Osteopathic Healthcare Brings Brain Literacy Presentations to Talent
for health care practitioners, school educators, and families
Presenters: James B. Hale, Ph.D. & Elizabeth Caron, D.O.
Location: Osteopathic Healthcare, 201 N. Pacific, Talent, OR 97540
541-897-4445, info@osteohc.org, Masks required.
Pre-registration required, space is limited, please register: https://www.osteohc.org/
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Waking the Sleeping Brain Boss
April 27, 2023; 6:00pm-8:00pm (2 Hours; $20.00)
Children can have attention problems for many reasons, but how does one know if it is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how best to treat it? In this community wide event, Dr. James B. Hale will present the latest ADHD research, including his own work on ADHD medication response. Reviewing that “true” ADHD is a “brain boss” problem, Dr. Hale will highlight how the problem with ADHD is executive control of attention, not basic attention. Stimulant medication, the most common treatment, works by waking up this “brain boss” to control the rest of the brain. By maximizing the cognition of a student with ADHD with medication, and using other interventions, including physical exercise, learning strategy instruction, social skills instruction, and behavior management, we can maximize both academic and behavioral outcomes for children with ADHD. Dr. Elizabeth Caron will provide her perspective on serving children with ADHD, and lead the Q&A discussion that follows the presentation.
Presenters:
James B. (Brad) Hale, ABPdN, is a board-certified pediatric neuropsychologist, licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist, and certified special education teacher. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and has presented his brain literacy work world-wide. He received his Med from the University of Illinois, PhD from Loyola University Chicago, and Post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatrics at The Ohio State University. His research as a professor and scientist-practitioner attests to the importance of brain plasticity, where the goal is remediating and overcoming or mitigating disability, not compensating for it.
Dr. Elizabeth Caron is an Osteopathic physician board certified in neuromusculoskeletal medicine, Osteopathic manipulative medicine, integrative medicine, and pain medicine. She has special interest in pediatrics, maternal care, and general practice. She has been extensively involved in teaching Osteopathic Medicine world-wide on the biodynamic faculty as well as teaching in the Academic setting at Good Samaritan and St. Barnabas hospitals and been on faculty at multiple Osteopathic colleges including being curriculum director at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine where she received her physician undergraduate training. Her residency was in the Bronx, NY at St. Barnabas Hospital. During her teaching and over 20 years of clinical practice she has treated Osteopathically: traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, post concussive syndrome, ADHS, autism and more. She has a special interest in brain function and how that interfaces with Osteopathic clinical principles and practices.
