"Building Better Brains: Effective Tools for Understanding ADHD, Improving Executive Functioning Skills and Empowering Kids for Success" Presenter: Sharon Saline, Psy.D
Webinar on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at 12:00 - 1:30 PM ET.
Course description:
In this live webinar, Dr. Sharon Saline, veteran psychologist and author of “What your ADHD child wishes you knew: Working together to empower kids for success in school and life,” offers rare insights into how kids honestly think and feel about having ADHD and what best helps them.
She assists professionals and parents to think differently about the challenges these children and teens face and explores new ways of listening to and working with them for improved cooperation and success.
Based on her unique, strength-based approach–’the 5C’s of ADHD parenting,’ Dr. Saline shares a variety of helpful and practical solutions to teach kids essential daily living skills that reduce stress and increase positivity. Her collaborative approach integrates mindfulness, cognitive therapy, and positive psychology while teaching effective skills to reduce the stress in everyone's lives.
Armed with these techniques for more cooperation and less arguing, you can successfully nurture resilience and independence in your clients.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the major concerns of kids with ADHD
2. Explain what ADHD is and why executive functioning skills matter.
3. Use and convey the ‘The 5C’s of ADHD Parenting’ approach
4. Describe strength-based, practical tools for managing challenging behaviors
Webinar Fee:
Early registration: $30 (until July 17)
Regular registration: $39
Continuing Education Credits*:
1.5 CEs for social workers and psychologists. CEs for psychologists are offered through Orlando Behavior Health.
About Sharon Saline:
Sharon Saline, Psy.D., clinical psychologist and author of the award-winning book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life, specializes in how ADHD, learning disabilities and mental health issues affect children, teens, young adults and families. Her unique perspective, namely growing up in a household with a sibling who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined with decades of clinical experience, assists her in guiding families as they navigate the confusing maze of information, emotions, stress and conflict related to ADHD. She helps them appreciate the positive aspect of living with ADHD and create successful dialogues, interventions and connections. Dr. Saline has also worked extensively with schools on mental health issues in the classroom, interpreting psychological evaluations and improving teacher/parent communication.
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* To receive CE credits, you must attend the entirety of the webinar. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the presentation. Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. Participants must also complete a post-test and an evaluation at the end of the webinar.