Strengthening Executive Functioning Skills in Children with ADHD

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Contact Hours

2 Hours
$55

Course Description

Children and teens diagnosed with ADHD have challenges in their executive functioning. These may show up as problems following directions or remembering a sequence of activities. Children may have difficulty learning from past mistakes, staying focused for duration of a task, or maintaining emotional control in stressful situation. They may struggle with organization of personal items or to-do lists, with being flexible with unexpected changes, and with managing their time efficiently. These difficulties, in turn, manifest into problems at home, school, work, and with social skills.

Executive functioning skills are the missing link between intentions and action. In this presentation we will identify the executive functioning skills and discuss how they are impacted by ADHD and related neurodiverse diagnoses. We will identify how to evaluate executive functioning and discuss intervention strategies and ways that we can increase support to improve development of the executive functions throughout childhood and adolescence and into early adulthood. The participant will learn three ways to empower individuals of all ages to strengthen executive functioning skills.

This course is presented in lecture form with questionnaires and handouts developed by the instructor to assist the participant in working with children and families.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

Define Executive Functioning and identify the executive skills
List ways in which executive skills are impacted by ADHD and related diagnoses
Identify how to evaluate executive functioning skills
Discuss each skill in detail and identify intervention strategies to enhance development of executive skills
Differentiate common issues related to executive functioning skills across childhood and adolescence
List 3 ways to structure treatment in order to empower individuals to strengthen their executive functioning skills

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Prerequisites

None
Educational Level

Basic
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Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to polling questions asked throughout the webinar.

Instructor

Abigail Wool-Biringer

MA, OTR/L

Abigail Wool-Biringer earned her Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy from the University of Southern California in 1997. She began her career in acute care inpatient hospital work and has worked in outpatient neuro rehab, skilled nursing, and acute rehabilitation as well. Abigail saw a need in the occupational therapy community, and in 2004 she developed a continuing education business to provide classes in feeding and swallow disorders. She spent 4 years teaching seminars to other occupational therapists while also being a stay-at-home mom. She began working exclusively with the pediatric population in 2010, treating children in home health, clinic and in school. In 2019, Abigail began her own home-based therapy and parent coaching company, Kids Empowered 4 Life LLC. She works with children of all ages, with a special interest in executive skills dysfunction that accompanies ADHD and autism spectrum disorder. She believes that executive functioning skills are the missing link to much of the intervention offered, that entire families are impacted by them, and that the key lies in empowering children, teens, and their families with individual strength-based interventions. Abigail sees education as an important part of working with families. She also understands the need for professional education to other therapists who seek relevant information to guide their treatment of kids and teens with ADHD.

In her spare time, Abigail enjoys running, hiking, gardening, sports, reading, doing 2000-piece puzzles and spending time with her sons and husband.

This was my first live webinar & would definitely do it again. Very convenient & informative.

Stephanie O., PT
North Carolina

My second webinar completed through Allied Health. Both were excellent in terms of content and presentation!

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Florida

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Oklahoma

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Jennifer D., OTA
Texas

This is a great way to get CEU's!

Mary K., OT
Texas

Webinar was very professional and highly educational.

Morgan H., ATC
Florida

Very informative webinar. Practical information which can easily be practiced in the clinic

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Illinois

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New York

This was my first webinar and the presentation and Q&A opportunities were excellent.

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Ohio

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