Let Dr. Blake share with you tried and true evidence-based techniques, skills & methods that can be easily applied with your adult ADHD clients to immediately improve their quality of life.
Kevin Blake – Adult ADHD, Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults
A young man calls you to make an appointment, saying once again he has lost his job and that over the last nine years he has lost, or been asked to resign from eight jobs. The appointed time arrives and he does not show. Later that day he leaves a voicemail apologizing for forgetting his appointment and asks to reschedule. He admits that even if he remembered the appointment he would not have made it because he lost his car keys. The appointment is rescheduled and he arrives 20 minutes late. As he sits down he shares he received a speeding ticket on his way here and has had over 50 previous citations. Also, he doesn’t understand why he keeps losing his jobs, as he was always known to make many sales. He then described a litany of stormy relationships with lovers even saying one girlfriend told him he is “reliably unreliable.” He appears disheveled, anxious and demoralized. Talking incessantly while not seemingly able to tell a story in a logical sequence.
Adults portraying Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) often come to see you in hopes of making their life less chaotic and improving their day-to-day interactions with others. They really want to change but simply do not know how. You have your usual strategies to use, but will it be enough? Do you have the tools necessary to facilitate real changes and ease their pain?
Let Dr. Blake share with you tried and true evidence-based techniques, skills & methods that can be easily applied with your adult ADHD clients to immediately improve their quality of life. You will learn the latest strategies to treat impaired executive function, the core issue of difficulty in adults with ADHD. These practical, easy to apply methods will help your adult clients improve their time/task management, personal organization, & planning, thus improving many aspects of their life including employment, relationships, physical & mental health, grooming, driving, parenting, etc. Dr. Blake will also teach your how to coordinate treatment with other necessary professionals inclusive of physicians, speech-language therapists, professional organizers, ADHD coaches, job coaches, academic tutors, career counselors, etc.
Establish what executive function is and why it is so important to time management, personal organization and planning as it relates to treatment in clinical practice.
Analyze how Adult ADHD negatively affects executive function in relation to assessment and treatment outcomes.
Determine how ADHD, Inattentive Presentation (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo) is different from the ADHD that is in the DSM-5® and communicate why this is important as it relates to treatment planning.
Explore assessment tools used to identify deficits in executive functioning, to better inform your choice of treatment interventions.
Implement strategies to help adults with ADHD with their executive function difficulties in the workplace, in relationships, and in parenting.
Identify strategies that are appropriate for fostering executive function development or intervening when executive function difficulties are identified.
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Diagnose ADHD & Measure EF in Adults
Diagnosis
The Big 3
Ratings scales
Questionnaires
Semi-structured interviews
Impairment Index
Collaterals
Measuring EF
Adult executive functioning inventory
Brief-A
Comprehensive executive function inventory
WAIS-IV and WJ-IV
NIH toolbox cognition battery
Barkley’s rating scales
Adult ADHD Treatment
The Big 4 & 4 Steps
Therapeutic effect of diagnosis
Medication-genetic testing
Psychoeducation
Accommodation
Comorbidities: ADHD, Inattentive presentation-restrictive, or sluggish cognitive tempo
Specific Learning Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sleep disorders
Depression & anxiety
Personality disorders
EF Techniques & Strategies
Organization, Planning & Time Management
Clinical Interventions to bring order to the disorganized mind
The 30 to 40% rule for inattention, impulsivity/hyperactivity & ADHD
Impulse Control & Self-Regulation
CBT & internalized speech
Overcoming guilt & shame
Automatize behavior
What about mindfulness?
Relaxation skills
Enhance Focus, Attention & Working Memory
”Neurotypical” forgetting vs. ADHD forgetting
Chunking, mnemonics & other memory techniques
Multisensory memory
Loci
Self-testing & self-imagining
N-Back
5 ways to reduce cognitive load
Technological prosthetics-assistive technology
Stop Executive Dysfunction from Sabotaging Your Clients’ Relationships
Impact of EF difficulties on adult relationships
Goal setting
Self-monitoring & self-talk
Social skills training
Conflict resolution skills
Anger identification
Decode facial expressions & body language
Making accurate facial expressions
Better follow through with medical issues & self-care
Tips to remember special dates, etc.
For the Workplace & Home
ADHD work difficulties
Career counseling
Clutter control made simple
Job coach & supervision; advocacy?
Social skills, self-esteem & education
Training & adult education accommodations
”Best” ADHD jobs
Risks & Limitations
Here’s What You’ll Get in Kevin Blake – Adult ADHD, Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults
