Parenting Children with ADHD (referencing DSM-V ©2013)

Here are some notes from the 1.5 hour webinar with David Zidar, LISW-S on Living with Children with ADD/ADHD

In the webinar, he references these sources. Here are links to them:

  1. Connors ADHD Test: parents do one test and teachers do one ADHD must show up in ALL environments if not, indicates it could be something else. Diagnosis must involve direct observation. Inattentive and not hyper not often diagnosed and usually girls for every 4 boys, there's 1 girl. http://www.attentiondeficit-add-adhd.com/adhd-connors-test.htm. 
  2. DSM-IV criteria: see handout and webinar
  3. "The Way They Learn," by Cynthia Tobias teaches organizational systems that are more basic. Transitions are difficult; use brain gym for short breaks.
  4. ADD brains fire SLOWER than typical brain, that's why stimulants work (and people self medicate with caffeine and cigarettes)

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