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X-WR-CALNAME:Bringing Skills into Action: Rethinking Engagement and Treatme
 nt Delivery for Youth and Adolescents with ADHD
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DESCRIPTION:About the speaker: \nMelissa R. Dvorsky\, Ph.D.\, is a psycholo
 gist and Associate Professor at Children’s National Hospital and the Geo
 rge Washington University School of Medicine where she directs the ADHD & 
 Learning Differences Program. She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publi
 cations on ADHD with research funded by the National Institute of Mental H
 ealth and the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
 . Dr. Dvorsky developed the Advanced Tools for Organization Management (AT
 OM)\, a technology-enhanced organizational skills intervention for adolesc
 ents with ADHD. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Attention Dis
 orders and serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Youth & Adole
 scence and School Mental Health. Dr. Dvorsky’s research is focused on pa
 rtnering with communities including schools and care providers\, to improv
 e the access\, effectiveness\, and sustainability of services for the ADHD
  community.\n\nAbout the talk: \nEvidence-based interventions for adolesce
 nts with ADHD can effectively target organizational\, time-management\, an
 d related functional skills\, yet treatment outcomes depend on adolescents
 ’ engagement and ability to use these strategies in everyday contexts. T
 his presentation will examine treatment engagement and skill utilization i
 n adolescent ADHD\, drawing on findings from a systematic review of cognit
 ive-behavioral interventions that identifies common approaches for promoti
 ng engagement\, research examining predictors of treatment engagement and 
 differential treatment effects\, and a school-based intervention augmented
  with novel mobile technology designed to support real-time skill use. Tog
 ether\, these findings illustrate opportunities to move beyond traditional
  approaches to intervention delivery by intentionally designing interventi
 ons to promote engagement\, reinforce skill use\, and provide support when
  and where adolescents need it. The presentation will highlight how engage
 ment-focused strategies may enhance treatment response and will discuss im
 plications for optimizing the delivery of ADHD interventions across school
  and outpatient settings.\n\nThis presentation is relevant to mental healt
 h professionals\, psychologists\, clinicians\, students\, and trainees at 
 an intermediate level. The speaker has reported no conflicts of interest o
 r commercial support for this talk.\n\nLearning Objectives:\n\nDescribe ke
 y components and common elements of cognitive-behavioral interventions for
  youth with ADHD.Evaluate the potential utility of digital tools for promo
 ting real-time skill utilization and treatment engagement among adolescent
 s with ADHD.At the conclusion of this presentation\, participants will be 
 able to:\n\nAnalyze approaches for treatment engagement and factors associ
 ated with skill utilization among youth with ADHD.Apply research findings 
 on treatment engagement and digital augmentation to identify opportunities
  for improving the delivery and effectiveness of ADHD interventions in cli
 nical and school-based settings.Continuing Education:\nOne hour of CE cred
 it is available for attendees who are present for the entire program. We a
 sk that all participants complete the given evaluation form at the conclus
 ion of the program.\n\nThe Center for Children and Families at FIU is appr
 oved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing educa
 tion for psychologists. The Center for Children and Families at FIU mainta
 ins responsibility for this program and its content.\n\nThis free in-perso
 n talk has also been approved for up to 1 CEU credit by Florida Board of C
 linical Social Work\, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counse
 ling\; and 1 CE credit by Florida Board of Psychology and Florida Office o
 f School Psychology.\n\nProvider # BAP 50-12872.\n\nThis event is proudly 
 co-sponsored by the Department of Psychology.
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LOCATION:AHC1 - Academic Health Center 1\, 110
SUMMARY:Bringing Skills into Action: Rethinking Engagement and Treatment De
 livery for Youth and Adolescents with ADHD
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 thinking-engagement-and-treatment-delivery-for-youth-and-adolescents-with-
 adhd
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