ADHD Help

This weekend Elwood and I led a workshop on social skills training for ChADD in Tucson. About 40 people attended, including 17 children. My goal was to present in such a fashion that it was attractive to the children as well as to the adults. I began with a vignette with Elwood in which we discussed the importance of communication, cooperation, kindness, and conflict resolution. After that Elwood shrunk my head. I am going to try to put the head shrinking up on my page. Everybody seemed to enjoy our presentation.

I have been thinking a great deal about how to conduct attractive and productive video seminars. I think that I will alternate between sessions for the parents and special entertaining therapeutic shows for the children. I will let you know when more information is available.

My thoughts have turned to 9/11. Currently I work at Fort Huachuca, an Army post in Southeastern Arizona. Not only am I remembering 9/11 but also quite aware of the impact the attack has had on young soldiers. I sincerely hope that peace will be with us in the near future.

I haven’t written in my blog for a long time. That is because I have been working on my homework. Mom and dad were able to get the amount of work reduced because of my ADHD. I now have a lot less but it still takes me about as much time as the other kids spend on their work. I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to do any homework, but it didn’t work out that way.
This weekend I went with Dr. C to tell kids about social skills at a ChADD meeting in Tucson. Guess what? Dr. C made a big mistake. He thought that we had to be at the workshop on Saturday, and so we went to Tucson. Turns out that the workshop was on Sunday. We were one whole day early. I got to sing the “Even Dr. C, You See, Makes Mistakes Like You and Me” song. I guess that it really is true.
The workshop was fun. I got to shrink Dr. C’s head. I always like doing that magic trick. The kids liked it too.
I’ll write more when I have time. I need to go to bed now. Mom says so.
That’s all for now from me. Elwood, signing off…

Ever since I have been counseling children and families, I have tried to combine my entertaining talents with my therapy skills in order to make my treatments more powerful.  I even conducted workshops for mental health professionals on how to use unique toys to improve counseling skills.  I also conducted workshops for ventriloquists on puppet therapy.  In fact, I am an honorary member of the Japanese Puppet Therapy Association.

For a long time I have wanted to use my skills to provide group family treatment for ADHD families.  However, living in a small town, it is difficult to start this type of group.  Also most people accept the fact that it is tricky to run groups for children with ADHD since they tend to set each other off.

That is why I have finally decided to run these groups online.  I am actively preparing them and hope that some of you will be interested in participating.  We can have fun while simultaneously improving the quality of family life.  More information will follow.