ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD) IN WOMEN

Friday, May 18, 2007
with Sari Solden, MS, LMFT and Ellen Littman, PhD

Location: Freeport -

Harraseeket Inn 162 Main Street Freeport, Maine

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Sari Solden, MS LMFT is a psychotherapist and licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Ann Arbor, MI. Ms. Solden has specialized in individual, couple and group work with women and men with AD/HD and their partners for almost 20 years and is the author of two books on the subject. Women with Attention Deficit Disorder (Revised 2nd edition, 2005) depicts the shame and guilt women with AD/HD often feel as they struggle to live up to the "unwritten job description for women."

Her second book Journeys Through ADDulthood (2002), for men and women as well as mental health professionals, identifies the long term passages that adults with the differences of AD/HD need to navigate in order to live a fulfilling life long past the beginning stage of diagnosis and medication.

Solden trains mental health professionals and is a prominent speaker at both national and international conferences as well as a frequent contributor to publications on this subject. She serves on the professional advisory board of ADDA (the National Association For Adults With ADD) and has served on the program conference committee for national CHADD (Children and Adults with ADD). Her areas of specialization include inattentive AD/HD, women's issues, as well as long term counseling issues for men and women not diagnosed until adulthood.

JOINING SARI AS A SPECIAL GUEST PANELIST IS ELLEN LITTMAN, Ph.D. - expert on women and girls with AD/HD

Dr. Ellen B. Littman is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been involved in the field of attentional issues for more than 18 years. She was educated and trained at Brown and Yale Universities, and at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her private practice in Mount Kisco, NY, just north of NYC, She offers individual, couples, family and group treatment, and has particular expertise in girl's and women's issues. In addition to frequent lecturing, she is widely published. She is a co-author of the book Understanding Girls with ADHD, as well as a contributing author of the books Understanding Women with ADHD and Gender Differences in ADHD.

Program Description

Sari Solden combines her very personal style of presentation with almost 20 yrs. of clinical expertise to share her approach to effective work with women with AD/HD.

Through a combination of lecture, unique visuals, exercises, and discussion, this workshop gives participants a deeper appreciation of the pervasive impact of executive function struggles on women who frequently are not diagnosed until adulthood because they don't fit the stereotype of someone with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Solden teaches participants how to unravel the cultural and psychological layers and presents a hands on exercise designed to help distinguish some conditions that delay diagnosis because they mimic or mask inattentive AD/HD. She outlines and explains her own model of case conceptualization. Participants will learn a way to evaluate successful treatment by looking at internal markers such as self-concept development rather than exclusively at outward signs of organization, which may always continue to be a struggle.

Guest expert Ellen Littman, Ph.D. will join Sari for an expert panel on girls and women with AD/HD which will provide ample opportunity for questions and discussion.

Learning Objectives: Participants will:

1. Understand executive function challenges and how they collide with the cultural expectations women have internalized.

2. Gain an appreciation of the psychological impact of growing up undiagnosed for women.

3. Explore the complexities of differential diagnosis in women because of other conditions that mask and mimic AD/HD inattentive type.

4. Develop a new lens thru which to evaluate successful treatment for women with AD/HD.

5. Discover the essentials of effective therapeutic relationships and the pitfalls to be aware of when working with women with AD/HD.

6. Develop a framework for case conceptualization and making decisions about individual, couple, or group settings.

Registration Information:

Conference Size: This training is limited to 200 people. Please sign up early to receive a confirmation.

Payment: Pre-registration is required. Please see payment options on our printer friendly registration form. If you are using a purchase order, there is an additional $10 processing fee per purchase order. Include your registration form with the P.O.

Confirmation: After payment has been received, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail. All registrations are nonrefundable. Should the conference be filled, your check will be returned.

Location: Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main Street, Freeport, Maine. Exit 22 off 295. Phone: 207-865-9377

Time: Registration: 8:00; Program: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Luncheon: Your registration fee includes a gourmet luncheon with home made deserts in the Inn's dining room from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

About CEUs: Participants will receive a certificate for 6 clock hours. This program has been approved for .6 credits in Education from the University of Maine. Application has been made for 6 CEs in Psychology and 6 CEUs in Speech/Language Pathology.

Questions: If you have any questions please call Barbara Freethy at 207-846-8643 or e-mail.

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