Dr. Ned HallowellDr. Ned Hallowell ADD/ADHD Summer Enrichment Camps

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From childhood through adulthood, ADHD can present both difficult dilemmas as well as unique opportunities for change, growth, and success. Dr. Hallowell defines the goal of diagnosis and treatment as the transforming of ADHD from a chronic liability into an overall asset in life.

In 25 years of working with people of all ages who have ADHD, Dr. Hallowell has learned that a strength-based approach to diagnosis and treatment leads to the best outcome. From the very first moment the clinician meets the patient or client, he or she looks for talents, skills, and strengths and builds a program geared to promote those first and foremost. This approach mobilizes hope, excitement, and a cascade of positive
energy.

Interweaving introductory information with advanced material, these seminars will explore the entire world of attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in human dimensions as well as clinical and scientific.

Spend a week with Ned Hallowell and enjoy an educational and recreational vacation. Come learn, grow, and relax on northern Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula. Daily sessions will be held from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 PM at The Leelanau School, with afternoons and evenings free.

"I have spent time at Leelanau and have seen first hand how beautifully and brilliantly the school works to bring out the best in each student. These teachers love the students—and what a difference that makes! Typically students arrive at Leelanau short on hope and long on lethargy. But within weeks that changes.

They get excited because for the first time in a long while, their teachers are excited about them, and
other kids are interested in them. What develops is a cauldron of connection, a crucible of enthusiasm for life, full of laughter, learning and the "long, long thoughts" as Longfellow called them, that ought to
populate a young person's mind."

Dr. Edward Hallowell
"Superparenting for ADD—An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child"

Program Information At-a-Glance

Who: Open to adults of all ages and professions and children entering grades 5 through12
Date: July 18-23, 2011
Cost: $950 per person
Accommodations: The Homestead Resort
(231-334-5100) or visit Glen Arbor Chamber of Commerce

Airport: Traverse City Cherry Capital Airport (TVC)

Directions to Leelanau

Special gatherings for participants Opening Reception with Dr. Hallowell on Sunday, July 18th at 7:00 P.M. at The Leelanau School.

Closing Luncheon with Dr. Hallowell on Friday, July 23rd at The Leelanau School.

 

Themes for Students

  • Themes for Students Program goals will be to combine conceptual understanding with practical application to gain awareness and develop strategies to maximize potential for academic and social success.
  • The learning goals will be presented in multi-sensory expe-riential environments geared toward increasing students' interest, generalization and long-term retention.
  • Organization, Time Management and Prioritization.
  • students will match their learning styles and personal preferences with a systematic approach to academic organization.
  • students will focus on strategies for time management and priori-tization by mapping their routines and schedules in school and at home
  • Exercise, Nutrition and Sleep
  • heavy emphasis will be placed on understanding the physiological, cognitive and emotional connections between exer-cise, sleep, nutrition and performance/well-being
  • students will explore practical strategies and ideas for maxi-mizing their health in their individual school and home environments
  • Memory
  • semantic, episodic, emotional and procedural memory will be explored through experiential activities to build students' access to short-term, working and long-term memory retrieval
  • students will learn valuable memory strategies to improve recall on exams and other school work

Themes for Adults

Introduction

  • explanation and rationale for the strength-based approach special techniques in the strength-based approach
  • history of ADHD
  • what it is like to have ADHD
  • potential skills and strengths in people who have ADHD
  • the Seven Habits of Highly Effective ADHD-ers
  • life stories of successful ADHD-ers
  • problems to overcome in life with ADHD
  • epidemiology in the U.S. and across cultures
  • ADD vs. ADHD

Biology of ADHD

  • brain scan data
  • genetics of ADHD
  • the Itch at the Core ADHD: Reward Deficiency syndrome
  • an organized approach to the diagnosis of ADHD
  • statistically validated screening tests of ADHD
  • the role of neuropsychological testing
  • common pitfalls in making the diagnosis
  • over-diagnosis vs. under-diagnosis
  • how to take a strength-based history
  • how to explain the diagnosis of ADHD to a child or adult

Conditions that Co-exist with ADHD

  • ADHD vs. Modern Life: How to tell them apart
  • Childhood Bi-polar Disorder vs. ADHD: How to tell them apart
  • dyslexia and ADHD
  • addictions and ADHD
  • a new use of the 12 Step Program in treating ADHD
  • the basics of treating ADHD
  • the start of treatment: a pivotal moment

How to Find the Buried Treasures in ADHD

  • promoting strengths: a systematic approach
  • nutrition and ADHD: Omega 3s and beyond
  • cerebellar stimulation: a new exercise-based treatment
  • two traps to avoid: spin and slide (terms to be explained)
  • managing "the big struggle" in families
  • couples and ADHD
  • sexuality and ADHD

The Role of Medication in ADHD

  • the pros and cons of various medications
  • guidelines to finding the right dose of the right medication
  • explaining medication to others
  • clinical examples of the use of medication in all ages
  • treating worry, anxiety, and ADHD
  • promoting organizational skills in life with ADHD
  • finding the right career in life with ADHD
  • choosing the right mate in life with ADHD
  • finding joy in life with ADHD

 

Edward M. Hallowell

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., is founder of The Hallowell Center in Sudbury, Mass., an outpatient clinic, and he is the author of 12 books, most recently, Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder. On the faculty of Harvard Medical School from 1983-2003, Dr. Hallowell now spends his professional time seeing patients, Giving lectures, and writing books. He lives in Arlington, Mass. with his wife and their three children.

Having ADHD himself, having two children who have it, having treated it in children and adults for 25 years, Dr. Hallowell is uniquely qualified to discuss both the clinical as well as the personal and human aspects of living with ADHD.

Rob Himburg

Rob Himburg, M.A is the Director of Education at the Leelanau School. In addition to running the Leelanau academic program, he designed and leads the Specialized Learning Program at Leelanau and has implemented innovative programs such as the Leelanau Winter Term, Summer Academy Adventure Education, and Discovery Education trips to Kauai, Hawaii. Rob came to Leelanau from The Charles Armstrong School in Belmont, CA where he directed the Counseling program, led the Outdoor Education program and coached football and basketball. Independently, he has led students on summer sailing trips in the Sea of Cortez, backpacking adventures in the Sierras and environmental and cultural explorations in Costa Rica. Rob received a B.A. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 1993. Following a year of travel, Rob entered the M.A. Rehabilitation Psychology program at Appalachian State University, graduating in 1996.