The ADHD training I atttended | ADHD Information

I attended an ADHD all day training and learned a lot and sat with psychologists, therapists, counselors,  nurses, social workers,etc.  I went with my title Social worker (to get training credit hours out of the deal so I got paid for going) and I did introduce myself as a mom.  I was fed buffet breakfast and lunch they took care of us the University.

Anyways the training was on educating all on ADHD so we can teach others, the university will go into school systems as well to work with them and they gave us a sample behavior plan and daily note in our book we were given.  I also have this website of another from one of the guest speakers to share.

http://www.13thdimension.com/ctadd/stpmanual.html

ADHD was emphasized as a chronic condition that follows throughout life and was discussed in a positive note.  The best key to treatment is peer relations, and behavior modification.  The one speaker said counseling 1:1 is not effective that good parenting skills with the behavior mod, and school attitude work better.  If teachers  point out the positives not negatives and peer acceptance is good (social skills is where work needs to be done) the better the future outcome. 

As far as medications there was an hour lecture on that and nothing negative.  The expert in the field said "there are two meds that have been around and tested for over 50 years and they are Ritalin and Asperin".  He did go into detail on most of the meds I took as many  notes as I could for the man talked a mile a minute.  I also learned Concerta takes an hour and a half before hitting the bloodstream why it does not seem to work in the morning, not as fast acting.  As far as the Strattera liver business in the rare cases once med was stopped the damage was reversed.    I was told  the methylphenidate patch has been approved so we will see it on the market soon.  And there is a Amphetamine pro-drug in development currently that will help the body make the med itself to treat ADHD without meds.  This I was a little confused on so bare with me.

Another website to share as I am thumbing through my notes.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/adhd/

that is the university that held the training.  Sorry this is long but it is informative.  Jill

Did they discuss healthier lifestyles? (ie: diet/nutrition)thank you so much for sharing this with us.  it looks so interesting .  the links have a lot of good information to consider. 

"And there is a Amphetamine pro-drug in development currently that will help the body make the med itself to treat ADHD without meds. "  hmmm... i wonder what this is about?

thanks!
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[QUOTE=IMac]Chronic condition means no cure, right? [/QUOTE]

*more than likely but that was how they were referring to it as.

 

 

.IMac38945.3427662037Chronic means ongoingIt is a Real disorder and they refered to it at the Seminar as a Chronic Condition.

http://www.shire.com/shire/financialReports/ar2004/cns.html

here is the link  to the pro drug.....google works wonders

[QUOTE=INaBOX]Did they discuss healthier lifestyles? (ie: diet/nutrition)[/QUOTE]

 

* Yes and the elimination diet is inaffective but proper nutrition is important. 

 

I was even told that old methods like 1:1 counseling is inaffective as well unless it teaches social skills they can use in everyday use in the real world.  I was taught what works is behavior mod and socialization skills and if behavior mod is not enough then meds can be brought in but not until after all behavior mods have been used up then you do the combination med and behavior mod.Bumping up my own post to drive away the negative Very informative and accurate Jillette. Thanks for sharing.I am interested also in the Amphetamine pro-drug also....It would be cool if this worked