ABCs of Learning & Attention Disorders
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. • 6.0 C.E. Hours

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Children and adolescents with attention and learning disorders are being increasingly referred to clinicians for treatment. Whether the primary disorder or a comorbid condition to other disorders, treating the child or adolescent with attention and learning problems can present special challenges to the clinician. This introductory course provides a better understanding of these disorders along with empirically-based therapeutic interventions.

TESTIMONIALS

I attended your seminar today and just wanted to thank you for such a heart-felt, spectacular presentation. I've never enjoyed a continuing education seminar as much as this one. Keep up the great work and keep teaching us!—Susan Vinograd, MFT, November 9, 2003

Dr. Fine's presentation was not only informative, it was also moving and touching. Thank you.—MFT, October 25, 2003

TOPICS

• Overview & Etiology
• An Explanation of the Multimodal Study
of Children with ADHD: Clinical Implications
• How to Explain ADHD/LD to Children and their Families
• A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Differences in Learning
• Interventions and Best Practices in School-Based
and Home-Based Educational Interventions
• Social Skills Training: Interventions for
Group and Individual Training
• Behavioral Interventions for Home Management
• Career and Educational Considerations

GOALS

At the conclusion of this program you should be better able to:

• Understand how attention and learning disorders affect lives beyond education to impact social behavior, emotions, and cognition.
• Implement practical educational interventions for both the therapy setting and school.

SPEAKER PROFILES
Aubrey H. Fine, Ed.D. is a psychologist (#PSY 9759) in private practice specializing in learning disorders and attention disorders. He is a Professor in the College of Education and Integrative Studies at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. He is the author of five books, and the co-author with Dr. Kotin of Therapists Guide to Learning and Attention Disorders.
Ronald A. Kotin, Ph.D. is the Director of the University of California at Irvine (UCI), Child Development Center (CDC) Day Treatment Program for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Additionally, he is a psychologist (#PSY 12351), a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UCI, and a consultant to school districts in developing school-based interventions for children with attention and behavioral problems. His innovative programs and promising practices have earned him various awards. He has been a special education teacher at the elementary school level, and has published multiple articles and chapters on school-based interventions, and is the co-author with Dr. Fine of Therapists Guide to Learning and Attention Disorders.