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This series, developed and presented by Gerald August, PhD, will provide you with an in depth education as well as practical tools and strategies designed to help you guide your child’s success.
Dr. August is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Prevention and Children’s Mental Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. August is an expert in ADHD and has published numerous articles addressing the important issues in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of ADHD. He served as director for the Clinic for children with ADHD and disruptive disorders at the University of Minnesota for 20 years.
The series has up to six sessions which vary throughout the year. See session titles and descriptions below, and check out the Illuminate calendar for specific dates and times. |
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| Becoming an Educated Consumer |
- What is ADHD and how do I know my child has it?
- What causes ADHD?
- What are co-existing conditions and how do they affect my child?
- How do medications work, what are the benefits and risks?
- What behavioral and educational interventions are effective?
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| Factors that Influence Healthy and Unhealthy Adjustment |
- What risk factors pave the way for poor adjustment?
- What protective factors promote healthy adjustment?
- How can I identify key “turning points” toward positive development – am I having a positive impact?
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| Working with Schools to Create Success |
- What developmental functions influence the ADHD child’s learning process?
- What characteristics and styles should I look for in my child’s teacher?
- What role can I play in the school?
- What is a school-note program and how would I use it?
- Will my child ever go to college?
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| Taking Charge of ADHD in the Home |
- Ten principles for raising a child with ADHD
- Parenting styles for building strong emotional relations with children
- Strategies for managing noncompliance and oppositional/defiant behavior
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| Building Social Competence, Friendships |
- Social profiles and risk factors for impaired socialization and peer rejection
- Education and skills training programs that teach positive social behaviors, communication skills, emotional awareness, regulation
- Programs designed to help children make and maintain successful peer friendship
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| Preventing the Agony of Risky Behaviors |
- Enabling irresponsible and self-destructive behaviors
- A parent’s “Job” description
- Methods of teaching life skills
- Review life skill domains
- Feeling-processing skills
- Decision-making skills
- Mood maintenance skills
- Communication skills
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| View our Calendar for Dates and Times |
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