Wed, May 28th 7-9pm CHADD of Princeton-Mercer County's final meeting will focus on the topic of Succeeding in Life with AD/HD. At 7pm we will screen the CHADD Conference Video entitled " Struggling in School, And Succeeding in Life"
At 7:45 we will host a panel discussion featuring prominent local adults who have succeeded in Life despite early challenges with AD/HD and Learning Differences. Please bring your children, your spouses, your grandparents, and your caretakers so everyone can see that there is a "Light at the end of the Tunnel".
If you know any Adults who would like to share their journey with AD/HD
please write to janemilrod@aol.com
Special Interest group meetings:
Friday, May 3rd 1-2:30pm Daytime Support Group Parents Registration Requested
The Daytime Parents Support Group Facilitator is Betsy Ie (cell 731-4553). The location is The Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Room #3.
Thursday, May 8th 7:30 pm Evening Support Group for Adults:
The Adult Support Group will meet on Thursday, May 8th from 7:30-8:30 at the Princeton Public Library. The Facilitator is Norma Svedosh. Cell 609 216 0441 Email nsvedosh@gmail.com for more information . For those of you, who are attending for the first time, just go to the help desk on the second floor and they will tell you the room number.
Other News - CHADD on the Road- our visits to TCNJ and Montgomery Wednesday, April 30, 2008: The College of New Jersey Jane Milrod and Katherine McGavern (Bio's below) will be conducting an in-service educational session on AD/HD to a graduating group of Student Teachers.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Montgomery School Special Education PTO Topic: Executive Function- Description of the core aspects of this cognitive brain process. We will be explaining the link between deficits in executive function and struggles in school. In addition, we will discuss strategies for parents and teachers to use with children and students in order to improve executive functioning and to foster success in school.
Speaker Bios: Jane Milrod, Founding Director of Princeton-Mercer County CHADD, Certified Parent to Parent Teacher, and AD/HD Academic Coach for Children, Teens and College students.
Katherine McGavern ,founding Board member of Princeton -Mercer County CHADD, Certified Parent to Parent Teacher, Graduate of Fast Track Coach Training, and AD/HD Coach for Older teens, College Students and Adults.
****NEXT YEAR's DATES*****
Schedule 2008-2009: Meeting day: Wednesday
Wed Sept 17th (organizing)
Wed, Oct , 15 2008 Subject: The Treatment of Social Skill Deficits in Children and Teenagers. Speaker: Dr. Joel Szkrybalo, Psychologist and Director of Comprehensive Mental Health Services' Social Skills Group Therapy Program.Oct 15th
Dec 3rd 2009: Jan 21st,Feb 18th,March 18th,April 22nd,May 20th
Jane Milrod
CHADD Princeton-Mercer County
Tel: 609 683 8787
Email: janemilrod@aol.com
"All humans, by nature, desire to know."
Aristotle
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