Attention Deficit Disorder

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Who to Contact

CH.A.D.D. Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050
Fax: (301) 306-7090
Email: national@chadd.org
Web: http://www.chadd.org/

CH.A.D.D. is a national organization working toward helping children and adults with ADD achieve success.

CH.A.D.D. Publishes a regular newsletter, and an expanded magazine-style publication covering the latest developments in ADD research, diagnosis, and treatment. There is also a Fact Sheet series and regular updates on breaking news.

On the state level CH.A.D.D. is developing ADD councils to help local and state school systems implement the U.S. Department of Education Federal Policy on ADD which tells schools how to serve students with attention deficit disorders through IDEA and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

 

 

ADDA (Attention Deficit Disorder Association)
PO Box 7557
Wilmington, DE 19803-9997
Phone/Fax: (800) 939-1019
Email: adda@jmoadmin.com
Web http://www.add.org

The mission of ADDA is to provide information, resources and networking to adults with AD/HD and to the professionals who work with them. In doing so, ADDA generates hope, awareness, empowerment and connections worldwide in the field of AD/HD. Bringing together scientific perspectives and the human experience, the information and resources provided to individuals and families affected by AD/HD and professionals in the field focuses on diagnoses, treatments, strategies and techniques for helping adults with AD/HD lead better lives.

ADDA currently provides the following activities and resources to its members:

• An annual national conference
• FOCUS, the quarterly publication of the organization
• A web site
• Written tools, such as ADDA's "Guiding Principles for Coaching Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"
• Products such as audio and video tapes on a wide range of adult AD/HD topics
• AD/HD Teleclasses
• Networking opportunities for adults with AD/HD as well as for the professionals who work with them.
• Advocacy in the field of adult AD/HD

ADDA Board members also regularly provide expert information on adult AD/HD for a variety of media sources including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue, WebMD, the BBC, and Oprah. In addition, ADDA has also developed the Adult AD/HD Fact Sheets for the National Resource Center on AD/HD funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

 

Where to Go to Network with Others

• ADD - ADHD Parents
  Support Group List that addresses Attention Deficit or Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder in Children, Teens & Adults, along with other Disorders (OCD, ODD, CAPD, DOWNS). We discuss Meds, Diet and Natural Controls with the choice being left to the parent. Through sharing of experiences we can learn from each other to help our children to become productive Adults.
• Children with ADHD
  Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in children is frustrating and exhausting to the child and the family. Schools find these kids generally a burden, and often lack the understanding, skills and training to effectively deal with and help kids with ADHD succeed. We need to support one another through discussion of what works, what doesn't, medications, and all those issues that surface when loving a child who has the disease of ADHD. . . and it is a disease. Join in and support one another, everyone wins, but mostly, our children win because we have each other to lean on in those often trying times.
• ADHD Alert
  A weekly alerting service that delivers research information about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) to your desktop.
• ADHD Bulletin Board
  ADHD Bulletin Board. Discussion board for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is the current term for the lifelong neurological challenge which previously has been known as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), Hyperactivity, Hyperkinesis, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, and Minimal Brain Damage.
• Adults with ADD/ADHD (AADD)
  This is a list for mature people with ADD/ADHD. We discuss how ADD/ADHD [Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder] affects our lives.

Learn More About It

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Questions and Answers
  Fact sheet from the National Institute of Mental Health
• Questions and Answers about medical treatment for ADD/ADHD
  
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  An online book from the National Institute of Mental Health
• Lifestyle and home remedies - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children
  Mayo Clinic
• Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  From the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control
• MedlinePlus: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• NINDS Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Information Page
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource for School and Home
  From the US Department of Education

Web Sites

• ADDed Reality
  ADDed Reality is published as an education and exceptional needs information source for educators, parents and students.
• Adders.Org - United Kingdom
  Site objective is to promote awareness to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and to provide information and as much free practical help as we can to sufferers, both adults and children, and their families in the UK and around the World via this website.
• Learning Difficulties Coalition - Australia
• New Zealand ADHD online support group
• Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Support Group of Southern Africa
• ADHD Canada
• ADDitude
  This is a happy, healthy lifestyle online magazine for people with ADD.
• CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
  For children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder providing education, advocacy and support for individuals with AD/HD.
• Born To Explore!
  A site devoted entirely to exploring positive and alternative views of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD)

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