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24/03/2015 - CADDAC National Director

ADHD Prep (Parent Readiness Education Program)

Click here to Register for ADHD PREP! CADDAC presents ADHD PREP, a 2-day program on Saturday April 25 from 9AM - 4PM and Sunday April 26 9AM - 4PM Visit the ADHD Prep Outline for an overview of the course content. ADHD PREP is a comprehensive 12-hour

17/03/2015 - CADDAC National Director

Free Public Talk — Three Brains. Three Lives. Three Stories.

This free public talk will be hosted on March 24th, 2015 - that's one week from today! - and will explore the question: Can you lead a full life with Parkinson's, epilepsy, or attention deficit disorder? Hear from three people who are doing just that:

09/03/2015 - CADDAC National Director

Comment on: The House We Build for ADHD, A Blueprint for Long Term, Successful ADHD Care

A post published by Mark Bertin M.D recently caught my eye for several reasons – one being the fact that Dr. Bertin will be one of our featured 2015 conference speakers, and another being his well-balanced multimodal approach to addressing ADHD, and hi

26/02/2015 - CADDAC National Director

An Upcoming Study Looking to Tap the Strengths of Students with ADHD

Past studies have found that students with ADHD are underrepresented in the field of engineering. Researchers feel that traditional teaching methods are driving away those ADHD “out of the box” thinkers that have the potential to be pioneers in the fie

17/02/2015 - CADDAC National Director

ADHD in the Media

CBC’s The Current, which I listen to daily, struck close to home for me this week with two stories that might seem unrelated to ADHD, but actually are perfect examples of the problem we continue to see with reporting on ADHD. The first storey was an in

10/02/2015 - CADDAC National Director

Correlations between Psychiatric Health and Low Birth Weight

A new study researching how individuals with low birth weights were impacted found that they had decreased chances of developing alcohol and substance use disorders later in life but an increased chance of developing other psychiatric problems. Funded