ADHD in the Family: Interventions for Parents at Home & in the Classroom

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Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Speaker

Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA Related seminars and products

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Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA, is a psychologist, international presenter, author, and ADHD expert. He is the author of four books on adult ADHD – one for clinicians and three for the general public. He has also written several book chapters and is a frequent author for ADHD-related publications, including ADDitude Magazine and Attention Magazine.

He is a popular and dynamic presenter who routinely earns excellent reviews for his ability to make complex concepts understandable and useful. He has given more than 650 presentations and podcast interviews for professionals and members of the public, across America and in Sweden, Turkey, Greece, Mexico, England, Spain, Denmark, Canada, and Iceland.

He has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, and XM Radio and has been quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USnews.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Men’s Health, and many other media outlets. He is a former board member and current conference committee chair for CHADD and is the 2023 recipient of their Hall of Fame award for his significant contributions to the field.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ari Tuckman maintains a private practice. He receives royalties as a published author. Ari Tuckman receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ari Tuckman is the National Conference Committee co-chair for CHAAD.

Objectives

1. Apply a coherent model to helping parents navigate the demands of raising kids with ADHD into independence.
2. Apply a coherent model to helping kids, teens, and young adults to earn the independence that they desire.
3. Practice evidence-based strategies to support parents and their children with ADHD through individual & family therapy.

Outline

• Get parents & kids on the same team
• Help parents whose kid’s with ADHD need more parental involvement, but don’t want it
• Strategies for young children to early adulthood
• When to see the kid, parent or both together
• Depersonalize parent’s internalization of kid’s diagnosis

• Master the family hotspots: homework, screen time, and mornings
• What should parents actually expect from 504s and IEPs? 
• How to set boundaries & assess results
• Help parents organize their kid’s backpack, room & more

• Balance teen’s desire for independence against their fears 
• Help teens create fool-proof plans to meet increasing responsibilities
• Get teens the confidence to be & feel ready for college
• Teach parents step-by-step goals to keep kids motivated

• Are “gap-years” effective?
• How to use gap years to strength life skills
• Play the “long game” with success
• Help parents find their role when kids live on campus
• Help college students with ADHD do well & stay in school

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Teachers
• School Administrators
• Addiction Counselors
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Nurses
• Physicians
• Any other mental health professionals, health care or rehab professionals typically on ADHD certifications