ADHD Center for Success

Parenting ADHD children can be confusing, stressful and challenging at times, causing parents to overlook the ‘wonderfulness’ of the child within.

This seminar will offer practical parenting strategies to help reduce stress and build harmony for families with ADHD children.

When:   Wednesday, May 30, 2012,     [7 – 8:30pm]

Where:  Malaprops Bookstore

              55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC

              (828)254-6734

Cost: Free

Details: www.ADHDasheville.com

*Resource: Russell Barkley, PhD

Russell Barkley, PhD, one of the foremost researchers of ADHD suggests that ADHD is not an attention disorder. He suggests that “ADHD is a blindness to the future… so that the child and adult with ADHD are going to wait until the future is eminent (in your face)… and then they will try to deal with it.”

Barkley suggests that “ADHD  creates a nearsightedness to time so that the person with the disorder cannot organize to the delayed future but only to the imminent future. Thus, everything in life becomes a crisis. But the crisis was avoidable and no one has patience with this because they see this as a moral failing. ‘You could have chosen to get ready, but didn’t’.”

 Dr. Barkley also suggests that “ADHD is a performance disorder. You can’t perform the things you know how to do. People with ADHD know what to do, but they can’t do what they know”.

“I have heard Dr. Barkley speak several times but I had not heard him speak of this before. Most of the ADHD children and adults that I work with struggle with procrastination, delaying the activation to get things done.”  ~CoachRudy

If you’d like to hear Dr. Barkley yourself, click on the link below.

ADHD Seminar Monthly Series

at Malaprop’s Bookstore

Haywood St. Asheville, NC (828)254-6734

http://www.malaprops.com/

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Wed. April 25 – 7pm

“How To Self Manage Your ADHD”

by CoachRudy Rodriguez, LCSW

Upcoming Calendar:

 April 16, 2012

Asheville Adult ADHD Meetup Group
(monthly Adult ADHD support group)

Monday, April 16 from  7 – 8:30pm

Always the 3rd Monday of each month.

Attendance is open to the public but pre-registration is required

Go to following link:

http://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Adult-ADHD-Meetup-Group/

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CoachRudy’s upcoming Speaking Itinerary

April 21 – Topic: “Strategies for Supporting ADHD in school and in life”
[Event] ADHD: Understanding Diagnosis, Treatment, and Educational Implications & Creating Support Strategies for School and Life. Location: The Key School and Learning Center, Asheville, NC

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ADHD Seminar Monthly Series

at Malaprop’s Bookstore

Haywood St. Asheville, NC (828)254-6734

http://www.malaprops.com/

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Wed. April 25 – 7pm

“How To Self Manage Your ADHD”

by CoachRudy Rodriguez, LCSW

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Wed. May 30 – 7pm

“Strategies for a Successful ADHD College Experience”

by CoachRudy Rodriguez, LCSW

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Wed.  June 27

“Mindfulness Practices for ADHD”

by CoachRudy Rodriguez, LCSW

**All Seminars are FREE   -   No pre-registration

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I recently returned from attending the 5th Annual International ADHD Coaches Conference in Atlanta, GA – March 23-25. It’s always a delight and pleasure to visit and network with other ADHD Coaches, share ideas, resources and delight in our shared ADHD. I met coaches from all parts of the United States, Canada, Sweden, Turkey, Israel, Shanghai, Denmark and elsewhere. ADHD is truly a GLOBAL affair!

I was also pleased to present a seminar at this year’s conference. The topic of my seminar was: “The Temperament of Teen and Adult ADHD: A Strategic Perspective”. The seminar was well attended and well received.

Here is a sample of post-conference email comments I received:

“Thank you so much. I am very impressed with your work and was thrilled to learn from you.”

“I loved your your presentation. You can’t imagine how important that it was to me!”

“I attended your workshop yesterday. The content was extraordinary and your presentation skills were equally impressive.”

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It was a real pleasure for me to present a seminar to my ADHD Coach colleagues.

~CoachRudy

Article by Bruce Stewart

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), a branch of psychology, was the field to first recognize that every person has a unique style of learning. Our learning styles seek to combine input from our auditory, visual and kinesthetic senses. Systematically using NLP involves discovering what your natural learning style is and then setting up a personalized learning approach to compliments this style.

Developed in the 1970s, NLP found that difficulties with learning styles, including ADHD, can result from either a single event or a sequence of events. I have described the first three in this newsletter, and will cover others in future newsletters.

1) One or more of the five senses is underdeveloped (usually visual or auditory)
When we are learning how to learn as children sometimes one sense becomes over-emphasized. For example, an ADHD child or adult might be so drawn to visual stimulation (think computer games) that he may overlook the value of the other senses and use them less. Eventually the coordination between the senses becomes muddled, resulting in stressful transitions between various life events.

2) The learner believes that the mind cannot be controlled, or that the mind is in control
Oftentimes, children become overwhelmed by too much information. This is especially true when emotional situations take place. Then experiences flood the senses, making it seem like the mind cannot be controlled. On other occasions, the mind spontaneously plays back negative experiences or imagines others. In both cases, the learner can become overwhelmed and think that the mind is in control of the experience. While this is not true, it takes some effort to unravel these thought patterns when ADHD is involved.

3) Some kind of trauma occurred in the learner’s experience
When children experience trauma in their first twelve years, this creates a unique interruption to their pattern of learning (and often their beliefs). Let’s say a child sees an accident of some sort involving one or more people. The resulting trauma can remain stuck in the mind and be so disturbing that learning opportunities are not so easily grasped. NLP unwinds these traumas for either ADHD adults or children.

There are solutions to get past these
NLP unscrambles the mental, emotional and physical patterns that affect an ADHD person’s behavior and perceptions. This powerful approach has long provided the tools and techniques that allow people to advance in their education and maintain their best results. The ultimate goal of all NLP techniques is to help individuals move away from being victims and place them in a strong position in their life.

If you are interested in finding out more about using NLP for your area of interest, please contact Bruce Stewart at 828-450-4962 or moc.snoisiceDlufllikSnull@ecurB. Bruce is also available for distance telephone or Skype coaching.

**Hear Bruce speak about NLP and ADHD on March 21 at Malaprops Bookstore. Details at:  www.adhdasheville.com

Shinny Objects and Other Things That Distract Me

One of my ADHD Coach colleagues from Atlanta, Kricket Harrison recently alerted me to this wonderful article in which she was quoted. Does this sound like anyone you know? Someone you know intimately?

I hope you enjoy this article: READ ARTICLE

I’m pleased to announce the following schedule of ADHD Seminars sponsored by Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville. I’ve designed the topics to address ADHD issues in children, college students and adults. 

I’ll look forward to seeing you there.

~CoachRudy

ADHD Seminar Series at Malaprop’s

Feb. 22 at 7pm
Coaching Skills for Parents of ADHD children
By CoachRudy, LCSW

March 21 at 7pm
NLP Meets ADHD
By Bruce Stewart, MNLP

April 25 at 7pm
How To Self-Manage Your ADHD
By CoachRudy, LCSW

May 30 at 7pm 
Strategies for a Successful ADHD College Experience
By CoachRudy, LCSW

June 27 at 7pm
Mindfulness Practices for ADHD
By CoachRudy, LCSW

For FULL Calendar Event details: http://www.adhdasheville.com

Most children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) know the feeling of overwhelm. It’s that place we go to when we’ve overextended ourselves, when we’re multi-tasking to our max yet having trouble keeping up. This is when stress gets the better of us, and more. Maybe you recall that old expression, “Stop the world, I want to get off”.

It goes without saying that we love stimulation but there are those times when we receive too much stimulation and become overwhelmed by it. In general, we tend not to be the most organized person so there are those times when we get stuck; can’t move forward, can’t move back. Do you know the experience of approaching today’s designated TO DO task but all you can see is clutter, disorganization, piles of prior incomplete tasks and suddenly you experience that sensation slowly creeping up and you can’t figure out where to start. Yes, that is overwhelm.

By the way, are you on target to complete and mail off your taxes before April 15? If you managed to keep organized financial records then preparing your taxes may have been a simple task. If on the other hand, you are challenged by organization and paperwork then you may have experienced overwhelm even at the thought of your taxes. Then you may have also felt your blood pressure or anxiety on the rise.

Symptoms of Overwhelm –
• Brain freeze – can’t discuss, can’t problem solve, etc
• Tired, sleepy, poor focus, increased irritability
• Running in circles, busy but poor productivity
• Depressive and stress related symptoms
 

How to manage overwhelm?

I offer several coaching solutions to manage overwhelm but here’s one of my favorites. Develop a “Recipe for Success”. Do you have a favorite kitchen recipe? When you follow your recipe and utilize the proper ingredients in the proper amounts you are nearly guaranteed to create your favorite dish with a reliable outcome. That’s all you do with your “Recipe for Success”.

Your Recipe for Success!
• Know your desired outcome
• Determine the ingredients necessary to create your desired outcome
• When creating your recipe, consider what’s worked in the past
• Your recipe MUST be written and kept where that you can easily find it
• Post recipe in calendar or organizer; review on 1st day of every month

~CoachRudy Rodriguez, LCSW

Get help with ADD overwhelm TODAY! 

The use of drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was not associated with an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke in young and middle-age adults, researchers found.

In fact, the rate of heart attack, sudden cardiac death or stroke was significantly lower in current users of the drugs compared with nonusers, according to Laurel Habel of Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland and colleagues.

But that finding, reported online in the Journal of the American Medical Association, was likely the

result of a healthy-user bias stemming from an overrepresentation of white, college-educated individuals among current users, the authors noted.

Read this story: ADHD Drugs and Adult Hearts