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Alternative Learners and "Outside the Box" Thinkers: Innovative Interventions for Kids & Teens with ADHD, Autism, and Learning Differences


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Speaker:
Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP
Duration:
2 Hours 28 Minutes
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Audio and Video
Copyright:
Aug 21, 2020
Product Code:
POS057210
Media Type:
Digital Recording
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Description

With remote and hybrid learning on the rise, students who are considered “alternative learners” – those with ADHD, Autism, and learning disabilities – are facing unprecedented challenges as they pivot to meet the demands of this new educational era.

Watch Dr. Sharon Saline in this recording that dives into practical, collaborative tools for addressing the educational and mental health concerns of kids who learn differently. Packed with insight and concrete strategies, this program will prepare you, your clients/students, and their families for a successful school year, including how to:

  • Navigate remote, in-person, and hybrid learning models that aren’t designed with them in mind
  • Increase motivation, goal-directed persistence, time management, and organizational skills
  • Identify potential mental health issues related to learning challenges for non-neurotypical children and adolescents
  • Support families — create effective daily routines, manage stress, and build connection

If you work with kids and teens, this training is a must! Purchase today!

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Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP, clinical psychologist and author of the award-winning book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life and The ADHD Solution Card Deck, specializes in working with neurodiverse children, teens, adults and families living with ADHD, learning disabilities, high-functioning autism, twice exceptionality and mental health issues. With decades of experience as a clinician, educator, coach and consultant, she translates complex information into accessible language and concepts that everybody can understand and apply in their lives. Her workshops offer practical, insightful strategies to improve managing workers, promote effective communication and increase productivity. She lectures and facilitates workshops internationally on topics such as understanding ADHD, executive functioning, anxiety, motivation and neurodiversity. Dr. Saline is a regular contributor to ADDitudemag.com and Psychology Today.com and a part-time lecturer at the Smith School for Social Work, and has been a featured expert on MASS Appeal on WWLP-TV. Her writing has been featured in numerous online and print publications including The Psychotherapy Networker, Smith College Studies in Social Work, Attention Magazine, Additude Magazine, Psych Central and Inquirer.com.

Learn more at www.drsharonsaline.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Sharon Saline maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Smith College School for Social Work. She is the founder and co-facilitator of Workshops at Northampton Area Pediatrics and is a consultant with the Greenwood School. Dr. Saline receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Sharon Saline is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Massachusetts Psychological Association, the Children and Adults with ADHD, and the Attention Deficit Disorder Association.


Objectives

  1. Assess for potential mental health issues related to learning challenges for non-neurotypical children and adolescents. 
  2. Utilize interventions to help alternative learners improve motivation, goal-directed persistence, time management, and organizational skills. 
  3. Determine appropriate levels of scaffolding to best aid student learning and improve engagement.

Outline

Who are Alternative Learners? 

  • “Outside the box” thinkers:  So many strengths! 
  • Issues related to unequal access for services and learning. 
  • Co-existing conditions and how to intervene (especially anxiety) 
  • What the research tells us about alternative learners and related diagnoses

Executive Functioning (EF) Skills 

  • How to identify EF skill deficits 
  • Strategies to improve EF skills at home and school 
  • Motivation, procrastination, and disorganization 

Hybrid Learning:  Interventions for Virtual and In-Classroom Education 

  • Challenges specific to alternative learners and their families 
  • Parent v. student roles with homework, responsibility, and monitoring 
  • Reduce conflict and improve connection within families 
  • Tools for collaboration, consistency and communication 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Educators
  • School Psychologists
  • School Counselors
  • School Social Workers
  • Educational Paraprofessionals
  • School Administrators
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Case Managers
  • Other Helping Professionals Who Work with Children 

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