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31/08/2015 - CADDAC National Director

Conference speaker Susan Pinsky talks Organizational Solutions

What better person to understand the necessity for simple and practical organizational strategies than the mother of a child with ADHD? Susan Pinsky, one of CADDAC’s 2015 conference speakers has been a Professional Organizer since 2001, specializing in

24/08/2015 - CADDAC National Director

What it’s like to have ADHD as a Woman

Having raised three boys with a variety of ADHD presentations, I continue to find it fascinating how ADHD can be similar yet so different in girls and women. Unfortunately ADHD continues to be underdiagnosed in girls, resulting in many young women grow

05/08/2015 - CADDAC National Director

The right and sometimes very wrong ways we react to ADHD behaviours

Two ADHD media posts I viewed today demonstrate some examples of the right and the horribly wrong ways to deal with children with ADHD. A recent study out of the University of Buffalo shows that praise of the potential for rewards improves the performa

30/07/2015 - CADDAC National Director

CADDAC's 7th Annual Conference

Hello all! We are excited to announce our upcoming conference this September 26th and 27th! In addition to a weekend of presentations and workshops, comedian Rick Green will be be hosting the CADDAC Fundraiser: A Night of Comedy and Inspiration on the

29/06/2015 - CADDAC National Director

Embracing ADHD

Guest Post by Don Reist, OCT Director, Specialist: Special Education at Tutorwiz Education Centre. Public Speaker on Education and Special Education Many people consider ADHD to be a lifelong curse. However, the fact is that many highly successful peop

22/06/2015 - CADDAC National Director

Movement and ADHD

A new study suggests that we should be encouraging children with ADHD to move more rather than less. When asked to do a cognitive task while seated in a swivel chair, the study revealed that boys with ADHD who moved and spun in their chairs were found