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Employment Counseling for Adults With Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Issues Without Answers
Author(s) -
CARROLL CHRISTOPHER B.,
PONTEROTTO JOSEPH G.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1998.tb00478.x
Subject(s) - psychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , population , clinical psychology , attention deficit disorder , career counseling , psychiatry , learning disability , medicine , applied psychology , environmental health
This article provides an overview of issues employment counselors will face in counseling adults with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). There is little research on counseling clients with ADHD, and counselors are often ill prepared to provide appropriate services for this growing and underserviced population. Reviewed is the evolution of the ADHD label and its prevalence in adults. Diagnostic criteria are presented, and a selected review of adult outcome and treatment research is provided. Strategies for counseling adults with ADHD about careers are adapted, with caution, from literature on counseling adults with learning disabilities (LD), and specific guidelines for the employment counselor are presented.