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Want to learn more about ADHD? LDA Minnesota presents a conference each spring featuring breakout sessions and speakers who are experienced in ADHD strategies. Our Spring Regional Conference for 2012 has been!
Join us on Saturday, April 21, 2012 for a day of up-to-date information, research and resources on ADD & ADHD for parents, adults, and professionals.
Date: April 21, 2012
Time: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Doubletree Park Place Hotel, St. Louis Park, MN
Register Now!
2012 Keynote Speaker
Peter Shankman, author, entrepeneur & social media expert
Keynote Speaker Peter Shankman is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about social media, marketing, pr, advertising and customer service. Shankman has been described as "a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with ADHD and a dose of adventure, to make it work to your advantage."
Peter will be discussing ADHD and social media in his address, "Creativity + ADHD = Explosion"
Best known for founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO), which in under a year became the de-facto standard for thousands of journalists looking for sources on deadline. HARO is currently the largest free source repository in the world, sending out over 1,500 queries from worldwide media each week. In June 2010, less than two years after Peter started HARO in his apartment, it was acquired by Vocus, Inc.
Peter is also the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Social Media, Marketing and PR Strategy firm in New York City with clients worldwide. His clients have included American Express, Sprint, Royal Bank of Canada, Snapple Beverage Group, NASA, Walt Disney World, and many, many others.
He's a frequent commentator on national and international news channels including Fox News, CNN and MSNBC and has been quoted in major media and trade publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News, The Associated Press, Reuters and USA Today.
Peter's personal story will inspire you and he will discuss how the changing world of social networking and communication impacts the ADHD community now and into the future.
2012 Conference Sponsors
Thanks to our 2012 sponsors!
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2012 Conference Breakout Sessions
Breakout Sessions: Round 1
Medications: Issues & Answers
  
presented by Ernie Swihart, MD, Behavioral Pediatrician
Learn about current research on ADHD medications for adults and children, including whether and when to medicate, types of medication, potential side effects, monitoring, and regimen change. Get your medication questions answered.
Disempowering Anxiety: Empowering Adult/Child Relationships
presented by Tina Feigal, MS, Ed, parent coach and trainer
Does anxiety need to "run the show" in raising a child who is saddled with it? No. Learn the characteristics of anxiety-driven behavior, the physiological effects of anxiety on the child's body, and techniques to free children of anxiety in order to create a calm, cooperative atmosphere.
ADHD and Sleep Disorders
presented by Mark Rosenblum, PsyD, LP, CBSM, Minnesota Sleep Institute
There is growing evidence regarding the high co-morbidity between ADHD and sleep disorders. This session will provide a general overview of what is "normal sleep", sleep disorders often seen with ADHD, clinical signs of these sleep disorders, treatment options, and tips on improving sleep.
Transition: Whose Future Is It Anyway? "Huh?" & "You Betcha!"
presented by Mike Piersak, MA, LDA Minnesota
Ask a parent or guardian if they need guidance as they prepare for their child's transition meeting, you are likely to hear "You Bethcha!" Ask the student and you're likely to hear "Huh?" This session is for both "You Bethcha's" and "Huh's", who desire to be leaders in transition planning and career exploration. A collaborative framework for planning, involving the student, will be shared at the session.
For Better or For Worse: ADHD Couples, Revisited
presented by Comfort Belbas, MSW, LGSW, LDA Minnesota
Relationships cause some of the highest highs and lowest lows for adults with ADHD. Couples where one partner has untreated ADHD are up to four times more likely to become estranged or divorced than couples without ADHD. Couples can learn to detach, maintain perspective, and separate the symptoms from the solutions and the issues from the person with simple, specific interventions.
ADHD & Driving: Taming the Nightmare
presented by Steve Peer, President of CHADD National
Sixteen-year-old drivers, even without ADHD, are twenty-times more likely than adults to die in a car crash; ADHD worsens the picture. Peer has spent the last few years reading all the literature and has distilled it to the essentials. This session will provide tools to improve the odds, and describe new technology that can assist.
Advocacy for the ADD / ADHD Journey: Support and Reflection Time for Parents
presented by Mary Z. McGrath, Ph.D., Speaker/Author/Educator
Spend time with other parents of youth with ADD/ADHD learning and sharing tips and ideas on how to "go the distance" with your child as a parent advocate. Topics will include communication with service providers as well as time and stress management. Coneps are based on the presenter's book, Teachers Today: A Guide to Surviving Creatively.
Breakout Sessions: Round 2
Effective Approaches to Maximize Learning Outcomes
presented by Allen Stock, LP, LDA Minnesota
Individuals with ADD / ADHD often experience academic delay, causing and contributing to lower than expected performance in the classroom, at work or both. This session will present tools to identify learning style preferences and strategies for improving retention, focus and organization skills. These tools are applicable for K-college students, adults returning to school, and those that struggle with retention and/or learning in the workplace.
Students with ADHD and the Law
presented by Atlee Reilly, Associate Attorney, School Law Center LLC
This presentation will provide an overview of the educational rights of students with ADHD, focusing on protections afforded to K-12 students with ADHD by both the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Topics will include eligibility for protection of services, entitlement to a free and appropriate education, and procedural safeguards related to discipline, parental participation, and dispute resolution.
Nutrition and Nutritional Supplementation in ADHD: From Chaos to Sound Decision-making
presented by Michele Semerit Strachan, MD, Behavioral Pediatrician
This session will offer an approach to considering nutrition and nutritional supplementation as part of a multidisciplinary regimen for ADHD. Dr. Strachan will review research-based principles of decision-making that lead to behavior change to help session attendees identify the best way for them to reach satisfying conclusions regarding this thorny area. Reasoning behind and advantages of recommendations in the three areas of nutrition, nutritional supplementation and decision-making will be discussed.
Working Memory and ADHD: Troubles and Treatments
presented by Gary Johnson, PhD, Clinic Director & Chris Bedford, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Clinic for Attention, Learning and Memory - CALM
Working memory plays a significant role in executive functioning and is greatly impacted by the ability to focus attention and inhibit distractions. Research suggests that improved working memory can reduce ADHD symptoms. This presentation will define working memory, examine how it is measured, discuss its relationship with ADHD, and explore methods of improving working memory with prescription medications and computerized training programs.
Bullying: What's a Person to do?
presented by Marion J. London, M.Ed., National Certified Trainer Olweus Anti-Bully Program
Children and youth with ADHD are sometimes the targets of bullying but also can be the one who bullies others. In this session participants will gain an overview of bully behavior and ways to coach young people to prevent bullying or to intervene when it does happen. Particpants will learn about strategies to help keep children safe from many forms of bullying, including cyber-bullying and will have an opportunity to practice a few of the suggested strategies.
ADHD Co-morbidity: Bridging Science and Practice
presented by Harvey A. Weinberg, PhD, ADHD Workshops & Consultation, LLC
This session will address conditions that frequently co-occur in the child and adolescent ADHD population, along with other conditions less frequently identified with ADHD such as sleep disorders, sensory processing disorders, and motivational deficits. The intent of this presentation is not only to understand these co-morbid conditions, but to recognize how other conditions may exist independently of and may simulate ADHD.
Collaborative Problem-Solving or "Let's Just Get Along!"
presented by Marcia Mayo, Psychotherapist, ADHD Specialist, River's Edge Consulting
Using Ross Greene's "collaborative problem-solving" approach to parenting and communciation, this session will present an effective way for parents of children/teens with ADHD to approach and resulve recurring difficulties. We will examine the skill deficit areas that undermine a child's / teen's ability to be flexible, tolerate frustration, and solve problems. Parents will learn methods for developing realistic behavioral objectives and strategies for handling conflicts with greater success.
Breakout Sessions: Round 3
101 Strategies to Help Struggling Students Succeed
presented by Linda Tilton, Educational Consultant, Covington Cove Pulications
It's all about active engagement! This highly practical session is filled with "take back and use" strategies designed to empower your students and help them succeed. High impact review, organizational skills, vocabulary strategies, content reinforcement and relationship-building tools will all be demonstrated through large group, small group, partner and individual activities. These are "nuts and bolts" ideas that yuo will use immediately in your classroom or with your child at home.
The Cutting Edge of ADHD
presented by Cindy Lea, MA, LAMFT, Psychotherapist, ADD Coach, Succeeding with ADD
Come and learn the latest interventions that work for adults and children. From diet to supplements, brain balancing and strengthening exercises to neuro-feedback, we'll look at them all, presented with videos, demonstrations and humor. You'll walk away more hopeful with resources to pursue those strategies that you think fit the best for you, your children, students, or clients.
Using Metacognitive Strategies to Support Students with ADHD in the Classroom
presented by Ellen Engstrom, MA, Director of Teacher Training, Groves Academy
This workshop will review how ADHD and executive function impairments can impact student development and the importance of creating an educational environment that fosters student engagement. Participants will observe examples of how classroom structure can be maintained while providing novel learning activities and lessons as well as activities and strategies that foster student metacognition and self-regulation.
My ADHD Brother / Sister is a Pain: Help for Siblings
presented by Leslie Laub, LP, University of St. Thomas Continuing Education Instructor
This session will cover current research on characteristics of children who have siblings with ADHD. Resentment, embarrassment, guilt, anxiety and sadness can significantly influence the sibling's development of positive socialization and peer relationship skills. This presentation will also include suggestions and strategies for both parents and teachers to help siblings who may or may not also have ADHD.
Decluttering and Organizing in the ADHD World
presented by Louise Kureka, Professional Organizers, Everything's Together
When it comes to day to day life, one of the biggest challenges for adults with ADHD is managing their possessions. Distractibility can lead to a trail of clutter and create problems with steps left undone and possessions in piles. This session will focus on facing the challenge of clutter in the ADHD world and provide practical steps for decluttering and organizing possessions in an ADHD friendly way.
Picture This: Imagery Can Improve Reading and Comprehension for Individuals with ADHD
presented by Nancy Fifer, Learning Center Director, Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
The stimulation of imagery and its application to decoding and comprehension is necessary for all individuals to read and comprehend. This presentation will define how instructional programs aligned to a theory of congition have successfully improved the language processing skills of individuals of all ages previously diagnosed with ADHD / ADD and other learning difficulties. Results from the use of specific instructional techniques that have been used in learning centers and schools will be provided.
What is Supported Employment?
presented by Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI and
Debra Jacoway, Supported Employment Family Advocacy Team member & NAMI volunteer
Individuals with ADHD often face challenges in the realm of employment. Find out what is being done in Minnesota to support them in obtaining and maintaining competitive employment.
Sessions are subject to change. Please check back for updates.
If you missed out, you can purchase audio CDs from various breakout sessions from the 2011 Spring Conference. Please check back soon for order information or call 952-582-6000.
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