ADHDKC in 2023! So many exciting places to be!
Here's what's happening!
Check out this month’s many great learning opportunities through ADHDKC.
Space is limited for our in person gatherings. We will save a seat for you when you sign up for the event. Please let us know if your plans change so we can open your seat to someone else!
Here’s what you can look forward to in upcoming months:
The Parents of kids with ADHD group’s January meeting will also be appropriate for any Adult with ADHD. Learn more about this and the February parent group meeting below.
Our Women with ADHD group will discuss ADHD and addictions in January. Women are also invited to join their private FB Group to continue conversations outside of the monthly meetings. Learn more below!
Our Adults with ADHD group will talk about Procrastination and Prioritization - learn more below. The speaker for the Parent group meeting in January says his talk will be appropriate for any adult with ADHD (and their partners) in addition to parents - check it out in the Parents of Kids with ADHD section below!
ADHDKCTeen for middle and high school students continues to grow. Encourage your adolescent to join and learn about topics related to ADHD, including actionable tools to use to help manage symptoms.
Find ADHDKC at the Blue Valley Special Needs Resource Fair - details below!
After the sections describing our local group events, you can find some great resources, including CHADD Tool kits and TOOLS - free videos to help your kids learn important skills!
When Living and Learning Hurt-Making Now Better So Later Will Be Easier
There is nothing so wrong about ADHDers that can't be tinkered with what is so right about them. My goal is to help them believe that learning, social, emotional, and academic agility can be learned and enhanced throughout a lifetime. - Thomas Scott
No ADHDer, whether child or adult wakes up in the morning and tells themselves, "Well, today I'm going to look stupid, I'm going to ostracize myself due to my words and behavior, then I'm going to try and pretend I'm okay."
Shame, disappointment, and the fear of exposure accompany many on their daily commutes.
The social spotlights are glaring and if you're not making it socially, emotionally, or academically, then everybody knows.
Join us as Thomas Scott, M.S., L.P.C. Psychotherapist/ Educational Consultant and author of the recently published book, "When Living and Learning Hurt-Making Now Better So Later Will Be Easier" shares the combination of new discoveries in neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and his 36 years of experience with his own struggles with ADHD as well as the hundreds of kids he's worked with. Let's believe that much good lies ahead.
Attendees will be entered to win a copy of his book! You must be present to win.
When: January 17th from 7-8 pm
Where: Leawood Public Library (4700 Town Center Dr, Leawood, KS 66211)
Space is limited! RSVP is required. Please let us know if your plans change so we can open your seat to someone else!
Rejection Sensitivity
Did you know that rejection sensitivity is a common feature of ADHD? Many teens and adults with ADHD are more sensitive than usual. Nearly 1 in 3 say it's the hardest part of living with ADHD.
Rejection sensitivity refers to fear of non-acceptance and intense feelings around the experience of being excluded. ADHD researchers estimate that by age 12, children with ADHD get 20,000 more negative messages about themselves than neurotypical kids their age. All that criticism can deflate their self-esteem. Any sense of rejection, even in situations where there is no intended rejection, can set off a stress response and cause an emotional reaction that's much more extreme than the situation requires.
Natalie Bergman, JCCC Program Counselor and expressive therapist at Signature Psychiatric Hospital will discuss how rejection sensitivity may be affecting your child and strategies for helping them cope with these feelings.
When: February 23, 2023 at 7 PM
Where: Online (Zoom) - RSVP to get log in information!
If you identify as a woman who struggles with life's circumstances, our Women's Group may be just what you're looking for! Health Coach Lainey Mahaney leads small group discussions most months.
January’s meeting will examine ADHD and addictions.
What addictions do you carry within? Discover ways of changing life's patterns in order to dissolve the self sabotages that hold you back from being your best!
When: January 15, 2023 from 3:30-4:30 pm
Where: Monarch Books & Gifts (formerly Green Door Book Store & Gift Shoppe), 7713 W. 151st Street, Overland Park, KS 66223
Space is limited! RSVP is required. Please let us know if your plans change so we can open your seat to someone else!
The Women’s Group also now has a private Facebook Group. Continue the conversation throughout by joining the group.
Lindsey Leach, a certified Social & Emotional Intelligence Coach, leads the Adults with ADHD group.
The January group will discuss Procrastination and Prioritization.
The to-do list seems to always grow, and there are expectations and overwhelm that can come with it. All of our holidays looked and felt different, and often the new year comes with additional pressures of a clean slate and new chapter, but not necessarily the feelings we hoped to come with it. Let's reflect and welcome how far we've already come (instead of dwelling on what we haven't achieved yet).
When: Sunday, January 22nd @1-2pm
Where: Johnson County Library - Monticello in the Monticello Conference Room
Space is limited! RSVP is required. Please let us know if your plans change so we can open your seat to someone else!
Calling all Middle and High School Students!
ADHDKCTeen is our group for middle and high schoolers. It meets at 7:30 pm on the 1st Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted. Sign up to get an invitation to join us on Zoom - you only need to register once to join any of our meetings. Topics are chosen by the participants at the end of each meeting for the next meeting.
In February we’ll talk about Emotional Regulation.
Sign up once and you’ll be invited to all meetings until you graduate from high school or let us know you want to be removed from the group mailing list.
We hope students can join us!
Blue Valley Special Needs Resource Fair
ADHDKC will be one of the many service groups attending this year’s Special Needs Resource Fair. Stop by our booth to pick up some ADHDKC swag and ask any questions you have about our group.
There will be service providers representing various areas that serve people with special needs, including lawyers, financial services, transition services, therapy providers and more. It is free to the public!
CHADD resources
CHADD and their partners have developed TOOLS to help you teach your child important skills.
CHADD also has Toolkits (different from TOOLS above) to help you learn about ADHD. Learn about school resources, suicide prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and more!
Check them out - just click on the images below!
CHADD's Podcasts
Want more information about ADHD?
The ADHD 365 podcast provides expert advice, tips, and strategies for families, adults, educators, and professionals.
The All Things ADHD podcast is a learning resource program of CHADD’s National Resource Center, funded by the CDC, to disseminate expert information to improve the lives of those affected by ADHD.
Click on Podcasts to listen to ADHCK 365 or All Things ADHD
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