Dr. Blake’s Seminars
Dr Blake does two six hour seminars for PESI, Inc. out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. One is entitled, “Executive Dysfunction: Effective Strategies & Interventions for Children & Adolescents”, which discusses how to diagnose and treat executive function difficulties in general and in those with AD/HD, Specific Learning Disability-Dyslexia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. The second seminar is entitled, “Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults”, addressing how to diagnose and treat executive function difficulties in adults with AD/HD as well as how to treat common AD/HD comorbidities of AD/HD adults.
Dr. Blake has done six live seminars, and six webinars through Cross Country Education (now known as Vyne Education) in Brentwood, Tennessee. The seminars and webinars are designed primarily for credentialed professionals in medical and mental health fields. Continuing Education Credits are offered for these presentations.
Finally, Dr. Blake has done seminars, trainings and talks for a variety of international, state and local conferences, as well as for schools, institutions and organizations. If you are interested in having him present please contact him.
Presentations are available on the following subjects:
ADHD & Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT)- Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults
- 2019 Child ADHD Executive function Houston TX
- Career Counseling-and-ADHD
- AD/HD 2015 and Adults
- AD/HD and Driving
- Classroom Management for Children with AD/HD PART 1
- Classroom Management for Children with AD/HD PART 2
- Life-Changing Interventions for the New AD/HD: Beyond the DSM-5® – Extra Information
- DSM-5, Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Sluggish Cognitive Tempo 2016 Update
- Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, AD/HD Inattentive Presentation (Restrictive), & Concentration Deficit Disorder
- Sluggish Cognitive Tempo 2012
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) Vs. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AD/HD
- What’s New About Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Combined Type in Adults (AS of Early 2013)?
- 2018 ASD Adult Transition
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sexual Deviance, and Victims
- 2015 Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults
- Autism Building a Life Skills Toolkit
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sexual Deviance, and Victims
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: Healthy Sexual Development
- OVERVIEW-OF-NONVERBAL-LEARNING-DISORDERS-AND-ASPERGERS-DISORDER1
- ASD
- Specific Learning Disorder-Reading/Dyslexia Update
- Fidget With Digits: Specific Learning Disorder with Impairment in Mathematics Diagnosis and Treatment
- DSM-5, Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Specific Learning Disorder, AD/HD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Prosopagnosia
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Learning Disorders in Adulthood
- Assessment and Treatment of Dyslexia in Adolescents and Adults: No Adults Left Behind
- Specific Learning Disorder-Reading/Dyslexia Update
- Two Common Reading Problems Experienced by Many ADHD Adults, 2013 Edition
- Other Reading Disorders/Difficulties That Are Not Specific Learning Disorder-Reading/Dyslexia
- Executive Dysfunction: Effective Strategies & Interventions for Children & Adolescent
- Adult Executive Function Difficulties at Home and at Work
- Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults
- Executive Dysfunction: Strategies With Adolescents at School NYC DOHMH Tuesday, January 23, 2018
- Social Difficulties of Learning, Attentional and Autistic Disorders: Screening and Treatment
- Website Slides — Developmentally Disconnected: Evidence-Based Tools for Transforming Social Competence
- Social Difficulties live seminar
- Additional Slides for Developmentally Disconnected seminar
- Neuropsychological Deficits Underlying Social Skills Weaknesses and Strategies for Remediation
A. New Six-Hour Seminar
A New 6-hour Seminar, presented by Dr. Blake through PESI, is is now available entitled, “High-Functioning Autism: Proven & Practical Interventions for Challenging Behaviors in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults“. This intensive, full-day seminar provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioral techniques to help you analyze behaviors and actions, identify consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk away with practical intervention techniques for social success, behavior changes and overcoming challenging co-occurring behaviors that deliver success through adulthood. The challenging co-occurring issues to be addressed are:
- Social skills
- Sensory
- Depression
- ADHD
- Psychotropic medications
- Communication
- Anxiety/Rigidity
- Meltdowns
- OCD
- Non-compliance
Get valuable insight into common psychotropic medication, including both the helpful effects and potentially problematic side effects, that these individuals are prescribed. We will explore HFA and the new DSM-5® diagnosis of Social-Pragmatic Communication Disorder. You will receive the necessary tools to gain effective collaboration between clinicians, educators and parents. Through case studies, video clips and class participation you will leave this seminar with the confidence to identify actions that cause impediments in change, utilize more successful consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents, and young adults with HFA. Don’t just manage these individuals; provide interventions that can lead to successful independence into their adult years!
Seminar Slides:
2020 High-Functioning Autism PESI
References:
2020 Autism seminar references
Future Dates and Cities-Please contact PESI, Inc. (800) 844-8260 for details and registration.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020: Duluth, MN
Thursday, March 5, 2020″ Roseville, MN
Friday, March 6, 2020: Bloomington, MN
Tuesday, March 17, 2020: Merrillville, IN
Wednesday, March 18, 2020: Ft. Wayne, IN
Thursday, March 19, 2020: Indianapolis, IN
B. New Six-Hour Seminar
A new 6-hour Seminar, presented by Dr. Blake through PESI, Inc. is now available, entitled: Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults. This workshop presents the latest techniques to treat the core issue of difficulty of AD/HD in adults; impaired executive function. READ MORE Time and task management, personal organization, and planning difficulties can negatively affect all aspects of the AD/HD adult’s life. Employment, relationships, physical and mental health, grooming, driving, parenting, may all be impacted. Learn practical, easy to apply methods to help adults with AD/HD improve Dr. Blake will provide information on how to coordinate treatment with other professionals who are tasked with helping AD/HD patients/clients to attain the highest achievable skills. Physicians, speech-language therapists, professional organizers, AD/HD coaches, job coaches, academic tutors, career counselors, etc, will benefit. Learn why more directive counseling methods, like cognitive behavioral therapy and coaching often do not work for AD/HD children, but do for AD/HD adults. Dr. Blake’s goal is to provide practical, easily applied, evidence-based techniques, skills, and methods that can improve the quality of life for adult AD/HD clients. Seminar Slides: Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults References Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults Future Seminar Dates and Cities – Please contact PESI, Inc. (800) 844-8260 for details and registration. Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Skills to Manage ADHD in Adults C. New 12 – Hour Seminar A new six hour seminar can be provied by Dr. Blake through PESI entitled, “Executive Function, AD/HD and Stress in the Classroom: Practical and Effective Tips, Tools and Strategies For those intersted in a live presentation of this seminar please contact PESI, Inc. (800) 844-8260 for details. Other Scheduled Seminars and Courses DVDs and Podcasts are Available Downloadable podcasts and DVDs are available of this seminar and another of Dr. Blake’s seminars entitled, “Executive Dysfunction: Effective Strategies for Children and Adolescents”, which are available from PESI, Inc. Six hours of CEUs are also available. Additionally, Dr. Blake has three podcasts that can be streamed from Vyne Education in Brentwood, Tennessee. They are as follows: “Inattentive AD/HD in the DSM-5: Finding Consensus or Debate” (2 hours CEU); “Healthy Sexual Development in Those With Autism Spectrum Disorder” (1 hour CEU); and, “Getting Back On Track: Understanding and Treating Executive Function and AD/HD” (2 hours CEUs).
Module: #3“. This seminar is designed for educator to earn the latest in effective classroom management and teaching tools to be used in the mainstream classroom with student who have AD/HD. It will teach how to adapt the curriculum of the mainstream classroom to meet the needs of the student with AD/HD and the neurotypical student.