Margaret Dawson – Help Adult ADHD Clients Cope with Weak Executive Skills: Proven Strategies for Work, Home and Relationships

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Help Adult ADHD Clients Cope with Weak Executive Skills: Proven Strategies for Work, Home and Relationships
Speaker: Margaret Dawson, EdD, NCSP
Duration: 1 Hour 31 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video

Description

It’s time to conquer the challenges of working with adult ADHD!  

This session is your ticket to a transformative journey that links ADHD symptoms to the essential executive skills underlying them. Discover strategies designed for ADHD adults to navigate these arenas effectively, paving the way for a more empowered and fulfilling life. 

We’re all about practical, do-able and incremental change because this approach has proven to be the most effective, not just for ADHD adults but for all adults who have executive skill challenges. Get ready to attend and learn: 

• Environmental modifications to reduce effort for change 
• How to set realistic goals with clear action plans 
• Essential components for making lasting change 

This presentation isn’t just about change – it’s about evolution. 

Speaker

Margaret Dawson, EdD, NCSP
Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, is a school psychologist and for over 20 years has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She is co-author of the best-selling books on executive dysfunction, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: 2nd Edition (Guilford, 2010), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (Guilford, 2013).

Peg is a past editor of Communiqué, the newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics, including retention, ability grouping, reading disorders, attention disorders, the sleep problems of adolescents, the use of interviews in the assessment process and homework.

Peg has many years of organizational experience at the state, national and international levels and served in many capacities, including president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the International School Psychology Association. She has also participated in many of NASP’s leadership initiatives, including the Futures Conference and development of both the second and third Blueprint for the Training and Practice of School Psychology. She is the 2006 recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Peg received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Peg Dawson is a published author and receives royalties. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Explain and link common symptoms and behaviors associated with ADHD to specific executive skills. 
2. Assess your clients to determine their profile of executive skill strengths and challenges. 
3. Utilize three key strategies to designing interventions to capitalize on your client’s executive skill strengths and cope more effectively with their executive skill challenges.

Outline

Proven Strategies to Help ADHD Clients Cope with Weak Executive Skills 

• Environmental modifications to reduce effort for change 
• How to set realistic goals with clear action plans 
• Essential components for making lasting change 
• Intervention strategies presented are evidence-based but effectiveness for specific individuals will vary depending on the nature and severity of symptoms and challenges 

Target Audience

• Case Managers 
• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors 
• Marriage & Family Therapists 
• Occupational Therapists 
• Occupational Therapy Assistants 
• Psychologists 
• Social Workers 
• Speech-Language Pathologists 
• Teachers/School-Based Personnel 

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