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Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:17 PM
WGBH has a great series called " Misunderstood Minds" which includes a unique activity to experience what Auditory Processing Disorder might "feel like."
Did you notice the irritating noise at the beginning of the activity, like someone was bumping the microphone? And the multiple competing conversations going on around you? Really an effective and quick illustration of the challenges of "bottom up" auditory processing.
The site includes activities which simulate |
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Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:39 AM
Well I did it. I was resisting it, telling myself I wouldn't do it this time. Telling myself "I won't buy the new edition of the DSM, I'll just make use of a staff copy somewhere."
But of course I was always going to do it - I was always going to buy the DSM-5. I believe my first one was the light blue one - the III-R. I had professors who still used the green one and I was like "how old are you?" Then we all bought the maroon one. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:12 AM
It was my pleasure to spend some time yesterday at the STAR Centerin Denver, and to speak to the staff there about ways we address the ADHD-SPD symptom overlap.
In advance of that meeting, I'd asked for your questions for Dr Lucy Jane Miller, clinical director of the program and author of Sensational Kidsand No Longer a Secret- either of which would be a great place for parents or clinicians (including non-OTs like me!) to begin to understand sensory challenges in children.
So, here are your questions for Dr Miller, followed by my best recollection of her responses. |
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Posted on Monday, January 07, 2013 7:57 PM
Happy New Year - one week into 2013, I hope everything's going to plan. No? Great, you get to start over today!
Over the course of next 12 months I'll be sharing tips and strategies for managing time and focus and passion.
Look for
the Exceptions
A really useful question for clinicians in the ADHD evaluation is"these problems with focus and attention that we've been talking about....where do you NOT see these?" And that question is also worth considering by parents, spouses, and adults with attentional and organizational challenges. |
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Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:06 AM
In a recent articleby scientists at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Iran), authors note support for the 2-factor (inattention and hyperactivity) model of ADHD. Many ADHD symptom checklist items load strongly onto one factor or the other. For example, the symptoms "talks excessively" and "is on the go" load heavily onto the hyperactivefactor but not the inattentivefactor. And the symptoms "difficulty sustaining focus" and "difficulty organizing tasks" load heavily onto the |
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Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:12 AM
Designer Jon Winebrennerposted yesterday at the design blog core77 his thoughts about ADHD as continuum disorder- that is, a disorder which may be present to at least some degree in many of us, even those without the diagnosis. He notes that
every time I describe typical symptoms of ADHD to someone, they claim that they show signs of the same problems. I mean, seriously, who doesn't forget their lunch on the counter or misplace their keys every now and then? I am sure you can't point a finger at a single person and have them deny that they've gotten so engrossed in a task that the world melted away and time warped. |
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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:10 PM
In a recent letter to the editor of the New York Times, a Vanderbiltpsychology instructor suggests that we simply "face up to the fact " that ADHD is not a "hard wired" condition (he was responding to a previous Times article).
If you've attended the ADHD workshop, or are familiar with the condition, check out his letterand see whether you can spot the errors before reading any further......
Okay, what'd you notice? For example:
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Posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 8:00 AM
A reader of a recent blog postat PsychologyToday offers this comment about formal ADHD diagnosis:
The ability to pay attention is a sliding scale and not binary. Unlike pregnancy, you can be more-or-less ADHD depending on how you live your life.For example, someone who might have a little difficulty focusing can decrease their ADHD potential by meditating.
This is such a good point! Because the DSM is a medical-model approach to mental health and developmental disorders it makes use of an "either/or" (binary) approach to diagnosis. |
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Susan, Daviid's Business & Project Manager: Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 1:40 PM
I am so excited about several projects that are in the final stages of production — I can't stand it! And I am eager to get them released and into your hands. We haven't met, but my name is Susan Terkanian and I am David's Business and Projects Manager, and David has given me a "guest spot" on his blog so I can share these with you.
- 3 of his workshops now on DVD (almost):Lend Me Your Brain(his ADHD workshop),Risk Assessment and Suicide Management,andBehind Closed Doors: The Excellent Clinical Interview
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Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:11 AM
As a neuropsychologist, I spend a lot of my time administering and scoring and generally trying to make sense of standardized tests of cognitive and emotional functioning. And I love it! I love watching my clients as they solve problems and formulate verbal responses to questions they might not have considered before. I love the diagnostic process of "connecting the dots" among my data sources. Looking at inkblots, putting red-and-white blocks together, and copying complex geometric figures. |
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