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)
15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
P. 856-439-9099
F. 856-439-0525
E. adda@ahint.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).

ADD Resources
223 Tacoma Avenue South, Suite #100
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-759-5085
E-mail: office@addresources.org
Web: http://www.addresources.org/

We are a new national non-profit organization for people with ADD. We have 60 free articles at our website by national ADHD authorities as well as adults with ADD --and we are posting more all the time. We have a number of article for parents. In addition, we host the National ADHD Directory which has over 550 service providers listed. At our site people can sign up for the free monthly eNews. Memberships are available for $45 for the first year; $25 for additional years. Membership includes the 138 page Adult ADD Reader, our 8 page quarterly newsletter, ADDult ADDvice, and free access to our lending library with over 450 books, audiotapes and videos on ADHD in children, adolescents and adults.

Where to go to Chat 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.

• ADHA 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.

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

• Research on Treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  The Multimodal Treatment Study - Questions and Answers

Web Sites

• ADDed Reality
  ADDed Reality is published as an education and exceptional needs information source for educators, parents and students.

• Adders.Org - UK
  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.

• 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.

• The Instant Access Treasure Chest
  This is a website that includes information concerning: Attention Deficit Disorder; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Dyslexia; Assistive Technology; Foreign Language and Learning Disabilities; College Policies for Students with Disabilities; Teaching Students with Disabilities; Learning Styles, and more.

• Born To Explore!
  A site devoted entirely to exploring positive and alternative views of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD)

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