Eden Prairie Disability Awareness Committee

SW Metro ADHD Connection will meet Monday, December 9, 7:00-8:30 pm.
Topic: “ADHD: What’s New, What Works”, presented by Cindy Lea, our co-founder. With over a decade of experience counseling families with ADHD, Cindy will share her most powerful tips and a few new things she has learned. Come and discover some of the most effective tips and strategies for managing ADHD so that is doesn't cause so much chaos for you or your family. Additionally she will share secrets of motivating yourself even when you don't feel like doing a task. You will be engaged, entertained and walk away with a well-stocked toolkit for succeeding with ADHD.
Meeting Location: Eden Prairie Center Community Room at 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. (Take elevator to basement level). Hope to see you there!

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All are welcome regardless of diagnosis.

SW Metro ADHD Connection will meet Monday, May 13, 7:00-8:30 pm.

Topic: “The Power of Gratitude: Strategies from Positive Psychology for Managing ADHD and Anxiety,” presented by Rick Herder, PhD, associate professor of Communication Studies at Southwest Minnesota State University. Rick and his family live with ADHD and have learned ways of thriving and finding joy. Rick will lead an interactive class on learning to harness the power of gratitude to manage anxiety that is often part of the daily experience of living with ADHD. Participants will learn about recent developments in positive psychology along with practical techniques for managing anxiety and enhancing relationships such as gratitude
meditation and gratitude letters.

Meeting Location: Eden Prairie Center Community Room at 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. (Take elevator to basement level). Hope to see you there!

All are welcome to attend regardless of diagnosis. SW Metro ADHD Connection will meet Monday, April 8, 7:00-8:30 pm.

Topic: “Twice Exceptional Education and Executive Function,” presented by Leah Brzezinski, Ed. D. CCC-SLP Founder and Executive Director, and Max Melby, MS Science Teacher and Program Director at Arete Academy. The executive function deficits inherent to ADHD influence nearly every aspect of a child’s life. Come and learn about the unique gifts and challenges faced by twice exceptional learners and how to support development of executive function skills.

Meeting Location: Eden Prairie Center Community Room at 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. (Take elevator to basement level). Hope to see you there!

A topic of interest to many families.

SW Metro ADHD Connection will meet Monday, October 10, 7:00-8:30pm.

Topic: “Mindful Parenting: How to stop the fighting, yelling and frustration”, presented by Barb Andrus, B.S., CAPS, Mad2Glad Parent Coach and Family Specialist for over 35 years with Samantha Moe, M.A., SLP, Mad2Glad Parent Coach and founder of the holistic Mad2Glad Blueprint. Come and learn the number one reason for anger, anxiety and power struggles. Walk away with practical tips to have a calmer, more cooperative child and restoring sanity to your family.

Meeting Location: Eden Prairie Center Community Room at 8251 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. (Take elevator to basement level). Hope to see you there!