Available Workshops for those with ADHD

ADHD and the College Student: A New Understanding

This three hour workshop provides an in-depth review of the unique wiring of the ADHD brain, including the most up to date and effective treatment options. It includes the five essential elements an ADHD student can utilize in order to be successful and will provide specific interventions that counselors and educators can utilize to move their ADHD student’s success forward.  For more information please contact Laurie at LDDupar@changeoffocus.com.

Stepping Out! Coaching for Young ADDults off to College or Moving out on their Own

Preparation is the key to successful independent living. This eight week course is designed to prepare young adults with attention deficit disorder to successfully take their next step towards independence, whether that is moving out on their own or heading off to college. Each weekly session will be tailored uniquely for each client utilizing their individual strengths and minimizing their challenges as they navigate out into the world. Common life skills such as: budgeting, time management, job searching and interviewing, career choices, organizational and social skills, activities of daily life skills and medication/treatment management, will be woven into the sessions.

Register now in order to prepare for Spring's graduations and Fall's college start-ups!

For more information or to register for this course, send an email to: LDDupar@changeoffocus.com Subheading: Stepping Out!

Alphabet Soup: Decode Coaching Credentials and Find the Perfect Coach for You!

Coaching is known as one of the most effective support services in the multi-modal treatment of persons living with ADHD. Considering the growth of the coaching profession and the wide variety of an individual coach’s background, how can you, as a potential client, begin to choose a coach that best fits your needs? One of the clues to finding your ideal coach is in all of those letters following a coach’s name. This workshop will teach you what those consonants and vowels following a coach’s name really mean about their professional experience, education, coach training and specialty areas. Laurie Dupar, a certified/credentialed ADHD and life coach, mental health nurse practitioner and past-vice president of the ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO) will guide you in decoding the alphabet soup of coach credentialing. Using her personal experience, lively examples, power point for interest and plenty of time for audience participation, this workshop will entertain and enlighten. Laurie will spell out the meaning of the coaching credentialing code, review nine key questions client’s can ask potential coaches to help them in choosing a coach and even provide participants with a multiple choice tool to help them know if they are ready for coaching. For more information please contact Laurie at: LDDupar@changeoffocus.com.

Upcoming Workshops for Coaches

The Art and Science of In-Person Coaching

Studies in the area of communication consistently show that conservatively, 55% of what we communicate is non verbal.  Considering that the majority of coaching and coach training are conducted over the telephone, this raises the obvious question of what important information coaches are missing from their clients iif limited to auditory communication alone.  Add to this, the research results provided by the ICF (International Coach Federation), published in 2004, which showed that over 67% of coaching clients preferred in-person coaching verses phone coaching.  Together these studies indicate that not only would coaches increase the quantity of information they receive from their client by in-person coaching, but that client satisfaction would increase as well. 

Using the results of the above research, his workshop will coaches’ comfort, knowledge and skill when providing face to face or in-person coaching.  Areas to be explored will include multiple aspects of non verbal communication including; gestures, facial expression, touch, vocal variations, physical appearance and coaching space.  Through experiential practice, participants in this session will have the opportunity to role play various aspects of in-person coaching and increase their knowledge and comfort with this style of coaching.  Along with handouts, additional tools and resources will be available for participants to pursue further interest in this area.

Upcoming speaking engagements

Greater Sacramento Area

As a member of my local CHADD(Children of Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)Chapter in Sacramento, I am pleased to be able to offer my expertise as a mental health professional and an ADHD Coach during their monthly meetings.  CHADD Sacramento, meets on the first Tuesday of each month and features presentations on a variety of ADHD topics. Chapter CHADD meeting at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, 7700 Folsom Blvd and Sacramento, CA. For more information log onto www.chadd.org under local chapters, Greater Sacramento Branch.Please check out the national CHADD web site at www.chadd.org, and specifically the Sacramento chapter for up to date information.

Celebrating Conflict & Cooperation

In any relationship - romantic partner or spouse, adult sibling, adult children, or even best friend - conflicts can arise.... You are invited to spend an innovative and rewarding day learning a method to CELEBRATE conflict as a sign that there is SOMETHING TO LEARN, not to avoid or fear.

Facilitating this discovery is Rev. Mark Throckmorton and leading area Life Coach Laurie Dupar. Together they will present an engaging, interactive day of learning and the opportunity to practice a whole new approach to conflict. Come with (or without) your relationship "other". By the end of the day, you will be able to use five simple, easy to remember steps to transform disagreements and conflict into opportunities for cooperation and intimacy.

For registration or more information, contact Laurie at: LDDupar@changeoffocus.com

Support Groups

Beginning in the Fall of 2009 I will be facilitating an adolescent action and support group on ADHD in the greater Sacramento, California area. The focus of the group will be on the unique needs and experiences of teens between the ages of 14-18 with ADHD. Dates and times are still to be determined. If you are interested in finding out more about the group, please feel free to contact me at LDDupar@changeoffocus.com.

Teleclasses

To be announced...