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Talk with others who really understand, share and develop life skills. A drop-in peer-support group, the first Tuesday of each month.
Facilitator: Sue Zee Poinsett
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
Network with other parents as we share experiences and listen to speakers on topics related to parenting ADHD children.
Drop-in group; no registration necessary.
Facilitator: JoAnn Matone
Location: Thomas J. Hart Middle School, Pleasanton (library)
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
PLEASE NOTE: THE NOVEMBER MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, NOT THE USUAL SECOND WEDNESDAY.Share your story and strategies, talk with others who "get it," and have some laughs at this friendly drop-in group.
It’s not a "moan and groan" group. It's more of an ADHD Salon, with interesting conversation and sometimes chocolate.
So, come join us the third Wednesday of each month. (Parents are welcome, including parents of adults with ADHD. Many ADHD treatment issues are the same across the lifespan, and this is a rare opportunity for you to talk to adults with ADHD about their expeience as children and young adults. But rrimary and high school education issues are not discussed.)
Drop-in group.
Facilitators: Gina P. and Brad P.
THIS IS THE BEST ADULT ADHD DISCUSSION GROUP IN THE WORLD!
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
You can sign up for reminders through this website (but we can't explain how -- sorry!).
OR, you can sign up for our Yahoogroup: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SiliconValleyCHADD/
A drop-in peer-support group, the last Wednesday of each month.
Learn tools, get support, share humor, and develop strategies for living with AD/HD.
Facilitator: Don Ross, 707-525-0675
Public welcome! Suggestion donation of non-CHADD members, $5
• WHEN: 7-9 p.m., the last Wednesday of each month, except Nov.Dec.
• WHERE: The Quaker Meetinghouse, 1647 Guerneville Road.
From Hwy 101 head west on Steele Lane/Guerneville Road.
Take the first right driveway after Ridley by the stonewall marked Quaker Meeting-house. Look for CHADD sign. Park in the lot, go through gate, and go left to the meeting room.
If you get to Marlow, you have gone too far. You can only enter the driveway to The Quaker Meeting House heading west on Guerneville Road. Over-flow parking take right on Ridley.
CHADD Parent Share Group in Marin County - Tiburon
A drop-in group open to all parents, family members & caregivers of children (of all ages) with challenges in self-regulation of attention or focus, activity level, emotions, whether or not formally diagnosed with AD/HD (all types). Family members share resources, concerns, successes, hope and strength. Chidren, including adult children, with AD/HD come in all sorts of packages, but when you hear someone sharing descriptions of behavior or learning problems that you thought only your child did, you realize you truly are not alone. There are others on the same path searching to understand their child's struggles, support their child's strengths, accept what cannot be changed and do their best to determine those programs, schools, interventions, medications, parenting strategies, curriculum that have been shown to make a significant difference in the lives of those with AD/HD (all types).
Usually the last Monday of the month 12:30 - 2:30.
2009 Meeting Dates: January 26, February 23, March 30, April 27, June 1 (Due to Memorial Day on May 25). No meetings end of June and July. Resumes August 31, September 28, October 26, November 30. No meeting December 2009.
Westminster Presbyterian Church Library: 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, CA (Less than one mile off Hwy. 101)
Group Leaders (CHADD Volunteers):
Holly Seerley, MFT & Parent 415-383-6656
Ellen Nicosia, Parent 415-927-2442
Victoria Vogel, MFT & Parent 415-383-6048
$5 donation requested from non-CHADD members or you can join at the meeting. CHADD members: no charge.
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church Library, Tiburon
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
"Adult ADHD Success Clinic"
Ongoing drop-in group.
We’re about focus, energy and momentum. We’re about paying attention to the present moment and not allowing fear shrink our lives. If you believe in manifesting the positive and letting go of the negative … come join us. If you’re looking for an ADHD friendly oasis … come join us.
Facilitator: Rick Webster
Kaiser-Permanente - French Campus, 4141 Geary Blvd. (between 5th and 6th Aves)
Conference Room F1 on the 1st Floor. We are in the green building (4141) marked "L".
Parking lot off of 5th Ave or street parking
For detailed directions, click on URL above (http://chaddnorcal.org/schedule/directions/FrenchKaiser.htm)
Ongoing drop-in group. Meets first and third Wednesdays monthly.
Get support!
Discuss issues relating to having lived an undiagnosed life with ADHD. Share successes: Learn strategies and develop skills to cope more successfully by focusing on pertinent topics.
Facilitator: Rick Webster
Location: 710 South Broadway, Walnut Creek, #3B
Kaiser Mental Health, behind Nordstrom
(The building next to Safeway on corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd)
ROOM: Room 2A, 2nd floor (follow signs)
$5 donation suggested of non-CHADD members
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
Ongoing drop-in group. Meets first and third Wednesdays monthly.
Get support!
Discuss issues relating to having lived an undiagnosed life with ADHD. Share successes: Learn strategies and develop skills to cope more successfully by focusing on pertinent topics. �
Facilitator: Rick Webster
Location: Kaiser Walnut Creek, Room 2A, 2nd floor (follow signs)
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
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Lecture topic: "ADHD and Couples, Relationships"
Guest Speakers: John Capel, PhD, and Katherine "Cass" Capel, PhD (psychlogists)
The lecture takes place for the first hour, and the support group discussion takes the second hour of the meeting.
Drop-in Peer Support Group for Adults with ADHD
Facilitator: Molly Bloom
Note: The meeting is in the other building on Baker, not the church itself.
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
Ongoing, drop-in parent group
Meets second Tuesdays (except July and August).
Facilitator: Alicia Solano
location:
Sutter Delta Medical Center
3901 Lone Tree Way
Antioch , CA 94509
We meet in the Edna Fallman Center (in back of the hospital, to the right and across from Emergency; the meeting room is the last door on the right). Park in back lot.
From Concord
From Byron, Brentwood, or Oakley
Lecture topic: Taking Care of Yourself & Your ADD: Diet, Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep
Laurie Dupar, MSN, RN, CPCC, ACC, ADHD Coach & Educator
The lecture takes place for the first hour, and the support group discussion takes the second hour of the meeting.
Speaker: Gina Pera, author of Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?
ADHD symptoms alone can make for a rocky ride in the areas of finances, co-parenting, running a household, and intimacy. Less explored is the added burden of living for years in ignorance about ADHD and the poor coping strategies that typically develop as a result – in both partners. We will explore how couples affected by ADHD can let go of counterproductive coping strategies and create more effective ones.
About the speaker: San Francisco-based journalist Gina Pera is the author of Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder. The book recently received four national book awards, including ForeWord Magazine's 2008 Book of the Year for Psychology for Psychology.
For the past eight years, Pera has researched and written about adult ADHD while also advocating for better awareness and treatment standards. A popular speaker, she provides education and support for the ADHD community, leading discussion groups in Silicon Valley and a 500-member online group for partners of adults with ADHD around the world.
She writes three blogs:
http://www.ADHDPartner.org - results from the ADHD Partner Survey
http://www.ADHDRollerCoaster.com - news and essays about Adult ADHD
http://AdultADHDRelationships.blogspot.com
About the meeting:
Meetings are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Free to CHADD members. $5 donation suggested for non-members.
Meetings are held in the offices of Bay Area Properties located in the Claremont neighborhood of Berkeley, and bordering North Oakland.
This area remains one of the few neighborhoods with free parking (usually limited to two hours)- and plenty of it.
WHEN: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
WHERE: 3088 Claremont Avenue(cross street The Uplands), Berkeley 94705
BART: Pittsburg/Baypoint line Rockridgestation, AC Transit #7
Elizabeth Sautter, M.S., CCC-SLP, Director of Communication Works, will explain how and why social skills groups work and discuss some of the communication problems common to kids with AD/HD. www.cwtherapy.com
Support group for PARENTS of children diagnosed with AD/HD
Build supportive relationships, exchange practical information, learn from community experts and enjoy adult-time while we collaborate to solve the challenges of raising kids with AD/HD.
Meetings are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Free to CHADD members. $5 donation suggested for non-members.
Facilitator: Carol Katz, 510-551-6914
We meet in the Claremont neighborhood of Berkeley.
Location: Marin county, Corte Madera.
Just off the freeway 101 at Tamalpais Drive/Paradise Drive exit, in
the Corte Madera Town Center mall (west side of freeway).
770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201.
Enter south end of mall, look for big striped canopy on the
right, enter lobby and take elevator to second floor.
• Coordinator (Volunteer): Beverlee Kell 415-789-9464
Topic: "Parenting When Both Parent and Child Have ADHD"
Speaker: Gina Pera, author of Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stopping the Roller Coaster when Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder
Your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, you've learned that this condition is highly genetic, and now you wonder: Could ADHD also be an issue for you and/or your partner?
Even well into adulthood, ADHD can present challenges in staying organized, managing time (and mood), and maintaining the routines that stabilize and nourish a family.
Learn how unrecognized ADHD symptoms in a parent can affect parenting skills and focus on strategies for success.
Gina Pera is an award-winning print journalist based in the San Francisco Bay area.
Her work for USA Weekend magazine won the prestigious Best Magazine Edition award from The Association for Women in Communications as well as a Unity Award in Media from Lincoln University of Missouri, recognizing accurate exposure of issues affecting minorities and disabled persons.
For the past eight years, she has researched and written about Adult ADHD while also advocating for better awareness and treatment standards. A popular speaker, she provides education and support for the ADHD community, leading discussion groups in Silicon Valley and a 400-member Internet-based group for the partners of adults with ADHD around the world. http://www.ADHDRollerCoaster.com
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This drop-in group is primarily for parents, and adults are welcome to attend. Let's get together, share stories, support and resources. Speakers to be announced.
Facilitator: Shari Gent
A $5 donation is kindly suggested to CHADD non-members.
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
SPEAKER: DR. JOHN L. DIGGES, MD, PHD, MPH, FAAP (Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics)
Behavioral Pediatrician
Dr. Digges practiced general and behavioral pediatrics in Oklahoma and California for 14 years. From 1998 to 2006, he served as the Forensic (Child Abuse) Pediatrician for Kern County, California; and has had a private practice limited to ADHD consultations for the past ten years. He has been a CME surveyor for the Institute of Medical Quality (CMA) for the past eight years, and currently serves a President of the Kern County Medical Society
This drop-in group is primarily for parents, and adults are welcome to attend. Let's get together, share stories, support and resources. Speakers to be announced.
Facilitator: Shari Gent
For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.
Topic: Bi-Polar Disorder in Children and Teens: Early Signs & Detection, Occurrence & Recurrence, Treatment & Containment
Speaker: Diane Engelman, PhD
Star Academy & CHADD of Marin Speakers Series
Friday, Mar 5, 8:30 a.m. Presentation: 9:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m. Star Academy. 4470 Redwood Hwy, San Rafael.
$5 donation at door (free to Star parents and CHADD members)
Registration: Dorothy Khosrovi at (415) 456-8727 x 117 or dorothy.khosrovi@staracademy.org <mailto:dorothy.khosrovi@staracademy.org>