8020: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies

About the Course:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who provide services to or seek knowledge and understanding of diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. Whether unfamiliar or familiar with some of the concepts involved in this material, you can benefit from information in this course. A wonderfully compact, highly readable, up-to-date book that provides all the essentials about ADHD for professionals. This very informative, eye-catching layout conveys facts extremely well. It focuses on the recognition and treatment of ADHD at each phase of the life cycle, preschool through adulthood.

Author

Conners, Keith, Ph.D. & Jett, Juliet, Ph.D.

About the Authors:

Dr. Conners has over 40 years experience researching and publishing on ADHD, including authoring the widely used ADHD diagnostic instruments, the Conners Rating Scales and the Continuous Performance Test. He directed one of the largest treatment research studies on ADHD, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Jett is a practicing licensed psychologist specializing in consultation and clinical supervision on ADHD.

Course Objectives:

1. To be able to better understand how to diagnose and assess ADHD

2. To be able to understand up-to-date information on medication and psychological treatments for ADHD

3. To more clearly understand how to differentiate ADHD from other disorders