ADHD, Anxiety and Autism often travel together. In this video course, Dr. Dan shows how to move beyond these diagnostic categories and think about a spectrum of excitation-inhibition. This way of thinking about developmental difference helps us find the right balance - with medication and other therapies - for each child.


Course preview


Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Introduction

    • Introduction and Course Outline
  • 2

    Part 1: Three levels of assessment

    • Categorical assessment

    • Etiologic evaluation

    • Functional assessment
  • 3

    Part 2: Under-inhibition, over-inhibition and SCADS

    • Finding the balance between pausing too much and too little

    • Coexisting conditions and functional assessment

    • SCADS flipping
  • 4

    Part 3: Medication management and SCADS

    • Medication management of SCADS

    • Treatment complexities

    • Medication treatment trials

    • Medication side effects

    • Case discussion: Jimmy
  • 5

    Part 4: CBT and SCADS

    • SCADS and non-pharmacologic management

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for SCADS

    • Example: tic-tac-toe

    • Revisiting The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus
  • 6

    Part 5: Other disorders of over- and under-inhibition

    • Golden Mean thinking for other disorders
  • 7

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion
  • 8

    Bonus Content: Combined Medication and Parallel Exposure Therapy for Coexisting ADHD, Anxiety, and Autism

    • "Combined Medication and Parallel Exposure Therapy for Coexisting ADHD, Anxiety, and Autism (From the Parent Child Excursions Book)"