International expert on ADHD, Dr. Stephen Hinshaw will be presenting a keynote address for the west coast launch of his latest book, “ADHD: An Overview of What You Need to Know” at The Help Group’s 2015 Summit: Advances and Best Practices in Autism, Learning Disabilities and ADHD.  His keynote will focus exclusively on the content of his new book, and will expand on the core issues–ranging from definitions, causes, underlying models, lifespan development, sex differences, basic treatments, and key reasons for the explosion of diagnoses in recent years–that make ADHD so compelling and controversial.  The keynote on Friday, October 23^rd will be given at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and will be followed by a book signing later that day.

Researched and written by Dr. Hinshaw, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author, “ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford University Press) is the go-to book for authoritative, current, accurate, and compelling information about the global ADHD epidemic.

Dr. Hinshaw, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, is a leader in the field of developmental psychopathology and one of the foremost experts on ADHD in the country. He serves as the Vice-Chair for Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He is an award-winning teacher, and a renowned author of more than 280 research articles and chapters and seven books, including his most recent, “The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today’s Push for Performance”. Dr. Hinshaw is currently the editor of the highly regarded Psychological Bulletin, the most cited journal in psychology.  He is the 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, and most recently he was recognized with the 2016 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, the highest honor conferred by the Association for Psychological Science for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to applied Psychological research.

“The Help Group is thrilled to be joined once again by Dr. Stephen Hinshaw,” says Dr. Barbara Firestone, Pres. & CEO, The Help Group and Summit co-Chair.  “Since 2002 he has been providing our attendees with such rich and informative experiences. We are always so pleased that he shares his extraordinary work and outstanding contributions to the field with our audience.”

The Help Group Summit 2015 is a cutting edge conference that features leading experts in basic and applied research, and evidence-based best practices in assessment, intervention and treatment. Widely recognized for the scope, depth and caliber of its offerings, the Summit is designed for educators, clinicians/therapists and parents.

This year’s Summit, will be held Friday, October 23^rd and Saturday, October 24^th at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. For more information, the complete schedule, including the full line-up of ADHD presenters, and registration, please visit www.thehelpgroupsummit.org.