Volume 2, #10, April 2004

News and Events

National Women’s Health Week
National Women’s Check-Up Day
Plan now to join the 2004 National Women's Health Week celebration. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will celebrate National Women's Health Week on May 9-15, 2004 and its signature event, National Women's Check-Up Day, on May 10, 2004.

National Women's Health Week is a national effort by an alliance of government organizations to raise awareness about manageable steps women can take to improve their health. The focus is on the importance of incorporating simple preventive and positive health behaviors into everyday life. Last year over 1,000 events, proclamations, and health screenings occurred in every state, and thousands of women received preventive health information and services.

Organizations are invited to host women's health events such as walks and health forums throughout the week, and to form partnerships with other organizations in their communities to celebrate women's health. Health providers are invited to sign up as a Check-Up Day Provider and offer preventive health services to women on May 10 and throughout the week.

To sign up as an event host or as a National Women's Check-Up Day provider, visit the National Women's Health Week Web site at http://www.4woman.gov/whw/2004/Make-it-happen/.

Tenth Annual ADDA Conference mere weeks away

May 13-16, 2004. ADDA Conference: "Demystifying AD/HD"

Don't miss Dr. Ned Hallowell, Sari Solden, Dr. Tom Brown, Thom Hartmann, Dr. Michele Novotni, Wendy Richardson and many more top AD/HD experts speaking on all kinds of topics, from diagnosing, treatment, coaching, women's issues, workplace, and much more.

Enjoy the annual talent show (and perform in it!); a mystery dinner; GADDget fair (new this year!), networking sessions and best of all, an opportunity to connect with other adults with AD/HD.

(Editor’s Note: if you’ve never ridden up, and down, myriad times, over three days and nights, in a large hotel elevator, every time with at least one passenger getting on, or off, at the wrong floor, and/or misplacing his or her keys, and nothing but bemusement, recognition and good will accruing to that person [who could be you, or someone you know], that experience by itself is practically worth the trip.)

There is a Pre-Conference Conference, too; find information on the same website.

And, there’s still time to purchase exhibit tables or booths, ads in the conference guidebook or sponsor an event. E-mail the ADDA office at mail@add.org or call for more information: 484-945-2101

Fewer than four weeks away: Northwest Airlines are offering great rates to St. Louis; after you register for the conference at www.add.org get your plane tickets while fares are still low.

For Moms and Kids with ADHD, at last!
AD/HD Family-friendly Parenting Guidelines
Great news for women with AD/HD! We are delighted to announce the completion of a booklet offering parenting guidelines for women with AD/HD, written by Patricia Quinn, M.D. and Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.

If you're a mother with AD/HD, you've probably asked yourself countless times, "How in the world am I supposed to organize my kids when I can't organize myself?" All those excellent parenting books with tried-and-true, home-tested strategies for children with AD/HD are languishing on your bookshelf. Problem is, the advice offered in these books is more appropriate for parents who don't struggle with AD/HD challenges themselves.

Recent research has made us aware of the prevalence of AD/HD in mothers of kids with AD/HD. Now that it's clear that many moms have AD/HD, how can we help them find AD/HD family-friendly parenting advice? Our new parenting guidelines are one small step in the right direction. Our goal is to help Moms and kids, together, learn how to manage the challenges of AD/HD.

To see the AD/HD Family-friendly Parenting Guidelines, go to http://www.ncgiadd.org/ and find the link for the Guidelines. These will eventually be published in print form, too.

(AD/HD Family-friendly Parenting Guidelines was supported by an unrestricted educational grant by Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals.)

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