ADDA-SR 30th Annual Conference
Succeed at Life with ADHD
Saturday, February 17, 2018, 7:30 am – 4:45 pm
Presented by
The Attention Deficit Disorder AssociationSouthern Region (ADDA-SR)
Hosted byMonarch School, 2815 Rosefield, Houston, TX 77080
This conference is designed to address diagnostic and evaluation tools, provide current treatment information, teach behavior management techniques for home and classroom, present effective teaching techniques, train families to advocate, teach coping and compensating skills to adultsand promote a positive attitude regarding this disorderand classroom strategies.HIGHLIGHTS: Keynote speaker, MarkKatz, Ph.D., is a clinical and consulting psychologist in San Diego, CA,and author of the book, Children Who Fail at School but Succeed at Life: Lessons of Lives Well-Lived.Internationally recognized author Chris Zeigler Dendy, M.S. will address strategies for success. Two mother/daughter teams will discuss girls/women with ADHD from a personal perspective.
A - Adults with ADD, Spouses, Parents of adult children,E - Educators, M - Mental Health Professionals, P- Parents of Children with ADD/ADHD
Registration 7:30-8:15 Sign in, book sales, vendors
8:15-9:30 Conference Welcome and General Session, Mark Katz, Ph.D.AEMP
Children Who Fail at School but Succeed at Life:Advances in Our Understanding of Human
Resilience and of the Limits of Emotional Endurance (Part 1)
9:45- 10:45 BREAK OUT SESSION #1
1 Ellen Delap, CPO, Conquer Paper ClutterAEMP
2 Sophia K. Havasy, Ph.D. The Language of LaunchingEMP
3 Scott Nipper, M.A., BCBA & Shawn Hirsch, Ph.D., LSSP, The Monarch Model Core
Practices: Facilitating Holistic Development through Therapeutic Education EMP
4 Bernard Rosenberg, MD, Medications, Tried and Trueand New AEMP
5 Athea Davis, Creating an Awesomesauce Day: Mindfully Managing Campus Behavior EMP
11:00-12:00 BREAK OUT SESSION #2
1 Michelle Garcia, Psy.D. An Innovative Sex Education and Social Skills CurriculumAEMP
2Jay Tarnow, MD – The Integrative Psychiatry Approach to Treatment of ADHDAEMP
and Related Disorders
3Julie Jones, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S, Parenting Through the Transition Years from
Adolescence to Young AdulthoodAMP
4Chris Zeigler Dendy, M.S., Strategies to address Deficits in Executive Function AEMP
& ADHD for Students and Adults
5Melanie Roth Lemanski, Ph.D., LSSP, Effective School Based Behavior Intervention EMP
Plans: You are a Piece of the Puzzle
Lunch 12:00-1:00 Lunch is Included, select on the registration form
General Session PM: 1:00-2:15 Mark Katz, Ph.D.AEMP
Children Who Fail at School but Succeed at Life: Advances in Our Understanding of
HumanResilience and of the Limits of Emotional Endurance (Part 2)
BREAK OUT SESSION #3 2:30-3:30
1 Ron Swatzyna, PhD, LCSW / Caitlin Bailey, LPC, Individualizing Medications: Using AEMP
Technology to Assist Medication Selection
2 Sharon Duval, M.A. CCC-SLP, Helping Students Understand and ModulateEMP
their Emotions through Language
3Kathleen Duryea, DO, Carly Duryea, Jane Indergaard, M.S., RN, Mary Indergaard, BAAEMP
Under-diagnosis ofGirls and Women with ADHD: a Personal Perspective
4 Aaron H. Fink, M.D., ADHD andAthletesAMP
5Evan Weinberger, ADHD Coach, Getting$#!*Done: JugglingTasks & Making the Time AEMP
to Actually Complete Them
BREAK OUT SESSION #4 3:45-4:45
1Chris Zeigler Dendy, What does your child's future hold? Strategies to Help EMP
Children Succeed!
2 Elyssa Gottheim, LCSW, Encouraging Positive BehaviorEMP
3Robin Rettie, M.Ed.,Sensory, ADHD, Both, or Something Else?AEMP
4Kimberly Harrison, Ph.D., Harnessing the Power of ADHDAEMP
5 Gayle Y. Fisher, M.Ed., Ed.Tech, Learning Differences and the Effects on the Family AMP
& Sibling Relationships
Registration Rates Per Person, Early Bird Rates End 01/15/2018
*ADDA SR MembersEarly Bird= $105 (Regular $120)
* Non-Members Early Bird $140 (Regular $155)
*Special! Join Now Attend Conference Early Bird $150 (Regular $165)
*Student Rate $85 (must have valid student ID, email picture bring to event)
*Monarch School Family Discount $65
*Monarch School Family Super Special (ADDA-SR Family Membership + Attend) $90
A limited number of stipends (scholarships) are availableto cover fees & if out of town, hotel. Please call our office or email for a stipend application or for educator group rates.School purchase orders accepted,please turn in individual registration forms with PO.
SIXContinuing Education (CE) Credits for LPCs, LMFTs, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators)
Hotel group rates: $85, includes breakfast buffet, Holiday Inn, 4606 Westway Park Blvd.Houston, TX 77041, (888) 247-9908
Registration Closes 2/14/18, Walk Ins add $10