their child. |
| Session - A2 Current Status Of Assessment
Of Adults With ADHD | | Description - 1. Core symptoms of ADHD will be
reviewed.2. Conditions to rule out in the diagnosis will be
explored.3. DSM-IV and proposed DSM-V diagnostic criteria will be
reviewed.4. Presenters will discuss how comprehensive assessment
facilitates understanding of the functional impact of ADHD symptoms and
development of multi-modal intervention
plans |
| Session - A3 Late,
Lost, and Unprepared®: Helping Children Build Better Executive
Functioning. | | Description -
Dr. Cooper-Kahn will address the development of executive
functioning and the critical role of executive skills in daily life.
This presentation will focus on understanding how such critical
behaviors as time management, organization and planning, adapting to
novel situations and other executive skills are affected in individuals
with ADHD. Interventions to support children in the short run and ways
to build skills for long-term self-management will be
presented. |
| Session - A4
Executive Function and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Practical Tools for
Treatment | | Description -
Executive Function has become the new "it" topic in the world of
ADHD. But what does it really mean? How do we define executive function
and, more importantly, how do we treat clients who struggle with
deficits in this area? In this presentation, Dr. Levrini will teach you
how to recognize when a client is in need of specific interventions
aimed at treating executive function, and how to integrate these ideas
into a CBT framework. |
| Session -
A5 Tried And True Classroom Supports For Students With
AD/HD | | Description -
The academic deficits of students with AD/HD are often overlooked in
comparison to the more blatant behavioral issues associated with this
disorder. However, students with AD/HD have significantly lower academic
achievement than their peers as demonstrated by higher likelihood of
grade repetition, need for academic tutoring, enrollment in a special
class, and difficulties with reading and overall academic achievement.
Teachers frequently report feeling unprepared to teach children with
attention problems and indicate that they desire more extensive training
and to learn effective strategies for working effectively with these
students in the classroom. This presentation will address appropriate
and effective supports for students with AD/HD within the school
setting. |
| Session - G2L
Lunch and Learn: Getting Your Brain In Gear-With Or Without Medication:
Brain-Friendly Habits Essential To Good Daily Functioning With
ADHD | | Description -
This session will focus on a broad range of healthy daily habits that
are critical for optimal brain functioning. Rather than focusing on
"medication vs. alternative treatment", Kathleen Nadeau will talk about
how her approach to helping those with ADHD focuses on a broad range of
strategies and approaches that may or may not include medication.
|
| Session - B1
Neurocognitive Tools for the ADHD Toolbox: A Comprehensive Brain-Based
Treatment Approach | | Description - Participants will learn evidence-based
practical brain-enhancing strategies to improve cognitive functioning
for both adults and children with ADHD. The areas that will be addressed
include sleep management, nutrition, exercise, medication, meditation,
nature exposure, enhanced cognitive-behavioral interventions, and
brain-training techniques. Integrating these lifestyle changes and
building the daily habits to support them will also be addressed.
Parents will be trained to teach these techniques to their children, and
adults with ADHD will be learning how to use them for
themselves. |
| Session - B2 The
Challenge of Life Transitions for Young Adults with ADHD - Coaching Can
Help! | | Description -
Attendees of this session will learn about the challenges faced by young
adults and college students during times of life transition: high
school graduation, going to college, getting a job, developing new
relationships and fostering independence and life skills. We will
discuss how coaching support and strategies can be of value to young
adults with ADHD and related issues. |
| Session - B3 Failure To Launch In The
Young Adult Population: Using A Cohort Program To Build The Capability
For Independent Living | | Description - Speak with Rick Silver, MD, the
developer of this intensive, cohort treatment model for the young adult
population, and Jared Bosley, graduate and current staff member, about
program activities that form the foundation of the model, as well as
successes and struggles with program participants. The Cohort Model is
a tightly coordinated set of treatment activities involving the young
adults, their parents and a professional team. It utilizes the emotional
support of an intentional community or "tribe", to help recover
self-worth and build life skills. Dr. Silver will explore your specific
concerns and how to apply various approaches to your family members or
clients. |
| Session - B4
Intervention to Address Homework-Related Problems in Children and
Adolescents with ADHD | | Description - Problems with homework are extremely
common in students with ADHD and have an impact on overall grades. This
presentation will review and discuss evidence-based strategies for
addressing homework-related problems in children and adolescents with
ADHD. In addition to a review of research, this presentation will
introduce a short-term, behavioral intervention designed to help
parents, adolescents, and teachers work together to improve
homework-related problems. This pilot study provides preliminary
evidence of improvement in homework completion, academic productivity,
and overall grades for participating
students. |
| Session - Using Technology
To Overcome Academic Organization Struggles B5 | | Description - How do you prepare
students for the growing electronic global world? How do you move your
students to a paperless classroom? Learn how to implement an electronic
organization system using Google Docs and Cloud technology to help your
students' writing process and executive functioning skill development.
You will also learn how to map a notebook system to a digital version,
creating corresponding color-coded e-binders, digital folders, along
with sub-folders and tabs. Listen to two AD/HD teacher experts as they
explain the challenges for both teachers and students as they made the
senior curriculum totally paperless as well as all writing classes in
grades 6-12. Tricks, tips and software applications will be
discussed. |
| Session - C1 Help!
Nothing Is Working. When Someone You Care About Struggles With Risky
Behaviors | | Description -
Do you have a family member with severe ADHD symptoms or a
challenging co-occurring condition? Is your life consumed by trying to
find effective methods to manage behaviors? Are you worried about your
loved one's well-being or their future? Is this the first thing you
think of in the morning and the last thing you think about at night? If
so, then this session is for you. Learn how to develop a new mindset
when dealing with the dark side of ADHD. |
| Session - C2 Accentuate The
Positive-Eliminate The Negative: COMMUNICATION Between Families And
Schools! | | Description -
Participants will receive activities, methods of active listening
techniques, effective communication and strategies for resolving
conflicts. These processes and models will enhance student, teacher,
and parent relationships building home and school communications. The
essentials of early communications and planning will be highlighted to
prevent false starts. |
| Session -
C3 Twice Exceptional Students: An Overview Of Considerations
In Identification, Assessment, And Intervention With Gifted Children &
Teens With ADHD. | | Description - It is critical to understand the
neurocognitive profile of twice exceptional (2e) gifted students with
ADHD to increase accuracy in identification. This presentation will
emphasize best practices in assessment, from selecting appropriate
measures to avoiding errors in the interpretation of test data that may
lead to misdiagnosis. While evaluation will be the primary focus, the
impact that ADHD-related executive dysfunction has on academic and
social/emotional functioning will be mentioned, in terms of implications
for interventions with these gifted children and teens, in and out of
the classroom. There will be a brief consideration of how the ADA
Amendments Act of 2008 may impact these 2e students in their eligibility
for accommodations. |
| Session - C4
ADHD-Friendly Parent Coaching: How To Help Parents Become Powerful
Effective Change Agents For Their Children With ADHD | | Description - Helping Children and
teens with ADHD is best achieved when interventions take place in their
natural environment. This presentation will introduce the concept of
parent-coaching-working with parents to teach them ways to structure
their child's environment, to introduce brain-friendly daily habits, and
to use powerful evidence-based approaches to help their child gain
better emotional regulation sikills and to reduce and resolve conflicts
within their family. |
| Session -
C5 The Effects Of ADHD On Reading Fluency And
Comprehension | | Description -
In later elementary school grades and beyond, students are expected
to read (and learn from) more challenging texts. Children with ADHD
often have reading fluency and comprehension difficulties, even when
word recognition skills are unimpaired. This presentation will review
how ADHD •related difficulties in processing speed and working memory
impact reading fluency and comprehension. |
| Session - D1 Keeping The Romance In An
ADHD Household | | Description
- Chaos, commotion and confusion, is that what you feel sometimes
when you are talking to your wife or husband? I think sometimes I am
talking a new language and no one hears me or understands my needs.
Well, you are not alone. Chuck and Beth will explore with you some of
the things they learned while trying to keep the romance in an ADHD
household. This session will not be recorded so that we can openly share
and discuss things that may be sensitive in
nature. |
| Session - D2
Interacting With Others At Work-Is There An App For That? | | Description - Need help with
scheduling, planning, notes, and organizing to keep ADHD symptoms from
messing things up? There's an app for that! But how about interacting
with others at work? Now, where is the app for that?!Dr. Novotni will
focus on how to constructively tackle social interactions at work. Apps
will also be discussed. |
| Session -
D3 Working Effectively With Your Child's School | | Description - Parent-school
partnerships are critical for a child's success. This session will
provide both parents and educators with practical tools to evaluate and
intervene for a child's academic or behavioral concerns. A strength
based, evidence based approach will provide tools for academic and
behavioral problem solving, and reveal powerful ways to strengthen the
parent-school partnership. Learn how to use the IEP and 504 Plan
process to become a more equal partner with the school
team. |
| Session - D4 Why
Are Children With ADHD So Oppositional And What Can We Do About
It? | | Description - The
Executive Dysfunction which is central to ADHD can make a child seem to
be willfully misbehaving. The ways parents react to these behaviors can
create conflict and anger or promote harmony and success. This session
will explain the roots of defiance in children with ADHD and parenting
strategies for the best outcomes. |
| Session - D5 High Risk To High Potential:
Transition Issues For High School And College Students With
ADHD | | Description - As
most of us know, students with ADHD are challenged by transitions, but
the transition from high school to college is one of the most difficult
for them. This is true because the environment in college is much less
structured than what they are used to in high school, many are away from
the daily support that their parents used to provide and they get
relatively little feedback on their performance, in most cases until it
is too late. This is magnified by significant changes in the law that
protect them from discrimination based on their disability, and many are
unable and/or unwilling to advocate for themselves. This presentation
will discuss the changes in the law and the post secondary environment
with proactive strategies to help students with ADHD cope with this
difficult transition. |
| Session -
Speaker CE/U Fee | | Description - Fee for Speakers
CE/U |
| Session -
Speaker Lunch Ticket | | Description - Speaker fee for hot plated lunch
during Lunch & Learn session. |
Joyce Cooper-Kahn is
a licensed psychologist with 25 years of experience working with
children, families and schools. She has particular expertise in
attention disorders and learning disabilities with an emphasis on
interventions for executive functioning difficulties. Dr. Cooper-Kahn is
the co-author of Late, Lost and Unprepared: A Parent's Guide to Helping
Children with Executive Functioning, and she is a frequently invited
speaker in the U.S. and abroad. She maintains an active clinical
practice in Severna Park, Maryland. Michelle Davis is an
education consultant, expert, radio show host, author and advocate. She
authoredSchool Success for Kids with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
and Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book. She is a professor at George
Washington University and developed the Special Needs Advocacy Training
Institute. Davis' mission is to forward the rights of people with
disabilities. Her consulting group provides functional behavior
assessments, educational evaluations, workshops, navigation of the
special education process, and expert services. Partner of a busy
pediatric practice in Baltimore, Maryland. Her practice, Dundalk
Pediatric Associates cares for children and adolescents with complex
medical, emotional, and behavioral needs. She has been treating
patients with ADHD for over 15 years. She also coordinates and hosts a
CHADD sponsored Parent Support group that has been meeting for the past
3 years on a monthly basis. She serves on the Greater Baltimore CHADD
Board and will co-chair the Greater Baltimore Group this Fall. She is
board certified in Pediatrics and serves on the Maryland Chapter of the
American Academy of Pediatrics task force on Medical Home for Children
with Special Health Care Needs and committee on Emotional Health.
Jennifer
Engel Fisher is the Assistant Director of Weinfeld Education Group,
where she leads the advocacy and organizational coaching divisions.
Jennifer has taught a variety of populations including students with
AD/HD, LD, Autism, and ED. Jennifer has co-authored two books: Take
Control of Asperger's Syndrome: The Official Strategy Guide for Teens
with Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorders and Take
Control of Dyslexia and other books on reading disabilities. She is a
contributing author of, School Success for Kids with ADHD.
Linda H. Gallup
teaches in Palmyra, Virginia, earned a BS in special education/learning
disabilities from Appalachian State University in 1979. She worked
twenty years as a teacher in North Carolina and ten years with Caldwell
Community College. Gallup consults frequently in the Carolinas and
Virginia regarding exceptional children. She keeps updated in the field,
and was the 1996 Recipient of The CEC, Division of Learning Disabilities
Award for Individual Outstanding Contribution to the field.
Judith Glasser
has been in practice as a clinical psychologist in the Washington DC
metropolitan area for 25 years. A native Washingtonian, Dr. Glasser
attended Oberlin College in Ohio where she obtained a BA in Psychology
in 1972. After working for one year at NIMH as a research assistant, Dr.
Glasser attended graduate school at the Catholic University of America
(CUA) in Washington D.C. and received her PhD in Clinical Psychology in
1979. For many years, she combined private practice with raising her two
children who are now adults. She had a private practice in Springfield
and Burke, Virginia, and was in private practice. Currently she has a
private practice in Silver Spring, MD. Session:
B5Ned
Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist, a NY Times bestselling
author, world-renown speaker and leading authority in the field of ADHD.
He was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004,
graduated from Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine, and is the
founder of The Hallowell Centers for Cognitive and Emotional Health in
Sudbury, MA and New York City. Barbara
Hawkins is the former coordinator of CHADD of Greater Baltimore and
serves on it's advisory board. She has served on committees of the
National Board of Directors, chaired several conferences and received
the Volunteer of the Year award. Hawkins currently serves as the
President Elect on the CHADD National Board of Directors. Active in
CHADD for many years, she is a retired educator and the parent of an
adult child with AD/HD. Barbara Howard is
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine and co-creator of CHADIS. She is President of Total Child
Health, distributor of CHADIS (www.CHADIS.com), a web-based system
delivering pre-visit screening and diagnostic questionnaires linked to
decision support and resources. After studying animal behavior at
Cornell University, she received her MD from Johns Hopkins and completed
pediatric residency training at Children's Hospital Medical Center in
Boston. She had fellowship training at Harvard in Child Development and
has been faculty for residency training in developmental-behavioral
pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, Sinai Hospital, University of Massachusetts
Medical Center and Duke before returning to Baltimore. She co-founded
the Center for Promotion of Child Development through Primary Care in
1996 with its clinical laboratory for research in applications to
primary care. Dr. Howard is past president of the international Society
for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She has served the American
Academy of Pediatrics on the local and national level including on the
Task Force on Mental Health and is a regular speaker at meetings around
the country. Ruth Hughes is
a clinical psychologist, the mother of an adult son with ADHD, and the
CEO of CHADD. During her years at CHADD, she has worn many hats and has
at various times been responsible for public policy, chapters,
membership, Parent to Parent Training and Teacher to Teacher training.
For 17 years she was the Chief Executive Officer of the International
Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services (now USPRA), an
association representing providers or rehabilitation services to adults
and children with serious mental illnesses. Today her work focuses on
advocating for a system of care where every child and adult with ADHD
has access to state of the art information and services.
Jacqueline
S. Iseman is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Potomac,
MD. At Hands on Health Psychological Services, LLC, she provides support
and guidance to her clients in order to provide pathways toward
developing healthier and more fulfilling lives. Her areas of expertise
include working with children, adolescents, and families providing
psychotherapy, consultations, and assessment. She coauthored the books
School Success for Kids with ADHD and 101 School Success Tools for
Student With ADHD. Session:
B5Beth Kaplanek is founder and co-author
of CHADD's national parent training program entitled, Parent to Parent:
Family Training on ADHD. She is a past president of CHADD and a CHADD
volunteer for over 20 years. She has three children, one of whom has
ADHD. In 2000-2002 Kaplanek served as a faculty member of the National
Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality (NICHQ), implementing a
model of care for the dissemination of the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for assessment and treatment of AD/HD. From
2006 -2011 she served on a subcommittee of the American Academy of
Pediatrics for the update of the assessment and treatment guidelines and
toolkit for ADHD. She has a bachelor's degree in nursing and is a
Practitioner of Pilates for Rehabilitation. Kaplanek is the author of a
new release entitled "Pilates for Hip and Knee Syndromes and
Arthroplasty".Most importantly, Kaplanek is a mom who believes that
"Knowledge is Power". The most important thing a parent can do is find
out the answers to their questions and learn strategies to build the
skills needed to calm the waters at home and help their children develop
the tools to succeed!Kaplanek is a past national president of CHADD.
ChuckKaplanek
began his volunteer work with CHADD in 1990 shortly after one of his
sons was diagnosed with ADHD. He attended and then assisted with support
groups in the local CHADD organization in Suffolk County, New York. He
became involved nationally when his wife, Beth, who became the National
President of CHADD in 2000. Mr. Kaplanek took the helm of the family
business and grew it over the span of twenty years. By 2004 the
organization had grown to three east coast locations and employed
several hundred people. Retired from his business, he currently serves
on the national CHADD Board of Directors. Abigail Levrini is a
clinical psychologist and owner of Psych Ed Coaches, a northern
Virginia/DC-based private practice specializing in ADHD coaching and
cognitive–behavioral treatment. Dr. Levrini has presented her research
and coaching model at professional settings throughout the country and
frequently lectures and conducts workshops at scientific conferences,
schools, and public forums throughout the United States. Dr. Levrini is
also the current Board Leader for the DC/Northern VA Chapter of CHADD
and is the author of "Succeeding with Adult ADHD" (APA, 2012).
Mark Mahone is a
child neuropsychologist, research scientist, and Director of
Neuropsychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is also Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine and is on the core faculty in psychology
for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Leadership Education
Excellence in Caring for Children with Neurodevelopmental and Related
Disabilities (LEND) Program and the Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC). Julie Morrison, a
licensed psychologist, obtained her doctorate from the American School
of Professional Psychology. She worked for a Johns Hopkins outpatient
facility and in a number of other outpatient settings, before
establishing a private practice in Columbia, MD in 2006, where she
specializes in comprehensive psychological evaluations of twice
exceptional (2e) individuals. She has co-organized national conferences
and has been invited to publish peer-reviewed articles focusing on
identification, assessment, and intervention with 2e students.
Kathleen
Nadeau is a clinical psychologist who has spent over 25 years working
with children, teens and adults with ADHD. A CHADD Hall of Fame
recipient for her ground-breaking work on women and girls with ADHD.
She is also the author/editor of over 10 books on ADHD. She is the
director of the Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland in Silver Spring, MD.
She is currently working on a book titled ADD-friendly Ways to Organize
your Child. Michele Novotni is an
internationally recognized expert in the field of ADHD. She is the
former president of ADDA, a psychologist, certified AD/HD coach and
parent of a young adult with ADHD. Michele is currently a paid
consultant for Shire. She is author of Adult AD/HD; What Does Everybody
Else Know That I Don't? ;TheNovotni Social Skills Checklistand hundreds
of articles. Michele spearheaded the creation of ADHD Awareness Week.
www.michelenovotni.com Veronica Raggi is a
licensed clinical psychologist at Alvord, Baker and Associates, LLC in
Silver Spring, Maryland. She provides individual therapy (child,
adolescent, and adult), family therapy, behavioral parent training,
school consultation services, and psycho-educational/psychological
assessment services through this position. She has extensive experience
in the application of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral approaches for
the treatment of a variety of disorders. She also has research expertise
in the area of evidence-based assessment and treatment of children and
adolescents with ADHD. She also currently teaches as an adjunct faculty
at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Raggi earned her
doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland,
College Park. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at Children's
National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and postdoctoral training at
the New York University (NYU) Child Study Center. Carol Ann
Robbinsis a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in diagnosing
and treating Attention Deficit Disorder across the lifespan. She is the
Clinical Director of the Annapolis ADHD Center where she has a private
practice. She also works with Dr. Kathleen Nadeau at the Chesapeake ADHD
Center in Silver Spring, MD. She earned her doctorate at the University
of Miami and trained at National Children's Medical Center in
Washington, D.C. She has been in private practice for 16 years, and is
the Coordinator of the Anne Arundel County Chapter of CHADD. Dr. Robbins
is an Adjunct Faculty member at Anne Arundel Community College in the
Department of Continuing Professional Education and an experienced
speaker, presenting both nationally and locally, at various schools,
government organizations, businesses, professional conferences and
community forums. Marla B.
Shapiro received her BA from the University of Virginia and completed
graduate training in School Psychology and Developmental Neuropsychology
at Georgia State University and is a licensed psychologist in Georgia
and Maryland.In addition to work with public schools, she has worked
with reading research teams exploring reading disabilities across the
lifespan. Prior to opening her private practice Maryland, Dr. Shapiro
held appointments as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Pediatric
Neuropsychologist at the Children's National Medical Center and SCORE
Concussion Clinic. She has also directed the Office of Accommodated
Testing for the MCAT and continues to serve as a Consultant to the
College Board. She is also a Credentialed ImPACT Consultant, providing
concussion management for the Washington Freedom of the Women's
Professional Soccer League and DC United (Major League Soccer).
Doctor
Richard Silver is the Founder and Director of THRIVE and has been
delivering mental health care for over 35 years. He received both his
medical degree and his psychiatric training at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine, as well as a master's degree in Public
Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. His
current approaches to the delivery of emotional and mental health
services have come from a variety of experiences, including his
professional work in a wide range of settings; shepherding his daughters
(two out of three whom have ADHD) through the mental health and
educational systems; and his personal emotional work and
development.Stephan M.
Silverman is the Director of Psychological and Behavioral Services for
the Weinfeld Education Group. He is a Licensed Psychologist in Maryland
and a Maryland Certified School Psychologist. He has practiced in
Maryland since 1975.Dr. Silverman earned his Master's and Ph.D. degrees
from Emory University. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of
children, adolescents, and adults with attention deficits, learning
disabilities, and low incidence developmental disorders, including
autistic spectrum disorders He also works with young adults in life
transitions.Dr. Silverman is a co-author with Rich Weinfeld of School
Success for Kids with Asperger's Syndrome. He is the lead author of
School Success for Kids with ADHD with Dr. Jacqueline Iseman and Sue
Jeweler and is the co-author with Dr. Iseman and Ms. Jeweler on 101
School Success Tools for Students with ADHD. Jodi Sleeper-Triplett
is the president of JST Coaching, LLC, a coach training company. She is
considered a pioneer in the field of ADHD youth coaching. Jodi has a BA
in Mental Health/Human Services from UMASS Amherst and holds the highest
level of coaching credentials from ICF, IAAC and CCE-Global. Her youth
coaching model is the basis for the two year coaching research study
published in 2010.Robert M. Tudisco is
the Executive Director of the Edge Foundation. He is also a practicing
attorney, writer and an adult diagnosed w
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