The TOVA Company is sponsoring an "Introduction to Attention Deficit Disorders and the T.O.V.A." Workshop in Detroit, MI on May 6th, 2008.
Registration for this event is now closed.
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
The workshop will be held in a conference room at Big Beaver in Troy, Michigan. This location is in an office park complex so please be aware that there may be several buildings in this complex.
When entering the 200 E. Big Beaver Road building, there will be a receptionist. If you arrive before our trainer, please indicate that you are there for the T.O.V.A. workshop in the conference room and the reservation is under Officescape/The TOVA Company. If you have any issues, please call 651-964-4238 and our workshop coordinator will be able to assist you.
Workshop Address:
Big Beaver
200 E. Big Beaver Road
Troy, MI 48083
Directions:
From the Detroit Airport take I-94 E toward Detroit. Take exit 216A to merge onto I-75 N toward Flint. Take exit 69 for Big Beaver Road. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Big Beaver Road E. Destination approximately 0.8 miles from exit.
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
Closed.
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.