Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated
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Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated at Coursera Highlights
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Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Knowing the main symptoms of ADHD, and how they affect everyday life.
- Learning the difference between pathological and non-pathological attention problems.
- Knowing the different types of attention and which are impaired in patients with ADHD.
- Recognizing differences and similarities between ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
- What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Does a person who is easily distracted have ADHD? What are the symptoms or warning signs of ADHD? How does ADHD affect everyday life? In this online course, we will characterize ADHD symptoms and behavior, which seems to be increasingly common in the general population. We will describe different types of attention, the way ADHD affects attention in children and adults, similarities and differences between this and other disorders, as well as different ADHD treatments and interventions.
Introduction to ADHD: What It Is and How It’s Treated at Coursera Curriculum
Attention problems, characteristic symptoms and differences between ADHD in adults and children
Welcome to the course
Recognize symptoms of ADHD through clinical examples from daily living activities
End of week 1: Summary
Welcome to the course
Methodology and evaluation of the course
Attention and attentional symptoms
Attentional difficulties in children with ADHD
Attentional difficulties in adults with ADHD
Formative Quiz: Understanding attention problems in people with and without ADHD
Formative Quiz: ADHD in children and adults. Diagnostic and treatment difficulties
Summative Quiz: Attention problems, characteristic symptoms and differences between ADHD in adults and children
Welcome
Understanding attention deficits
Discussion and debate about symptoms of adults and children with ADHD
Types, models and ways of classifying attention in ADHD
Introduction to week 2
Examples of types of attention
Types of attention in children with ADHD
Types of attention in adults with ADHD
How attention deficits impact the daily life of patients with ADHD
Types of attention (Posner Model)
Types of attention (Sohlberg y Mateer Model)
Assessing the types of attention in ADHD
Module Summary
Formative Quiz: Knowing the types of attention
Formative Quiz: The types of attention in ADHD
Formative Quiz: Impact of the different types of attention deficits on daily life
Summative Quiz: Types, models and ways of classifying attention in ADHD
Sharing ideas and examples of the types of attention
About attentional symptoms in ADHD
Assessing
Relationship of ADHD with other pathologies, differences and similarities
Introduction to week 3
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Classification
Attention disorders in adulthood
Main differences between ADHD and other childhood disorders
Main differences between ADHD and other adulthood disorders
Most common comorbidities of ADHD
Congenital disorders
Attention disorders in childhood
Module Summary. Introduction to treatments
Formative Quiz: Comorbidities of ADHD
Formative Quiz: Disorders that affect attention
Formative Quiz: Differences between ADHD and other disorders
Summative Quiz: Relationship of ADHD with other pathologies, differences and similarities
Space for reflection
Similarities and differences between ADHD and other disorders
Reflection on this week's content
Treatments for ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders
Introduction to week 4
Intervention
Psychological interventions in children with ADHD
Treatment for adults with ADHD
Disciplines and their transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches
Treatment for children with ADHD
Neuropsychological and psychoeducational interventions in children with ADHD
Cognitive stimulation for adults with ADHD
Formative Quiz: Cognitive stimulation
Formative Quiz: Treatment for children with ADHD
Formative Quiz: Treatment for adults with ADHD
Summative Quiz: Treatments for ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders
Final Evaluation of the Course
Previous notions about cognitive stimulation
Reflection on the contents of this section
Reflection on this week's content
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