About Our Services

Based in Toronto, Canada; Clinical Developmental Resources Inc., Concerned Parents' Seminars, & The ADHD/ADD Counseling and Education Centre are dedicated to providing high quality, in-depth educational programs for professionals and lay people.

The mandate of Clinical Development Resources Inc. is to organize and produce workshops and other professional development activities that are applicable, relevant, effective and responsive to the needs of education and clinical practice. Our programs are especially geared for practitioners and educators who want to broaden their knowledge base and repertoire of interventions. All instruction is conducted by leading experts in the field.

Concerned Parents' Seminars provides training for parents, professionals and others who are interested in child, adolescent, family mental health and  school related issues. This includes workshops on Self Esteem, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Management, Anxiety Disorders, Bullying, and related topics.

We develop and run programs which provide participants with the opportunity to learn from leading specialists, acquire effective and state of the art approaches,  develop new and practical skills, and network with others. Feedback from previous participants has consistently rated our conferences, workshops and courses with high praise and marks of excellence.

Professionals at our Anxiety Disorders Clinic & ADHD/ADD Counseling and Education Centre are highly trained experts dedicated to providing excellent quality assessments, consultations, evidence-based treatment strategies and other supports for children, adolescents, young adults and adults challenged with anxiety disorders (including obsessive compulsive disorder), attention deficit disorders, and related difficulties. We believe that no person needs to fail as a result of having these problems. We have state-of-the-art knowledge and comprehensive methods for intervening in ways that can lead to success.

Programs & Other Activities

Organized and produced the following seminars, conferences and workshops:

• ADHD/ADD: The New Understanding, Approach and Critical Guidelines. Led by Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.
• Effective Strategies for Behavior Problems and Explosive Outbursts. Led by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
• Treating Anxiety Disorders in the School, Clinic and Home. Led by R. Reid Wilson, Ph.D.
• ADHD/ADD, Defiance and Self-Control: Changing the Lives of Challenging Students and Youth. Led by Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
• Working with Oppositional, Defiant or Explosive Children and Adolescents. Led by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
• A.D.H.D. Strategies and Training Day with Sandra Rief, M.A.
• Succeeding with A.D.D., A.D.H.D., and Learning Disabilities. Training Day with Richard Lavoie.
• Self-Esteem and Discipline in Children and Adolescence. Training Day with Dr. Thomas W. Phelan.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders; Assessment and Treatment. Training Day with Dr. Fred Penzel.
• A.D.D./A.D.H.D. Spectrum Training Day.
• Eight to ten week course for parents, educators and others interested in Attention Deficit Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Management, Self Esteem and related areas.
• In-service training for schools, mental health agencies, hospitals, support groups and other organizations.
• Consultant for, and appeared in Today's Parent Magazine, June 2002 edition, pages 109-114. See the article entitled, "Attention Getters:Drugs are not the only answer for kids with ADD" by John Hoffman.
• Consultant for, and appeared in the MacLean's Magazine cover story regarding Neurobiological / Neurobehavioral disorders (Mar.15, 2000 edition. pages 54-57).
• One of our Parent Training Courses appears in Chatelaine Magazine (October 1999 edition, page 32)