Topic: Building Your Community Of Support: Advocacy And Activism For ADHD. Covers: examples of other groups, strategies, self awareness and education, allies, foes, invisible minority, coming out of the ADHD closet or stay in, group advocacy and activism. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Speaker: Paul Dayson Thanks for Christopher Stanbury for taking notes. February 4th 2014 Meeting […]
Continue readingTopic: Impulsivity. Why We’re More Impulsive And How ADHD Adults Can Manage It More Effectively. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks for Christopher Stanbury, Jean, and Trevor for taking notes. September 3rd 2013 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Structure:Warm Up1. Why are ADHD adults more impulsive than non ADDers? 2 What increases […]
Continue readingTopic: Adult ADHD Questions and Answers. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks for Christopher Stanbury for taking notes. October 1st 2013 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Questions you’ve always wanted to ask about ADHD. Here are some of the questions and answers, sometimes the questions aren’t written down but just the […]
Continue readingTopic: How to Explain What Adult ADHD is to your spouse, family, friends, boss, work colleagues. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks for Christopher Stanbury for taking notes November 5th, 2013 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support GroupWarm Up: How do you explain what adult ADHD is to your spouse, family, friends, […]
Continue readingTopic: How To Listen More Effectively. The benefits and costs of not listening effectively, barriers to listening, how feeling affect listening. Listening is not the same as hearing, what makes listening better? Verbal, and non-verbal signs. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily. Thanks to Christopher Stanbury for taking the notes. May 5th 2013 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver […]
Continue readingTopic: Problems With Sleep. How To Go To Sleep Easier, Stay Asleep Longer And Wake Up When You Want To. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks for Christopher Stanbury for taking notes February 2nd 2013 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Many adults with ADHD have problems with going to sleep, staying […]
Continue readingTopic: It’s not just 99% pathology. The Positives of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder That ADHD Adults Often Ignore. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. And also see more on the positives of ADHD. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks for Christopher Stanbury, and Jean for taking notes. December 3rd 2013 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group How ADHD helps in […]
Continue readingTopic: How to reduce distractions for easily distractible ADHD Adults. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks to Ed for taking notes. October 4th 2016 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Warm up:Ask your partner to tell you 3 examples of tactics you have learned to reduce the likelyhood that you get distracted. […]
Continue readingTopic: How to deal with your emotions for adults with ADHD. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks to Patrick for taking these notes. February 22nd, 2015 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Remember ADHD is not just a cognitive condition, it effects your emotions too.Triggers/Warning Signs of emotional overload:AuthorityBoringEdgyFrustratedHigh background noise levelsIntense […]
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Topic: ADHD and self-esteem, why it’s important, how to reduce it and how to boost it. See the other Adult ADHD Issues. Facilitator: Pete Quily Thanks to Ed and Amy for taking notes. September 6th 2016 Meeting Notes for the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group Many people have problems with self-esteem, but adults and children with ADHD have much, […]
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