Perspectives on Life and ADHD

I’m very pleased to share with you that in a few days I’ll be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to present a five-day seminar on ADHD and Coaching.

I have been working with Jeremy Varnham, Manager, and Dr. Suad al Yamani, Director of the Saudi ADHD Support Group for several months to prepare five days of lectures to present to parents, teachers, and other professionals. I am very pleased with the course material, and am looking forward to presenting it. I am also looking forward to meeting my hosts and seminar attendees.

At this articular moment I’m rather worn out with the preparations, which include taking care of all my holiday preparations before I leave. But I’m very much looking forward to the trip. I expect I’ll have more to talk about soon.

Should you actually be in that part of the world, the English version of the website lists the dates incorrectly. The seminar will run from December 11-15. If you can come, please introduce yourself to me! I look forward to meeting you.

It’s coming up again! This time it’s the 3rd annual Virtual ADHD Conference, October 4-6, on a phone near you!

The Virtual ADHD Conference offers you all the benefits of attending a physical conference, with none of the hassles. This is your opportunity to interact with the experts, get your questions answered, connect with the community, and get the tools and resources you need to succeed… Without ever leaving home!

I’ll be presenting at 10:15 am Pacific Time on Tuesday, October 5 on the special needs of ADHD teens and what you can do to help you both survive those years. You can read more here or listen to my interview about my presentation.

And here’s where to sign up! This is a chance for you to listen live to well know and popular presenters like Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. Patricia Quinn, and get useful current information on topics such as medication, mindfulness training, bullying, anxiety, how to deal with your stuff, and much more.

So, I do hope you’ll sign up, and I also hope I’ll “see” you there!
All my best,
Sarah

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This coming Monday at 7:00pm I’ll be helping the National Association of Professional Organizer of San Diego better understanding their ADD/ADHD Clients. Here are the details:

From the NAPO San Diego event calendar:

Sponsor: NAPO-San Diego
Topic: Understanding the ADD/ADHD Client
Speaker: Sarah D. Wright, M.S., A.C.T.

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Hope to see you there!
Sarah

WHAT:     The special needs of teens with ADHD
WHO:       Roxanne Fouché, Roya Kravetz, and Sarah D. Wright
WHEN:     Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 6pm
WHERE:   Learning Development Services, 3754 Clairemont Dr., San Diego CA 92117

Roxanne Fouché, current president of San Diego LDA, Roya Kravetz, former director of TASK, a comprehensive ADHD clinic in Carmel Valley, and Sarah D. Wright, immediate past president of the ADHD Coaches Organization and former chapter coordinator of San Diego County CHADD, and all parents of ADHD sons, will present on the special needs of teens with ADHD. Come prepared for a lively and useful presentation and discussion on how you can help your teens and yourselves negotiate these years with more ease.

This is event is no charge and open to the public.

Hope to see you there!
Sarah

That’s the way it is with ADHD sometimes. You’re working on something. Then something distracts you and it takes you a long time to get back to what you were doing. If you get back to it at all.

In my case, it’s taken two years to get back to this blog. I spent most of the interim time working as Executive Director of the Edge Foundation. While there, I collaborated on posts for the Edge Foundation blog. You can also find many posts of mine in the newsletter of the ADHD Coaches Organization where I was President for several years, and now serve as Immediate-Past President. And, from time-to-time, I still post on the Fidget to Focus blog. I will soon be blogging on my new company’s blog at FocusForEffectiveness.com. It’s not up yet, so you’ll just have to visit it later.

In the mean time, I have been spending more and more of my time presenting about ADHD and Coaching in local, national, and international venues. I’ll be posting about those next, so if you are around and available you might want to check them out. I’d love to meet you.

All my best, Sarah