While Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been extensively researched, there is still much that is poorly understood. This impedes our ability to identify risk and optimally inform treatment. An aspect of ADHD that has not been sufficiently studied relates to sensory processing. In this presentation we address findings examining ADHD and sensory processing differences, and also look at the response to a stressor in children with ADHD. Overall, findings suggest that sensory responsivity differences are not ubiquitous in ADHD and provide a different way to consider children with this diagnosis. Given the call from the National Institute of Health to move toward a more dimensional diagnostic process for mental health concerns, and away from the more routine categorical diagnostic process, we suggest sensory over-responsivity as a dimension in the diagnostic process for children with ADHD.
Presented at the Virtual Summit: Sensory
Processing in ADHD via Livestream
Presented live and recorded
August-September 2021
Level: Introductory
Length: 1 hour
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Learning Objectives:
- Describe the relationship between ADHD and anxiety in both children and adults
- Explain how and why sensory over-responsivity might be seen as a unique dimension of ADHD
- Discuss the importance of sensory over-responsivity as
it relates to ADHD
Presenters:
Shelly Lane is Professor and Academic Program Director at Colorado State University and Professor of Occupational Therapy at University of Newcastle, Australia. With degrees in both occupational therapy and neuroscience, she has focused her research on neuroscience applications in occupational therapy, and neurophysiologic underpinnings of sensory integration and processing in children. Her current research addresses playfulness and interaction in father-child pairs; effectiveness of the Alert Program® for self-regulation in children with autism; effect of participation in Camp Jabiru on self-regulation, playfulness, and sensory integration/processing, and understanding the physiologic correlates of sensory modulation disorders and occupational therapy interventions. Her clinical work includes that with children who have experienced early childhood trauma, and children with sensory concerns linked to ADHD and ASD.
Stacey Reynolds, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA has been an occupational therapist for 21 years. After earning a PhD in Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, she completed post-doctoral training in behavioral neuroscience at the University of Florida. Dr. Reynolds is currently at tenured associate professor at VCU, and director of post-professional programs in the occupational therapy department. Her research has focused on how children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, respond to sensory stimuli in their environment; and how these responses impact functional performance and behavior. Dr. Reynolds is the director of the endowed Sensory Processing and Stress Evaluation (SPASE) lab and has published over 30 peer-review publications in the area of sensory processing and pediatric research. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT).
Presenter Disclosures:
- Shelly Lane and Stacey Reynolds received a speaking fee for the production of this course for the 2021 STAR Sensory Symposium and STAR Institute Online Learning platform
- There are no other relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose
Who should attend:
Occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language
pathologists, educators, child development specialists, mental health
professionals, parents, caregivers, and other individuals seeking a better
understanding of Sensory Processing.
Instructional Methods:
PowerPoint lecture
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Continuing Education Credits:
Course Completion Requirements:
Upon full completion of the course video, participants must
complete and pass a quiz with at least 80% accuracy to receive a certificate of
completion.
The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.
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