Gabor Maté
A Biopsychosocial View of Attention Deficit Disorder and other Childhood Developmental Disorders
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Saturday 29 January 2022
A Live Webinar with Dr Gabor Maté
CE Credits: 3 hours
- Includes a recording of the event with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4:00am EST Wednesday 26 January
In his bestselling book Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté rejects the narrow genetic perspective. Instead, he proposes a biopsychosocial view. This has profound implications for the treatment of AD(H)D and related developmental disorders in both children and adults.
READ MORE...During this seminar, Gabor Maté will elaborate how the circuitry and physiology of the brain are affected by the environment, not only during critical periods of early childhood development but throughout the human lifetime. Medications may be part of treatment, but they should not be the primary, and never the only line of treatment as symptom-control can actually undermine what should be the long-term goal: neurobiological and psychological development.
In this conversational presentation, Gabor – despite the fact that he has been diagnosed with ADD himself – will propose that while genetic predisposition may play a role, it is by no means decisive. Neurobiological research has clearly demonstrated that the development of the human brain is not genetically determined but is significantly influenced and shaped by the environment. An increase in societal and parental stress, affecting the developing, highly susceptible brains of infants, is responsible for the increasing number of cases now being diagnosed among children and adults. Nearly three million children in the US take stimulant medications for this condition, and the prevailing medical model of ADHD is that of an inheritable illness.
This event will run in a conversational style with Eugene Ellis as discussant-chair and will be interactive throughout.
FULL PROGRAMME
12.00 EST
Introductions
12.05
Part I
Gabor will consider the following topics:
1. How to recognize AD(H)D: symptoms and signs
2. The psychological/emotional characteristics of AD(H)D
3. How the human brain develops in interaction with the environment
13.00
Break
13.15
Part II
4. Understanding the behaviours of the ADD child and adult
5. The uses, misuses, dangers and limitations of medications
6. The use and abuse of medications in treating AD(H)D
14.00
Break
14.15
Part III
7. The AD(H)D student in the classroom
8. How to promote healthy development at any age
15.00
End
FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EST Wednesday 26 January
Live Webinar:
$70 (Member $35)
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Includes a recording of the event
CE
This event is accredited by:
- NBCC
Certificates of attendance for 3 hours will be provided.
To receive the full CE credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.
This event is NOT accredited by the following organisations:
- ASWB
- NBCC
- NYSED (Psychology)
- NYSED (Psychoanalysis)
- NYSED (Social Workers)
Please note, that this event is not being recorded and no CE test post event will be available and so you will need to attend all of the live event to receive the CE certificate.
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Saturday
12.00 EST Introductions
12.05 Part I
13.00 Break
13.15 Part II
14.00 Break
14.15 Part III
15.00 End
CONTENT LEVEL
- Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Articulate how the biopsychosocial view has profound implications for the treatment of AD(H)D and related developmental disorders in both children and adults.
- Elaborate on how the circuitry and physiology of the brain are affected by the environment.
- Critique aspects of treatment including medication as a part of treatment for AD(H)D.
- Discern the psychological and emotional characteristics of AD(H)D.
TARGET
AUDIENCE
- Psychologists
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychotherapists
- Addiction Professionals
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychiatrists
- Other related mental health professions.
BOOKING CONDITIONS
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