The TOVA Company is sponsoring an "Introduction to Attention Deficit Disorders and the T.O.V.A." Workshop in Philadelphia, PA on March 27, 2008.
This workshop is designed to help clinicians more accurately diagnose and more effectively treat patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by using the Test Of Variables of Attention ( T.O.V.A.).
Location
1500 Market Street
12th Floor, East Tower
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
By Road:
From North: Take NJ Turnpike to Exit 4. Take Rt. 73 North to Rt. 38 West to US Rt. 30. Take US Rt. 30 West over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge towards I-676. When coming off the bridge stay in 2nd and 3rd lane from the right and follow signs for Central Philadelphia/Vine Street/Local Traffic. Continue driving until 15th Street and make a left South to Market St.
From East: Take I-676 over the Walt Whitman Bridge. Go West on I-76 (Schuykil Expressway) to Exit 39 (30th St. Station). Drive one block to Market Street, turn right traveling east on Market to 15th Street.
From South: Take I-95 North and follow "Central Philadelphia/I-76" over the George Platt Bridge to I-76 West. Follow 76 West to Exit 39 (30th St. Station). Go one block to Market St. and make right onto Market. Travel east on Market St. to 15th Street.
From West: Take I-76 East to Exit 24 (Schuykill Expressway). Follow the Schuykill (I-76) East to Central Philadelphia, I-676 Exit. Take I-676 to 15th Street, turn right. Take 15th Street south to Market Street.
Cost
The "Introduction to Attention Deficit Disorders and the T.O.V.A." workshop is $100 US.
Groups of three or more people, and students, receive a discounted cost of $50 US.
Registration
Please mail or fax your Workshop Registration Form to us. Although there is no formal registration cutoff time for the workshop, we need to receive your registration at least one week prior to the workshop in order to reserve the necessary space and your meal.
Schedule
We'll first view ADHD as a diagnostic entity in its historical perspective and define commonly used terms. We'll review the sub-types and diagnostic criteria of ADHD as set forth in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV (DSM IV) and discuss their limitations. After reviewing the etiologies of the ADHD symptom-complex and diagnostic procedures, we'll discuss relevant treatment interventions with specific focus on the use of medications.
We'll then present an overview of the important features and uses of continuous performance tests (CPTs) in the diagnosis and treatment of attention disorders, using the T.O.V.A. as our model, and contrasting it with the other commercially available CPTs.
We'll analyze and interpret, in depth, a T.O.V.A. Interpretation Report and its companion reports, The Classroom and the Home Intervention Reports. We'll then examine a number of T.O.V.A. Teaching Protocols illustrating the use of the test in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.