AD/HD Friendly Environments at Home and at School

March 16th & April 20th: Does your child tend to be chronically bored and craving stimulation, or are they more often overwhelmed by too much?  Keynote speaker at this year's CHADD International Convention, Sydney Zentall, Ph.D., was one of the pioneers in the concept of "optimal level of stimulation."  She will be discussing ways to create "AD/HD Friendly Environments at Home and at School."

AD/HD in Adults: Impact on Major Life Activities and Implications for Intervention

March 2^nd: Russell Barkley, Ph.D.'s presentation will be shown, "AD/HD in Adults: Impact on Major Life Activities and Implications for Intervention."  Do you know when AD/HD was first recognized in adults?  Barkley and a team of researchers took 91 of the most common symptoms of AD/HD and found 9 that could best differentiate AD/HD from some other disorder.   In what three areas of life does AD/HD cause the most impairment?