Physical Activity and ADHD: Moving Towards Bright Futures

About this course

This course will summarize the observational and experimental evidence for reductions in ADHD symptoms arising from physical activity with a special emphasis on novel findings, tensions, and controversies throughout. Studies examining physical activity and sport participation rates among children with ADHD, exploring barriers and facilitators to physical activity, and testing interventions to increase physical activity among children with ADHD will also be explored. The research will be distilled into practical suggestions for patients, physicians, and allied health professionals to include children with ADHD in programming, promote lifelong physical activity among children with ADHD, and maximize mental health benefits in this population.

What you will learn

• Professionals will be able to describe the state of knowledge with regard to the effect of physical activity on ADHD symptoms
• Professionals will consider how they could best include children with ADHD in their practices, promote lifelong physical activity among children with ADHD, and design programs that maximize mental health benefits in youth

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