ADD Exam

The ADD Exam (required for the Level 2 ADD Specialist Certificate) is held three times a year: NSGCD Conference, NAPO Conference, and POC Conference.

Qualifying Requirements

The ADD Exam is only open to members of the NSGCD. Upcoming candidates for ADD Specialist may take the ADD Exam providing they have received their Level II CD Specialist Certificate and have taken the Basic ADD Issues Teleclass.

ADD Exam Components

The ADD Exam is only open to members of the NSGCD. Upcoming candidates for ADD Specialist may take the ADD Exam providing they passed the General Exam and have taken the Basic ADD Issues Teleclass. The reading material needs to have been read. Attendance at the Study Sessions is optional. See ADD Study Session section below.

• ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg & Kathleen Nadeau, PH.D., Brunner Routledge, 2002. Section on Time Management only pages 144-198
  
  
• Healing ADD - The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the Six Types of ADD by Daniel G. Amen, M.D., Berkley Books, 2001. All except Part 3 page 209-274
  
  
• Journeys Through ADDulthood by Sari Solden, Walker & Company, 2002.
  
  
• Messie No More by Sandra Felton. Fleming Revel Books, 2002.
  Please Note: The book we will use is the 2002 revision not the earlier version. Also note that we will only cover chapter 5 in this book.
  
  
• Strategies for Working with ADD Clients Over the Phone by Shannon Seek, NSGCD Publication - See our publications page. Click here.
  
  
• Tools for Working with CD - ADD Clients by Sandi Einstein, NSGCD Publication - See our publications page. Click here.

 

Reservations

Click here to find out the exam dates, times, locations and to register

Fees

The fee to take the ADD Exam will be $125.00. Those passing the exam will receive a Certificate of Passing. This document is required for completion of the ADD Specialist Certificate.

Study Sessions

The following study sessions will be made available via a recording.

Click here to go to the study session recordings.

Session 1:	Healing ADD and Messie No More
Session 2:	ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize and Tools for Working with CD/ADD
Session 3:	Journeys Through Adulthood and the Strategies for Working with ADD Clients by Phone

 

Post-Exam Requirements and Applications

The ADD Specialist Certificate will be granted provided the specific application requirments are met within 2 years of taking the ADD Exam. These include earning a Level II CD Specialist Certificate, earning the Level I Basic Understanding of ADD Issues with the CD Client Certficate and taking an additional six ADD teleclasses from the NSGCD.

ADD SPECIALIST APPLICATION