Adult ADD Strengths

The first annual CADDRA (Canadian Attention Deficit Disorder Research Alliance) ADHD conference, ADHD: Across the Lifespan will be held in Vancouver BC June 19 - 20, 2005.

Looks like there’s great content and great prices too.

I’d give a link to CADDRA but am still waiting for them to create a website, hopefully they’ll have one up before the conference starts.

They’re having it just before the Canadian Paediatric Society’s 2005 Annual Conference in Vancouver which starts June 21st.

Their target audience is Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, Family Physicians, Psychologists, & Educators.

While the conference is geared towards medical professionals, it is also open to the public at very good rates (see website for details). I registered yesterday.

So if you or your doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist want to learn more about ADD and might like to spend some time in one of the top 3 most liveable cities in the world, register today.

The have topics on children, teens and adults with ADHD.

Here are some of the topics relating to adhd adults.

Medical Treatments for Adult ADHD

The Facts on Novel Treatments: Diet, Neurofeedback Advanced
Psychopharmacology

ADHD Families: The Genetics of ADHD

Personality Disorders Treatment in ADHD Adults

CADDRA Consensus Guidelines for Adults

Highlighted Speakers and Topics

ADHD Families: the Genetics of ADHD� by Dr. James Kennedy, the world’s foremost expert in the genetics of ADHD

Tough ADHD Cases and How We Treat Them� by Dr. James Swanson, co-author of the SNAP, the most widely used diagnostic tool in ADHD

The 10 Minute Office Behavioral Plan in Adolescents with ADHD� by Tom Phalen, best selling author of 1-2-3 Magic

New Research in How We Learn� by Dr. Rosemary Tannock, one of the world’s leading researchers in reading disorders and brain functioning

Adolesent ADHD and Addictions: Treatment Strategies� by Dr. Tim Wilens, from the Harvard ADHD Research Team

Here’s a list of some of the presenters.

Vancouver’s own Margaret Weiss who’s the director of the ADHD clinic for children and adults at Childrens’ and Womens’ Hospital in Vancouver
Derryck Smith (University of British Columbia)
Umesh Jain (University of Toronto) and head of CADDRA
Lily Hechtman (McGill)
Declan Quinn (University of Saskatoon)
Michel Maziade (Laval University)
Atilla Turgay (University of Toronto).
Dr. Tom Phelan, best selling author of 1-2-3 Magic
Dr. James Swanson, co-author of the SNAP, a widely used diagnostic tool in ADHD