| PAST APPEARANCES
Learning Disabilities Association 2002 Annual Conference
November 12, 2002
Kellogg Conference Center, East Lansing, Michigan
Sari Solden with present on adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.
For more information contact 1-888-597-7809 or email LDAMI@aol.com
University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women
November 7, 2002 12-1:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor, MI
Sari Solden will present on Women with Attention Deficit Disorder.
For more information go to www.umich.edu
CHADD National Annual Conference 2002
October 17-19, 2002
Miami, Florida
Sari Solden will host her pre-conference workshop for women with AD/HD and also be a presenter at the conference on adults with AD/HD. For more information go to www.chadd.org
AD/HD: Succeeding Across the Lifespan
October 4, 2002
Michigan CHADD/Michael Golds Memorial Conference,
Oakland Commmunity College, Farmington Hills, MI
Keynote Speakers: Joel Young, MD Medical Director Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine and Peg Nichols, CHADD
Sari Solden will hold a special group support workshop. Women with AD/HD Twelve (12) other breakout sessions
For additional information: email OCT4ADHDconf@aol.com; phone 810-220-9060 $50/person; Students w/ID $25
Registration by 9/15/02
Lambton College
On Thursday
September 20, 2001 Sari did a presentation at Lambton College in
Sarnia, Ontario, CANADA. Her presentation for students and faculty
included an overview of women with ADD followed by a facilitated
workshop.
ADDA 2002 National Conference!
May
2-5, 2002
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Sari Solden, MS
will be holding her RENEWAL (Rest, Education, Networking for Women with ADD
Lives) Pre-Conference Workshop at the National ADDA Conference on Thursday May
2, 2002 in the afternoon. This year the theme will be Women, Power and ADD. It
will include topics such as setting limits, learning to communicate about
differences and how one's self image affects your ability to get needs met.
Participants will explore these in individual exercises, small group sharing,
and large group discussions, as well as a presentation by Sari and guided
exercises by coach, Hope Langner. A chance to learn from other women with
similar life experiences builds a sense of connectedness, breaks isolation,
desensitizes and reduces feelings of shame.
Sari Solden, MS will also be
holding an individual presentation on Saturday, May 4, 2002 at the conference
speaking on The Person Beneath the Symptoms: The Next Critical Challenge For
Adults With ADD And The Professional With Whom They Work.
CHADD of Eastern Oakland County
Sari Solden, MS will be speaking at the CHADD chapter of
Eastern Oakland County on March 4, 2002. This will be a special combined
parent, adult, & spouse group meeting to learn how to live a fulfulling life
while continuing to struggle with the differences and difficulties of ADHD long
past the initial stage of diagnoss and treatment. For more information contact;
www.eocc.homestead.com or call
248-682-6185.
Women with Attention Deficit
Disorder
was scheduled to present at the Center for the
Education of
Women, University of Michigan on Thursday January 31, 2002. Due
to weather conditions the presentation was cancelled and will be rescheduled
sometime in the Fall 2002. A rescheduled date will be posted when available on
this website and at the Center for the Education of Women at 734-998-7070 or www.umich.edu/-cew .
Seattle ADDA Conference
I was in Seattle for the annual ADDA conference. As
always it is very special to me and this year so many first time
conference attendees from the West Coast. It was very exciting! If folks would like to order audiocassette tapes of the conference they may do so by contacting: Chesapeake Audio/Video Communication, Inc.
6330 Howard lane
Elkridge, Maryland 21075
410-796-0040
410-379-0812 FAX
cavc@mindspring.com
www.cavc.com ADD/ADHD Seminar in Japan
Sari Solden, MS was a guest speaker at an ADD/ADHD
Seminar in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. Sari addressed her own personal
experiences along with speaking as a mental health professional and expert
on adult ADD/ADHD. More information can be obtained from:
International Institute for Education Therapy
Asasaka OS Bldg 1F
21-15 Akasaka 2 -Chome
Minato-Ku
Tokyo 107 Japan
Email: info@iiet.co.jp
Phone #: +81-3-3586-3240
Fax #: +81-3-3505-2959 ADDA 2001 conference Sari gave three presentations at the ADDA 2001 conference in Seattle, WA May 3-6, 2001. For more details check out ADDA's website at www.add.org.
1st Presentation:
RENEWAL
Three hour retreat for women with ADD. Sari Solden, author of Women with ADD brings a mini version of her RENEWAL program to ADDA. RENEWAL is an acronym for Relaxation, Education, Networking for Women with ADD lives. Sharing with others with similar experiences brings needed identification and a more positive view of your self and your differences. Exercises are designed to facilitate introspection and exploration of feelings about yourself, relationships, and the differences that affect role expectations for women. By reducing shame and building confidence, the retreat is intended as a trigger for change as well as for self-acceptance. 2nd Presentation: Women,
Power, and ADD
A conversation between and the participants about how women give away power because of their differences and how power in relationships is tied to a woman's self image and view of her difference's. Do you give away your power or rights in relationships because of your ADD? Bring your questions about relationships with friends, associates, relatives intimates, children, spouses, parents, and professionals. Sari will share some the commonly asked questions he has received over the last few years about the power dynamics in relationships for women with ADD. 3rd Presentation:
Meanwhile I Keep Dancing
This presentation draws on material from Sari's new book - due out at the beginning of 2002 on the challenge of keeping hope, spirits, and sense of self alive and well while continuing to struggle with the life long challenges of ADD as an adult. For beginners but specially for those who may feel stuck months or years after diagnosis and initial treatment. Learn how after the well known "grief cycle" comes an Identity Crisis and a search for meaning and identity. Also, learn about the psychological passages or turning points you may need to confront in order to continue moving through a successful ADDulthood.
Optimal Functioning Institute
The Optimal
Functioning Institute (OFI)* was pleased and honored to present Sari
Solden speaking about women with ADD. This was a virtual presentation,
done on a telephone bridge line that is like a giant conference call. *For more information about the Optimal Functioning Institute (OFI), visit our website at ADDCOACH.com.
CHADD of Eastern Oakland County
Sari
Solden, MS spoke at the CHADD chapter of Eastern
Oakland County on March 4, 2002. She spoke to parents, adults, & spouses
about how to live a fulfilling life while continuing to struggle with the
differences and difficulties of ADHD long past the initial stage of diagnosis
and treatment. For more
information about CHADD of Eastern Oakland County please contact; www.eocc.homestead.com or call 248-682-6185.
ADDA 2002 National Conference!
The ADDA conference in Chicago, IL was great! Many people, faces, and information.
You can visit their website at www.add.org If you
would like to order an audio cassette of any of the presentations go to
www.ADDAconfernce.com or call 805-473-4888.
Discussion/Book Signing
Sari will be holding a discusion/book signing for her new book Journeys
Through ADDulthood on Saturday, February 1st @ 3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble 3235
Washtenaw Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-973-0846
PREVIOUS NEWS
Journeys Through
ADDulthood:
Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning While Living with Attention
Deficit Disorder My new book titled The Journey Through ADDulthood;
Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning While Living with Attention
Deficit Disorder is now available. The book has been published by Walker
& Company in October 2002. I have developed a framework to meet the
needs of men and women who, over the long term, have become stuck in their
efforts to deal with their symptoms and who have found their dreams and
goals curtailed.
The Journey Through ADDulthood
explores the continuation of a life long journey, when the outward search
for answers turns to an inward search of on'e's real self, a self that has
been buried for years under piles of unrealized dreams. Here's what ADD
expert and author of Driven to Distraction, Edward Hallowell, MD says
about the new book: Sari Solden's new book, The Journey Through
ADDulthood, is a gem. It offers a wealth of wisdom, sound advice,
reassuring experiences, as well as hope. Sari is one of the true sages in
this field. She has lived ADHD, she has treated countless adults who have
ADHD, she has learned from as many people as she has taught and her every
anecdote comes steeped in reflection and hard-earned experience. Her
conclusions can be trusted and treasured. This book is like Sari herself:
warm, wise, intelligent, humble, humorous, hopeful, and strong. Edward
Hallowell, MD Author of Connect, Worry, and Driven To Distraction.
CHADD National Conference
Tapes
If you would like to order an audiocassette, CD, or video
from the CHADD national conference held in Miami, FL 10/17-10/19 please
contact: Audio Video Productions 3531 Chestnut Ave. Baltimore, Maryland
21211 410-235-5710 or FAX 410-235-5711 email cjxc@msn.com Please refer to
item #510 or #V510.
Heart and Soul Magazine
In the October
2001 issue of Heart and Soul Magazine (pages 46-47), Sheree Crute quotes
Sari in "Unfinished Business," an excellent article on how to cope with
ADD. For more information log on to www.heartandsoul.com.
People Magazine
Sari Solden is quoted in
the July 23, 2001 issue of People Magazine in an article entitled Drawing
the Line (p. 54). This article is sensationalized about children but it
gives a more accurate and favorable discussion of women with ADHD.
The ADHD Challenge
Sari has an article
in the May/June 2001 issue of The ADHD Challenge entitled Women with ADD:
ADD Counseling for Women.
For more information on obtaining this
newsletter please send inquiries to:
The ADHD Challenge
PO Box
3225
Peabody, MA 01961
1-800-ADD-2322
Time Magazine
Sari was quoted in an article entitled
Ritalin: Mom's Little Helper running in the current (February 12th)
edition of Time Magazine. The article was written by Amanda Ripley. Click here to see the article (fee
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