Foster Care Training

This course will focus on why it is important to recognize symptoms of ADHD and to understand how those symptoms impact daily life, decision-making, and therapeutic work with youth who have ADHD diagnoses. Participants will learn ways to differentiate ADHD from Autism Spectrum Disorders. Participants will learn how ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders can look similar and how they are different, and how it can be helpful to teams to have an accurate diagnosis. This is especially complicated when youth have life histories that include trauma as well, as system involved youth do. We will examine case studies to help participants understand how to differentiate and apply learned assessment skills.