This drop-in group is primarily for parents, and adults are welcome to attend. Let's get together, share stories, support and resources. Speakers to be announced.

Facilitator: Shari Gent 

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

This is not a couples group; it is solely for those who have a partner with ADHD (already diagnosed or a possibility that you want to learn more about).

Drop-in group; no need to register in advance. 

Palo Alto, Friends Meeting House;building in back of property.

NOTE: THIS GROUP MEETS EVERY OTHER MONTH, ON THE SECOND TUESDAY. 

Facilitator: Gina Pera 

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

Share your story and strategies, talk with others who "get it," and have some laughs at this friendly drop-in group.

 It’s not a "moan and groan" group. It's more of an ADHD Salon, with interesting conversation and sometimes chocolate.

 So, come join us the third Wednesday of each month.  (Parents are welcome, including parents of adults with ADHD. Many ADHD treatment issues are the same across the lifespan, and this is a rare opportunity for you to talk to adults with ADHD about their expeience as children and young adults. But rrimary and high school education issues are not discussed.)

Drop-in group. 

Facilitators: Gina P. and Brad P.

THIS IS THE BEST ADULT ADHD DISCUSSION GROUP IN THE WORLD!

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

You can sign up for reminders through this website (but we can't explain how -- sorry!). 

OR, you can sign up for our Yahoogroup: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SiliconValleyCHADD/

A drop-in peer-support group, the last Wednesday of each month.

Learn tools, get support, share humor, and develop strategies for living with AD/HD.

Facilitator: Don Ross, 707-525-0675

Public welcome!  Suggestion donation of non-CHADD members, $5

• WHEN: 7-9 p.m., the last Wednesday of each month, except Nov.Dec.
• WHERE: The Quaker Meetinghouse, 1647 Guerneville Road. 

From Hwy 101 head west on Steele Lane/Guerneville Road. 

Take the first right driveway after Ridley by the stonewall marked Quaker Meeting-house. Look for CHADD sign. Park in the lot, go through gate, and go left to the meeting room. 

If you get to Marlow, you have gone too far. You can only enter the driveway to The Quaker Meeting House heading west on Guerneville Road. Over-flow parking take right on Ridley.

CHADD Parent Share Group in Marin County - Tiburon

A drop-in group open to all parents, family members & caregivers of children (of all ages) with challenges in self-regulation of attention or focus, activity level, emotions, whether or not formally diagnosed with AD/HD (all types).  Family members share resources, concerns, successes, hope and strength.  Chidren, including adult children, with AD/HD come in all sorts of packages, but when you hear someone sharing descriptions of behavior or learning problems that you thought only your child did, you realize you truly are not alone.  There are others on the same path searching to understand their child's struggles, support their child's strengths, accept what cannot be changed and do their best to determine those programs, schools, interventions, medications, parenting strategies, curriculum that have been shown to make a significant difference in the lives of those with AD/HD (all types).

Usually the last Monday of the month 12:30 - 2:30.  
2009 Meeting Dates: January 26, February 23, March 30, April 27, June 1 (Due to Memorial Day on May 25).  No meetings end of June and July.  Resumes August 31, September 28, October 26, November 30.  No meeting December 2009.

Westminster Presbyterian Church Library: 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, CA   (Less than one mile off Hwy. 101)

Group Leaders (CHADD Volunteers):
Holly Seerley, MFT & Parent 415-383-6656
Ellen Nicosia, Parent  415-927-2442
Victoria Vogel, MFT & Parent 415-383-6048

$5 donation requested from non-CHADD members or you can join at the meeting.  CHADD members: no charge.

Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church Library, Tiburon

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

"Adult ADHD Success Clinic" 

Ongoing drop-in group. 

We’re about focus, energy and momentum. We’re about paying attention to the present moment and not allowing fear shrink our lives. If you believe in manifesting the positive and letting go of the negative … come join us. If you’re looking for an ADHD friendly oasis … come join us.

Facilitator: Rick Webster

Kaiser-Permanente - French Campus, 4141 Geary Blvd. (between 5th and 6th Aves)

Conference Room F1 on the 1st Floor. We are in the green building (4141) marked "L".

Parking lot off of 5th Ave or street parking

 For detailed directions, click on URL above (http://chaddnorcal.org/schedule/directions/FrenchKaiser.htm)

Ongoing drop-in group. Meets first and third Wednesdays monthly. 

Get support!

Discuss issues relating to having lived an undiagnosed life with ADHD. Share successes: Learn strategies and develop skills to cope more successfully by focusing on pertinent topics.

Facilitator: Rick Webster

Location: 710 South Broadway, Walnut Creek, #3B
Kaiser Mental Health, behind Nordstrom  
(The building next to Safeway on corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd) 

ROOM:  Room 2A, 2nd floor (follow signs)

$5 donation suggested of non-CHADD members

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

Ongoing drop-in group. Meets first and third Wednesdays monthly. 

Get support!

Discuss issues relating to having lived an undiagnosed life with ADHD. Share successes: Learn strategies and develop skills to cope more successfully by focusing on pertinent topics. �

Facilitator: Rick Webster

Location: Kaiser Walnut Creek, Room 2A, 2nd floor (follow signs)

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

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Drop-in Peer Support Group for Adults with ADHD

Facilitator: Molly Bloom

Note: The meeting is in the other building on Baker, not the church itself. 

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

Ongoing, drop-in parent group

Meets second Tuesdays (except July and August).

Facilitator: Alicia Solano

location:

Sutter Delta Medical Center
3901 Lone Tree Way
Antioch , CA 94509

We meet in the Edna Fallman Center (in back of the hospital, to the right and across from Emergency; the meeting room is the last door on the right).  Park in back lot.

From Concord

1. Take Highway 4(east) to the "A Street Exit"
2. Make a right off the freeway onto "A Street"
3. Follow "A Street", this will turn into Lone Tree Way"
4. "Sutter Delta Medical Center" is on the left at "3901 Lone Tree Way"
5. Turn into hospital parking lot and drive around to the right.  In the back and across the parking lot from Emergency is the Edna Fallman Center.  The meeting room is the last door on the right.

From Byron, Brentwood, or Oakley

1. Take Highway 4(north) to the "A Street Exit"
2. Take the "A Street" Exit and turn left onto "A Street"
3. "Sutter Delta Medical Center" is on the right at "3901 Lone Tree Way"
4. Turn into hospital parking lot and drive around to the right.  In the back and across the parking lot from Emergency is the Edna Fallman Center.  The meeting room is the last door on the right.

Location: Marin county, Corte Madera.
Just off the freeway 101 at Tamalpais Drive/Paradise Drive exit, in
the Corte Madera Town Center mall (west side of freeway).

770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201.
Enter south end of mall, look for big striped canopy on the
right, enter lobby and take elevator to second floor.

• Coordinator (Volunteer): Beverlee Kell 415-789-9464

Talk with others who really understand, share and develop life skills. A drop-in peer-support group, the first Tuesday of each month.

Facilitator: Sue Zee Poinsett 

 For detailed directions and contact information, double click on meeting notice.

Support group for ADULTS witih ADHD.

Build supportive relationships, exchange practical information, and learn from community experts.

Meetings are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Free to CHADD  members. $5 donation suggested for non-members.

Meetings are held in the offices of Bay Area Properties located in the  Claremont neighborhood of Berkeley, and bordering North Oakland.

This area remains one of the few neighborhoods with free parking (usually limited to two hours)- and plenty of it.

WHEN:  7:00 – 9:00 PM

WHERE:  3088 Claremont Avenue(cross street The Uplands), Berkeley 94705

BART:  Pittsburg/Baypoint line Rockridgestation, AC Transit #7

• Close to BART (Rockridge Station), the Claremont Avenue freeway exit off Highway 24, and only blocks from where Highway 13 (Ashby Ave) passes through Berkeley.
• Near Star Market (open in the evening); cross street The Uplands. Lovely kitchenette, wheelchair accessible other than the bathroom. Lots of free parking.

"ADHD & Differential Diagnosis", Q&A  -- send in your questions now!
Guest speaker Dr. James Margolis, MD, Psychiatrist

The lecture takes place for the first hour, and the support group discussion takes the second hour of the meeting.

• Please check-in at the front reception desk AND the table for CHADD.
• We ask that you turn off cell phones upon entering the building.
• CHADD members - no charge. We kindly suggest $5 or other donation from non-members.

P2P Online with Holly Graff
Instructor:  Holly Graff P2P Certified Teacher
Dates: Wednesdays, starting September 15, 2010 (Weekday Evening Class) through October 27, 2010 (7 weeks)
Times: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Cost: $149 You must become a member before you can register for Parent to Parent: Online Family Training on AD/HD. 
Registration at: http://www.chadd.org/Content/CHADD/Conferences_Training/ParenttoParentProgram/OnlineParenttoParentClass/default.htm

 Berkeley/Oakland [Parent Group]
Date:  September 27, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Speaker: Alexandra Matthews, PhD

Is ADHD holding your child back? In recent years, neuroscientists have discovered that Working Memory is a core deficit in ADHD. We know that training the brain in
specific areas improves brain functioning in those areas. Dr. Matthews will discuss the role of working memory in ADHD and practical strategies for improving brain functioning, increasing working memory, reducing ADHD symptoms, and optimizing real-world functioning.

Alexandra Matthews,PhD, a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist who
specializes in treatment of anxiety (including obsessive-compulsive disorder,
panic, phobias, discomfort in any social situation, separation anxiety), child
and adult ADD/ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, parent/child difficulties, and
coping with medical illness. www.amatthewsphd.com <http://www.amatthewsphd.com>

Where: BANANAS’ Workshop Room.  BANANAS is located at 5232 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, California.  Directions may be viewed at: http://www.bananasinc.org/visit.php. Free parking is available in the parking lot behind the building or on the street.  From the back parking lot, go up the stairs to the second floor and enter the building.  The Workshop Room is the first room on your right.

Meetings are for parents of children with ADD/ADHD – join us to exchange practical information, build supportive relationships, and learn from community experts.  Meetings are generally held the last Monday of each month and are free for CHADD members; a $5 donation is suggested for non-members.

Coordinator: Camille King 510-685-7948