What you'll learn in this expert session
We need to ensure children on ADHD medications do not experience any negative consequences from the drugs' potential impact on appetite and growth. While the diagnosis and initiation of treatment of ADHD in children may not be the remit of nurses and GPs, the management of these children's general health most certainly is. In this presentation, Paediatrician, Dr Paul Joshua, outlines some of the ongoing health issues associated with some ADHD medications, especially the effects on growth and nutrition. He then, with the help of dietitian, Ms Lauren Gladman, will provide advice on how health professionals might monitor and manage children on ADHD medications to ensure optimal physical health outcomes as well as psychological health outcomes.
About the Experts
Dr Paul Joshua
Dr Paul Joshua is a developmental paediatrician with a special interest in ADHD and behavioural disorders in school age children. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and members of the RACP Chapter of Community Child Health and the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatric Society of Australasia. He consults at Southside Paediatrics, via telehealth for rural patients through Anywhere Healthcare, and is the founder of a clinic at Liverpool Hospital for children in South West Sydney with Learning, Behavioural and Developmental challenges. He is a Visiting Medical Officer at St George Private Hospital, Hurstville Private Hospital, Kareena Private Hospital, and Prince of Wales Private Hospital. Dr Joshua worked for 10 years at Sydney Children’s Hospital in developmental medicine, refugee health, child protection and general paediatrics. He has been on the Sydney Children’s Hospital Clinical Council and Health Promotion Committee, and has been on the Paediatrics Division Council for the RACP.
Lauren Gladman
Lauren Gladman has worked as a Paediatric Dietitian for 15 years. She has worked in tertiary hospitals in Australia and the UK and has had her own private practice in Southern Sydney for 10 years. Lauren specialises in food allergy, infant nutrition and tube feeding and tube weaning. She has been on the advisory panel for the NSW Allied health guide to feeding difficulties in Children, Go4Fun weight management program and paediatric home enteral nutrition guidelines. She has presented at conferences on feeding disorders, food allergy, and Anorexia Nervosa. Lauren is a member of Dietitians Australia and ASCIA peak allergy body for Australia and New Zealand.
Course curriculum
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How to complete this course
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Instructions
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Stimulant Meds for ADHD - Impacts on Growth and Nutrition
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Summary
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Video lecture (35 mins)
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Quiz: test your learning (10 mins)
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Document your CPD here
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CPD Documentation and Reflection Activity Tool
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Feedback
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