ADDA’s Webinars/Teleclasses have been such a hit that we’re offering classes throughout the year! Teleclasses will run for an hour, on Wednesday nights starting at 9:00 PM EST. The classes have been expanded, from a phone-based program to a Webinar format. Now members will also have the ability to login online, via a link we provide, to chat with other participants and view the slides as the presenter is scrolling through them. Attendees will be able to send their questions to the speaker via the Web and hear them answered live.

"Just wanted to tell you what a great webinar that was! This was the first time I'd been able to hear Dr. Tracy Ware, and it's refreshing to hear someone talk about actual rigorous research relevant to ADHD. Thanks! ~Catherine"

How to Attend

Not a member? Join today for as low as $45 (individual member rate) and gain access to the 2013 series as well as archived files of our previous webinar/teleclass series.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 {SPECIAL  START TIME, 8:30 PM Eastern}

Join us for an exclusive sneak peak of this year's ADDA Conference! 

We’ve asked a baker's dozen of the many excellent speakers from the 2013 ADDA Conference lineup.  We’ve asked them to share a few tidbits from the presentations they’ll be giving this July in Detroit to whet our appetites.  We'll hear from Robert Tudisco, Dr. Roberto Olivardia, Dr. Terry Dickson, Dr. John Bailey, Fran Parker, Geraldine Markel, Laurie Dupar, Virginia Hurley, Kirsten Milliken, Linda Anderson, Linda Roggli, Wilma Fellman, and Dr. Billi.  You'll discover exciting new things about ADHD creativity, sleep issues, college success, executive function, medications, career choices, eating disorders, clutter control, parents with ADHD, late life diagnoses and more.  If you’ve been thinking about attending the conference, this webinar will help you decide.  We’re confident you’ll be eager to come to the conference for the full buffet once you’ve seen just how good the appetizers are!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

From Mess to Success: Five Ways to Overcome Underachievement at Work (or School)

Under-achievement. It’s the one word most associated with adult ADDers in relating to their job (or schoolwork). The potential is there…the brains are there…the ideas and the will are there. But we can’t get out of our own way, thanks to our ADHD. Alan Brown, creator of acclaimed ADD Crusher™ videos and tools, provides five of the many simple strategies he has used to go from mess…to successful executive, investor and entrepreneur. In a visually engaging and fun presentation, the five ways will be brought to life. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn ways to crush underachievement!

An executive/entrepreneur, Alan Brown created the ADD Crusher™ video series (www.ADDCrusher.com). Undiagnosed until well into adulthood, his untreated ADHD manifested in all-too-familiar ways – underachievement, substance abuse and worse. Upon diagnosis, he found it difficult to learn coping strategies from books, so he developed his own strategies while building a successful advertising career. (The resulting 10 "Ways” comprise the curriculum in ADD Crusher™ Videos I and II.) Alan’s been a featured presenter at the 2012 ACO Conference, the Succeed With ADHD Telesummit and the 5th Annual Virtual ADHD Conference, and is co-author of the best-selling 365+1 Ways to Succeed with ADHD.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Other Attention Disorder: ADD or Sluggish Cognitive Tempo

Since 1798, the medical literature on attention disorders has distinguished between at least two kinds, one a disorder of distractibility, lack of sustained attention, and poor inhibition and the other a disorder of low power, arousal, or focus. This second disorder has been largely ignored for nearly two centuries until the mid-1980s when studies of children having ADD without Hyperactivity suggested that an important subset had a relatively distinct pattern of symptoms not central to ADHD. These symptoms included daydreaming, mental fogginess and confusion, staring, slow processing of information, hypoactivity, slow movement, and lethargy, among others. The new pattern was called sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT). Controversy has continued over the past 25 years on the nature of SCT and whether it is a subtype of ADHD or a distinct disorder from it.

In this presentation, Dr. Barkley reviews the history of SCT and what is known about it from past research. He also describes the results of his own recent investigations into SCT in children and the only study of SCT in adults that he recently published, all of which suggest that SCT is a distinct disorder from ADHD but one that may overlap with it in nearly half of all cases. Dr. Barkley discusses the differences between SCT in symptoms, executive functioning, comorbidity for other disorders, and psychosocial impairment and what little is known about differential treatment response. He also discusses several different possibilities for explaining the underlying nature of SCT.

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a Diplomate (board certified) in three specialties, Clinical Psychology (ABPP), Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN, ABPP). Dr. Barkley is a clinical scientist, educator, and practitioner who has published 21 books, rating scales, and clinical manuals numbering 28 editions. He has also published more than 250 scientific articles and book chapters related to the nature, assessment, and treatment of ADHD and related disorders. He is the founder and Editor of the bimonthly clinical newsletter, The ADHD Report, now in its 20th year of publication. Dr. Barkley has presented more than 700 invited addresses internationally and appeared on nationally televised programs such as 60 Minutes, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, and many other programs on behalf of those with ADHD. He has received awards from the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Professional Psychology, Association for the Advancement of Applied and Preventive Psychology, the Wisconsin Psychological Association, and Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD) for his career accomplishments, contributions to research in ADHD, to clinical practice, and for the dissemination of science. His websites are www.russellbarkley.org and ADHDLectures.com.

Russell A. Barkley is the author of Taking Charge of Adult ADHD (New York, Guilford.com).

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

To be announced

Mark Bertin, M.D. is a developmental pediatrician and author of "The Family ADHD Solution." He is on the faculty of the Windward Teacher Training Institute, on the editorial board of Common Sense Media, and leads mindfulness based stress reduction classes, most often for parent groups.

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