Seattle Children’s Department of Psychology offers: “Late Onset of ADHD: Fact or Fiction?” Presented by Margaret Sibley, PhD, associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Sept. 5, 6 p.m.
Location: Providence St. Peter’s Medical Center, 413 Lilly Road NE, Olympia, WA 98506, Room 200 (Maps and Directions)
RSVP: [email protected]
Learning objectives:
- Understand key steps in the diagnostic process for adolescents and adults who present with first-time ADHD symptoms.
- Differentiate false positive ADHD cases from true cases of the disorder.
- Recognize valid versus invalid profiles of late-onset ADHD.
- Identify risk factors for the development or exacerbation of ADHD symptoms in adolescence.
- Become familiar with diagnostic and treatment recommendations for adolescents and adults with a first time diagnosis of ADHD.