Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated

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Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated

Instructors: Wanda Rubinstein

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Knowing the main symptoms of ADHD, and how they affect everyday life.
Learning the difference between pathological and non-pathological attention problems.
Knowing the different types of attention and which are impaired in patients with ADHD.
Recognizing differences and similarities between ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

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What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Does a person who is easily distracted have ADHD? What are the symptoms or warning signs of ADHD? How does ADHD affect everyday life? In this online course, we will characterize ADHD symptoms and behavior, which seems to be increasingly common in the general population. We will describe different types of attention, the way ADHD affects attention in children and adults, similarities and differences between this and other disorders, as well as different ADHD treatments and interventions.

We will start this course by exploring students' prior knowledge about general attentional symptoms and symptoms of ADHD.

What's included

3 videos5 readings3 assignments3 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 11 minutes

Welcome to the course4 minutes
Recognize symptoms of ADHD through clinical examples from daily living activities3 minutes
End of week 1: Summary3 minutes

5 readingsTotal 50 minutes

Welcome to the course10 minutes
Methodology and evaluation of the course10 minutes
Attention and attentional symptoms10 minutes
Attentional difficulties in children with ADHD10 minutes
Attentional difficulties in adults with ADHD10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 70 minutes

Formative Quiz: Understanding attention problems in people with and without ADHD20 minutes
Formative Quiz: ADHD in children and adults. Diagnostic and treatment difficulties20 minutes
Summative Quiz: Attention problems, characteristic symptoms and differences between ADHD in adults and children 30 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Welcome10 minutes
Understanding attention deficits10 minutes
Discussion and debate about symptoms of adults and children with ADHD10 minutes

This week we will dedicate ourselves to addressing, in a didactic way and with examples, the different models and types of care.

What's included

5 videos4 readings4 assignments3 discussion prompts

5 videosTotal 13 minutes

Introduction to week 21 minute
Examples of types of attention4 minutes
Types of attention in children with ADHD3 minutes
Types of attention in adults with ADHD3 minutes
How attention deficits impact the daily life of patients with ADHD3 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Types of attention (Posner Model)10 minutes
Types of attention (Sohlberg y Mateer Model)10 minutes
Assessing the types of attention in ADHD10 minutes
Module Summary10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Formative Quiz: Knowing the types of attention20 minutes
Formative Quiz: The types of attention in ADHD20 minutes
Formative Quiz: Impact of the different types of attention deficits on daily life20 minutes
Summative Quiz: Types, models and ways of classifying attention in ADHD30 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Sharing ideas and examples of the types of attention10 minutes
About attentional symptoms in ADHD10 minutes
Assessing10 minutes

This week we will deepen the relationship of ADHD with other pathologies and syndromes, emphasizing the main differences and similarities, as well as those comorbid disorders that may occur.

What's included

5 videos4 readings4 assignments3 discussion prompts

5 videosTotal 19 minutes

Introduction to week 31 minute
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Classification6 minutes
Attention disorders in adulthood3 minutes
Main differences between ADHD and other childhood disorders4 minutes
Main differences between ADHD and other adulthood disorders5 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Most common comorbidities of ADHD10 minutes
Congenital disorders10 minutes
Attention disorders in childhood10 minutes
Module Summary. Introduction to treatments10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Formative Quiz: Comorbidities of ADHD20 minutes
Formative Quiz: Disorders that affect attention20 minutes
Formative Quiz: Differences between ADHD and other disorders20 minutes
Summative Quiz: Relationship of ADHD with other pathologies, differences and similarities30 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Space for reflection10 minutes
Similarities and differences between ADHD and other disorders10 minutes
Reflection on this week's content10 minutes

In this final week we will explore concepts related to cognitive stimulation and treatments for ADHD in both adults and children, as well as those areas where interventions are developed

What's included

4 videos5 readings5 assignments3 discussion prompts

4 videosTotal 16 minutes

Introduction to week 42 minutes
Intervention5 minutes
Psychological interventions in children with ADHD5 minutes
Treatment for adults with ADHD5 minutes

5 readingsTotal 45 minutes

Disciplines and their transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches10 minutes
Treatment for children with ADHD10 minutes
Neuropsychological and psychoeducational interventions in children with ADHD10 minutes
Cognitive stimulation for adults with ADHD10 minutes
Ready for the next step?5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 130 minutes

Formative Quiz: Cognitive stimulation20 minutes
Formative Quiz: Treatment for children with ADHD20 minutes
Formative Quiz: Treatment for adults with ADHD30 minutes
Summative Quiz: Treatments for ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders30 minutes
Final Evaluation of the Course 30 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Previous notions about cognitive stimulation10 minutes
Reflection on the contents of this section10 minutes
Reflection on this week's content10 minutes

Instructors

Wanda Rubinstein

Universidad de Palermo

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