I am excited about this talk – because I’ll be talking about the strategies which I describe in my book (of the same title) – which will be coming out on June 7th, 2011.

This talk is set up to help to support the LDAO Chapters of North Peel and Mississauga.

Details:
Date: Thursday April 14th, 2011
Time: 6:30 pm registration – talk from 7-9 pm
Where: Mississauga Convention Center – 75 Derry Road West, Salon E, Mississauga, Ontario
Cost: $10 if you register in advance, $20 at the door (and free if you are a member of the LDA chapters). Please note, the money at the door goes directly to fund the programs of the LDA chapters.

Registration is Required:
To register, please phone: 905-272-4100 or email the LDA at: lda1@bellnet.ca (copy and paste this email into your email program)

To get a copy of the PDF invitation, please click here.

I know that this invitation will really only apply to those of you who live in the Toronto area. If you are interested in other events with Dr. Kenny, please be sure to join our email list, and we will let you know of future events.

(also, please remember that if you post a comment on this blog, or email us, we cannot register you for the event, you need to contact the LDA through the info above).

I hope you see you there!
Best,

Dr. Kenny

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When it comes to ADD/ADHD, it is relatively rare that people just have the one condition. It is very common that people have 2 or even 3 conditions.

What else comes with ADD/ADHD?
It is very common for people to have the following conditions in addition to ADD/ADHD:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Behavior Disorders
• Learning Disabilities
• Tic disorders
• and more…

When doctors are prescribing medication for ADD/ADHD, they may not account for the co-existing condition. Sometimes, the ADD/ADHD medication may impact on the other condition, or vice-versa – i.e. the medication for the other condition (i.e. anxiety) impacts the ADD/ADHD. It is important to understand the nature of this relationship.

This post contains the audio from an interview that I did with Jennifer Koretsky for the Virtual ADHD Conference 2010. In it, I share some facts about ADD/ADHD and co-existing conditions. And, I also encourage you to join us for the conference – where I will spend an hour teaching on this concept, and there will be a lot of other ADD/ADHD experts to help you to find answers to your biggest issues, and learn more about many aspects of this challenging condition. The Virtual ADHD Conference is on October 4, 5 and 6 2010.

Here’s the interview: ADHD Medication and Co-existing Conditions By: Dr. Kenny Handelman

Please note – in standard medical terminology – the term for this is: Comorbidity. In other words, a doctor may say: “he has ADHD and comorbid Depression”. It’s my feeling that people with ADD/ADHD have to deal with so much negativity a lot of the time, that I generally use the term: Co-existing rather than comorbid. Just my preference

A Bribe To Consider Joining the ADHD Virtual Conference:
Is it wrong to bribe you to consider joining the ADHD Virtual Conference?
From my perspective, if you are considering joining, I want to give you a bonus – or a reason why to join today. If you feel that the conference isn’t for you, then this ‘bribe’ won’t impact you, and you won’t mind anyway, right?

To help to motivate you – especially since it is August – I’ll give a bonus to anyone who signs up before the end of August 2010. So – to qualify for the bonus, you’ll need to sign up before midnight on August 31, 2010.

What will the bonus be?
I’ve been thinking about what I can do to help you after the ADHD Virtual Conference. This conference will host a lot of great ADHD experts, and you may be inundated with information.
What you may need, after a conference like this, is the opportunity to ask questions about how to personalize the information to suit your personal situation or circumstances.
To help you with that – if you sign up from this blog (or my email list), I will host a question and answer call. I anticipate this will be a small group call, which will allow you to ask your questions of me directly. And different than many of the other question and answer calls I’ve done in the past, this one will be with an ‘open telephone line’. That will allow you to talk directly with me, and we can explore your issues in a discussion.
The date for the call will be chosen in early October. It will be one weeknight (i.e. Monday through Thursday) at 9 pm eastern time. There will only be one time and date for the call. If you can’t attend the call live, you can forward detailed question(s), which I’ll answer and you can listen to the recording. And if you attend live, I’ll chat directly with you.
The call will go for approximately 1 hour (or less or more depending on how many questions there are).
How many people will be on this call? If past experience is a measure, it will likely be a small group. This is a great opportunity for you to have a discussion with me, so that I can bring all of my experience and knowledge of ADD/ADHD to help you out in a small, personal setting.

Here’s what to do now:
If you feel like the ADHD Virtual Conference would be of benefit to you, and you’d like the opportunity to have a small group question and answer call with me (to discuss your personal questions or situation), then follow these steps:

1. Visit the ADHD Virtual Conference website and register for it
2. Forward your receipt email to our email support team: support@theadhddoctor.com
3. Wait for the announcement of the special, exclusive Q and A call with Dr. Kenny Handelman. You’ll find out the date in early October 2010, and the call will be in late October 2010, on a weeknight, 9 pm Eastern time. There will only be one option available for the Q and A call, and you can attend live for an ‘open telephone’ conference call to ask your questions, or submit your questions via email to get answers and help for your specific situation.

As a disclaimer, our company receives a small referral fee for sending you to the virtual conference through our link. However, we are encouraging you to participate because we believe that you’ll get great value out of the virtual conference, if you decide to participate.

I hope you’ll join me for the ADHD Virtual Conference!

Best,

Dr. Kenny

p.s. remember – this bonus is only valid for sales which are made before August 31st, 2010 at midnight.
p.p.s. if you’ve already purchased this conference through my blog or email list, you get this bonus already . You just need to forward us the email receipt so that we can put you on the ‘bonus list’

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Technorati Tags: ADHD Medication, Medication, Virtual ADHD Conference

This is a weekend conference in Toronto, which will focus on many important aspects of ADD/ADHD. On the Saturday, the conference will focus mostly on child ADD/ADHD, and on the Sunday, it will focus mostly on Adolescent and Adult ADD/ADHD. The Saturday night will have a Comedy night – which will be very entertaining and help to raise funds to support advocacy for ADD/ADHD across Canada.

Speakers include: Dr. Thomas Brown – an internationally known expert in ADD/ADHD, Rick and Ava Green (actor and advocate, who started Totally ADD), Dr. Laurie Dietzel and many others (including myself). My talk will be on ADD/ADHD Medications -what’s new and how to use them safely and effectively.

The conference is on Saturday April 24 and Sunday April 25, 2010.

To learn more – please visit here.

I hope you see you there.

Dr. Kenny

p.s. if you do come specifically because of this blog post or my email list, please be sure to let me know… I’d love to meet you.

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This workshop will contain up-to-date information about Adult ADHD, including:

• How to diagnose Adult ADHD
• How to pick up the comorbid/co-existing conditions
• Treatment – including medicine, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Coaching, Alternatives
• Executive Functions – what these are, and how critical they are to functional outcome
• New Brain Research
• And much more…

… including specific tools and strategies for the professional.

This program is in downtown Toronto, and as it’s on a Friday, you can certainly travel in to Toronto for the day to attend the workshop.

Please join me on that day for an in depth look at Adult ADHD. Click here to sign up now: Leading Edge Seminars

Dr. Kenny

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My topic is: “Update on Evidence-Based Alternative Treatments for ADHD”. In this session, I’ll be discussing the role of alternative treatment in ADD and ADHD, as well as the research behind them.

As part of the lead up to the conference, host Jennifer Koretsky interviewed me. In this 10 minute interview, we discuss the nature of my presentation, and why you shouldn’t miss it.
You can listen to that interview here:

When you sign up for this conference, you’ll hear from many other ADD/ADHD Experts, including Dr. Hallowell, Dr. Amen and many more.
You can learn more and sign up here.

I hope to ‘see’ you there

Dr. Kenny

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Technorati Tags: ADD, ADHD, Alternatives for ADHD, Conference

While ADD/ADHD can be a gift, it can also produce its fair share of challenges. It can lead to overwhelm – for the person with ADD/ADHD, as well as the whole family.

Unless you have the right tools and strategies.

Dr. Rory Stern is hosting an event to help to give you the strategies you need to help your family to thrive with ADHD. He is hosting many experts and doing teleseminars for you to learn from your home. The event starts on May 4th, and runs for 6 weeks. You can attend for free, and then you’ll also have the opportunity to purchase the recordings.

I interviewed Dr. Stern, when I was in Boston for an ADHD conference in March 2009. We were standing on the streets of Boston (actually, you can see Copley Square behind us…), talking about how ADHD can affect families, and we discussed this upcoming event. You can watch the video here: ADHD Family Summit Video.

I hope you’ll take advantage of the great opportunity in the ADHD Family Summit. I know that I will be sharing the best information that I can on the session I’ll be doing on Medications.

Best,

Dr. Kenny

p.s. you can register for your FREE spot on the ADHD family summit here.

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Technorati Tags: ADD, ADHD, Boston, Family, Parenting, Telesemianr, Video

This talk is being run by the hospital that I work for – Halton Healthcare – and it will be Free for you to attend live.

Here are the specifics for this lecture:
1) Time and Date: Thursday May 7, 2009 – Displays and Refreshments at 6:30 pm and lecture begins at 7 pm. I will speak for about 1 hour and then answer some questions for about 30 minutes.
2) Location: Halton Hills Cultural Center – 9 Church Street, Georgetown, Ontario.
3) If you plan to attend – please do let the organizers know – so that they can have an accurate count of the attendees. To print a flyer of the event, (and get the contact info on how to RSVP), click here.

During this talk, I’ll share my perspective on ADHD – i.e. how differences may better explain ADHD than deficits, and how you can turn those differences into strengths. This will be a practical overview on ADHD, and it’s free for you to attend.

Please see the map below.

I hope to see you there.

Best,

Dr. Kenny

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Technorati Tags: ADD, ADHD, Georgetown, Medication, Ontario, Parenting, Seminar

This seminar is aimed to teach educators, therapists and other health care professionals about ADD and ADHD. While the level of content will be aimed to professionals, I know that many parents could benefit from this as well (and I’m pleased to say that I know of at least one mother from my medical practice who will be attending!).

If you register early (before April 8th) there is a discount for ‘early birds’.

You can learn more and register here. Even if you don’t live in or near Toronto, many people will be traveling in for this event – consider it!

The details of the event, as described on the Leading Edge Seminars Website are:

By discussing “differences” rather than deficits, a strength-based approach will be emphasized. Participants will cover the seven steps to successful treatment of ADHD: 1) education about ADHD, 2) proper assessment, 3) school and academic strategies, 4) parenting strategies, 5) medication, 6) alternative treatment approaches, and 7) treatment integration. Dr. Handelman’s succinct yet comprehensive teachings speak to the breadth of his knowledge on all aspects of the disorder, from organicity to diagnosis, treatment, and co-morbidities.

You will learn —

* The advantages of a strength-based approach to ADHD
* About the newest brain research in ADHD
* How co-morbid conditions can complicate and interact with assessment and treatment of ADHD
* The two main approaches for parenting kids with ADHD — and how these approaches are mutually exclusive
* Evidence-based alternative treatments for ADHD (66 percent are using them, though often not talking to their doctor about them)
* About updates in medication for ADHD and current treatments available, as well as new ones coming to Canada soon

If you are a blog reader or subscriber of mine, and you do come to the event, please let me know. I love getting to meet you in person.

I hope to see you soon!

Best,

Dr. Kenny

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Technorati Tags: ADD, ADHD, Canada, Seminars, Teachers, Therapists

This post is to let you know that I will be speaking live at the Learning Disability Association of Mississauga’s annual conference called: Balancing Knowledge with Practical Application.

This is a one day seminar – on Thursday November 6th, 2008.

The morning of the seminar will include a keynote speech called: Real Discipline, with Ron Moorish; and then a keynote with myself called: Unwrapping The Gift of ADD/ADHD.

The afternoon will consist of workshops – I will be speaking about treatments – medications and alternatives, and Ron Moorish will be talking about secrets of discipline (one session will be for parents/caregivers, and one will be for teachers/educators).

This promises to be a great day of learning on topics for ADD/ADHD as well as for Learning Disabilities.
I hope you’ll join us – and if you do come, please do come and say hi and let me know that you are a blog reader or subscriber of mine!

To secure your spot, please visit here.

Best,

Dr. Kenny

p.s. I hope to see you there. Can you make it?

Technorati Tags: ADHD, ADD, Conference, Mississauga, Learning Disability

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I initiallly intended to interview best-selling author Thom Hartmann, however unfortunately there was an error and the interview did not happen. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Instead, I answered questions put forward from the participants, after briefly reviewing Thom Hartmann’s book: ‘The Edison Gene’. (To find Mr. Hartmann’s books, please visit here.

To listen to this call, just click the ‘play’ button here:

Best,
Dr. Kenny

p.s. This audio is ‘flash audio’. This means that you need flash software to hear it. Unfortunately, it won’t play on an iphone…

Technorati Tags: ADHD, ADD, Teleseminar

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