ADHD: Update on Interventions in schools and primary care practices

CE Learning Objective(s)

 Following this presentation, participants will:

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About Presenter

Thomas J. Power, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of School Psychology in Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Perelman School of Medicine of University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Power has been invested in research, teaching, and clinical practice for children with ADHD for his entire career, and he has served as Director of the Center for Management of ADHD at CHOP for over 25 years. Dr. Power’s research, funded by National Institute of Mental Health, Institute of Education Sciences, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, has focused on developing and evaluating interventions for children with ADHD, with a primary focus on implementation in schools and primary care practices. In addition, he has conducted numerous studies on the assessment of ADHD and its impairments for data-based decision making. Dr. Power’s research is characterized by partnership-based methods focused on addressing the needs of children marginalized by socioeconomic disadvantage and assignment to minority status. Among his contributions, he has co-authored Family-School Success for Children with ADHD: A Guide for Intervention (Guilford) and ADHD Rating Scale-5: Checlists, Norms, and Clinical Interpretation (Guilford).

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for licensed professionals & advanced graduate students with clinical experience who anticipate seeking licensure as mental health professionals. The instructional level of this presentation is INTERMEDIATE. 

• Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists*. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• This program provides two (2) hours of CE credits.
• * PBTA now offers CE to psychologists licensed in the state of New York in addition to all other United States. Attestation of full attendance and provision of license number post-event required to obtain certificate that meets NY criteria for CE.
  
• PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. Non-psychologist licensees in other states should confirm with their respective boards if this meets criteria for CE in their specific non-PA states.
  
• Full attendance with video display is required to obtain CE credit for this program. APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed. Registrants can log in and cancel up to 48 hours before event when registration closes.
  

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