Future FOCUS+ Topics: October 12....and beyond...

Hi all,

Our next FOCUS+ meeting will be on Tuesday, October 12. While the agenda is still being tweaked, here are the ideas/activities we're trying to pull together:

• A follow-up review and discussion about Dr. Mason's presentation on ADHD & Executive Function (see the 9/21 blog entry for a summary if you missed it). Both Ruth and I (Ed, your humble webmaster) were particularly intrigued by Dr. Mason's remarks about the challenges of "emotional engagement" in a task to help get and sustain focus on an activity. Maybe you were particularly interested in one of the other aspects of his presentation??
• Our usual open, all-ADHD-related-things-considered group discussion of whatever issues, questions or concerns you might want to share with the group regarding your personal experiences.

We're also looking at the following ideas for subsequent meetings. As always, your input regarding these ideas, and any other ideas you may have, is strongly encouraged.

• November: Activity & Movement for ADHD (Spoiler Alert: Exercise really helps with managing ADHD symptoms! But there's a lot more to this topic as well.)
• December: ADHD and the Processing Disorders

Two other quick notes:

• The Parent to Parent (P2P) classes originally scheduled for this fall have been cancelled due to the low # of people who signed up this time. P2P will be offered again in the spring (March/April 2011).
• Please note the survey that I just added to the upper right portion of the Blog page. Are you a Facebook Fanatic? A Twitter, um, Twanatic? Would you be more likely to track and participate in the FOCUS+ blog if it was based in Facebook? Would you be more likely to track and participate in the FOCUS+ blog if new blog postings were announced via Twitter and/or Facebook?

What are the topics you're most interested in discussing or learning more about? What was your reaction to Dr. Mason's presentation? Do you have any questions you'd like us to pass along to the scheduled November and December presenters you'd like to pass along prior to the meetings?

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