Announcements
Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Cooper-Kahn's book, co-written with clinical psychologist Dr. Laurie Dietzel, was recently designated a 2009 HONORS WINNER in the General Parenting Category of the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA).
This is a must-have book for parents of children from primary school through high school who struggle with:
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Impulse Control (taking turns, interrupting others, running off)
- Cognitive Flexibility (adapting to new situations, transitions, handling frustrations)
- Initiation (starting homework, chores, and major projects)
- Working Memory (following directions, note-taking, reading and retaining info)
- Planning & Organizing (completing and turning in homework, juggling schedules)
- Self-monitoring (making careless errors, staying on topic, getting into trouble but not understanding why)
The book emphasizes the need for a two-pronged approach to intervention:
- 1) helping the child to manage demands in the short run
2) building independent skills for long-term self-management.
Full of encouragement and practical strategies, the book's organization--short chapters with overviews, summaries, case studies, tips, and definitions--makes it easy to grasp concepts quickly and get started.
It is now available at Amazon.com.3rd ANNUAL HOWARD COUNTY AD/HD AWARENESS WEEK PROGRAM featuring Dr. Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Dr. Laurie Dietzel
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 7-9 PM
Late Lost and Unprepared: Helping Children and Teens Who Struggle with Executive Functioning
Learn about “Executive Functions” and how these skills affect one’s ability to learn. Understand some of the accommodations and techniques that can support a student’s learning, both in the classroom and beyond.
CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL 4300 Centennial Lane Ellicott City, MD 21042
This event is FREE and open to the community. No pre-registration required.
5th International Congress about ADHD: Improving the Quality of Life of People With ADHD to be held in Acapulco, Mexico September 25-26, 2009
Dr. Cooper-Kahn will present: "How to Help Children with ADHD with Executive Functioning."
This international conference, sponsored by the "Proyectodah” of Federico Hoth Foundation in Mexico, is designed to provide information for teachers, psychologists, doctors and parents of children with ADHD. The “Proyectodah” is a project whose focus is to improve the lives of individuals with ADHD by supporting individuals and families and by creating effective system-wide interventions in schools, the medical system and other institutions throughout Mexico.
More information about the conference is available at www.proyectodah.org.mx.CHADD 21st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AD/HD
This annual conference will take place October 9-10, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Cooper-Kahn and Dr. Dietzel will present "Building Better Executive Skills: A Model for Teaching Parents How to Help their Children and Teens."
Those who work with families of children and adolescents with ADHD are often the first to introduce parents to a working knowledge of executive functioning. It is important to teach a systematic framework to guide parents as they work to help their children and teens with executive functioning. Further, professionals have a crucial role in helping families to understand and maintain the balance between doing too much and not offering enough support for youngsters with executive dysfunction. This presentation will bring together important findings from the accumulated body of research and clinical expertise on executive functioning to outline essential components in teaching parents about best practices for intervention.
More information about the conference is available at www.chadd.org.