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CHADD Satellite of South Central Alaska

Local Coordinators: Sunny Aldrich, Emily Kugel

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Welcome!

About South Central Alaska CHADD: 

The support group is managed by a group of dedicated volunteers.  

Meetings are FREE, however CHADD groups are financially supported by memberships and donations, so we kindly ask you to consider joining CHADD to help support our mission of improving the lives of those affected by ADHD.  Your CHADD membership or donation will help support our group.

Do you need information and resource help? As volunteers, we try to respond as quickly as possible to all requests about our local CHADD group.

However, if you have a more pressing need for information or assistance about the many aspects of dealing with ADHD (including diagnosis, treatment options, educational rights, etc.), please contact CHADD’s National Resource Center on ADHD (NRC), online at www.help4adhd.org or by phone at 800-233-4050 (press option 2, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Eastern time).  

The NRC is staffed by trained Health Information Specialists who can answer many of your questions about ADHD and provide other helpful information and resources.  (NOTE: although the NRC does not provide legal, medical or other professional advice, Specialists can offer ideas and suggestions to help you find what you are looking for).

Community resources and national resources:  We have a list of local non-profit organizations, national organizations and CHADD professional and organizational members who have requested to be in our directory in the area in the links section.

• Speaker Presentations & Support Groups:  We currently offer two free support groups.  One is for parents/caregivers and one is for adults affected by AD/HD.  Currently, we are not able to provide child care at our meetings. Since group members may be sharing frank information about their challenges, some of the discussions may not be appropriate for children to attend. 
  
  Donations (tax deductible) and CHADD membership fees are accepted at the door.
  
  Choose from the following support groups:

  Anchorage CHADD Group	Location:  Alaska Laborer's Union Hall     Address:  2501 Commercial Dr., Anchorage, AK       Dates & Times:  Monthly on 1st Sunday @ 2PM
  Mat-Su Valley CHADD Group	Location:  Mat-Su Regional Hospital     Address:  2500 S. Woodworth Lp., Palmer, AK       Dates & Times:  Monthly on 1st Saturday @ 2PM

  Please visit the meetings and events section for more information. 
  

• Parent training:  CHADD's Parent to Parent training on ADHD. The entire course takes about 14 hours of time and is usually offered as a seven-week class, meeting for two hours once a week. Participants receive extensive materials to support them, including articles, reference materials, handouts, and homework assignments.  There is a fee for the class and it is only available to CHADD members.  You can join CHADD when you register for the class or you can join CHADD online or by calling 800-233-4050.  For more information, please visit CHADD's Parent to Parent Online Training Site.
  

• Community resources and national resources:  We have a list of local non-profit organizations, national organizations and CHADD professional and organizational members who have requested to be in our directory in the area in the links section.

Volunteer Opportunities:

MEETING HELPERS:  Do you want to help, but can only offer a couple hours a month of your time?  We have some positions that are perfect for you.

HOST TEAM MEMBER: Meeting greeters in the support group meeting room.  They make newcomers feel welcome.   They make introductions and make people feel comfortable by speaking with them one on one.  They provide our first time attendees with their first-time attendee name tags.

HOT SHEET EDITOR:  A volunteer who is good at editing/word processing that will assist with updating our volunteer advertisements.  They will create/edit the ads and prepare the flyer for distribution at meetings.

CLIP BOARD RECRUITER:  We need someone to talk with others before and after meetings to discuss volunteer opportunities and other CHADD programs.

This information was last updated on: 07/12/2012