2012 ACO Conference Schedule
The Many Faces of ADHD
Thursday, March 22
| 4-9 pm | Registration | |
| 7-9 pm | Reception Light Fare and Cash Bar | |
Friday, March 23
| 7-9 am | Registration | |
| 7 am-6:30 pm | Self-Care Retreat | |
| 8 am-6 pm | Book Store | |
| 12:30 am -8:30 pm |
Vendors | |
| 8 am-6 pm | Leslee Hare: Video: Riding the Spectrum: High Gear and Low Gear |
Track: Art |
| 7-9 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:30-9 am | Robb Garrett & Judith Champion: Conference Welcome |
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| 9-10:30 am | Keynote Address: Evelyn Polk Green: The Social Injustice of Untreated ADHD |
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| 10:30-11 am | Morning Break | |
| 11-12:30 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Rick Green: Making it Okay to Have ADHD |
Self Care | |
| Charles Parker, MD: Useful New ADHD Biomedical Discoveries, Brain, Meds and Neurotransmitters | Neuroscience | |
| Trudi Gaines, EdD & Leasha Barry, PhD: A New View: Behavioral Coaching for Prevention of Delinquency and Recidivism; implications for Public Policy |
ADHD Communities | |
| 12:30-2 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30-4 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Candace Taylor: The Many Faces of the ADHD Brain |
Neuroscience | |
| Gina Hiatt, PhD: Recurring Revenue, Rock Star Results: Online Accountability Groups for ADHD |
Business Building | |
| Chana Klein: Beyond Medication—Beyond Possibility: Energy Medicine for Challenges of ADHD, ASD and You |
Self Care | |
| Carol Gignoux: Building Bridges in ADHD Families with Positive Communication Strategies |
Master Coaching | |
| 4-4:30 pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 4:30-6 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Robert Tudisco, Esq.: Redirecting ADHD Youth from the Juvenile/Criminal Justice System |
ADHD Communities | |
| Nadine Nassar, Laurie Dupar & Alan Brown: The Impact of Digital Story Telling on ADHD Coaching |
Technology | |
| Terry Dickson, MD: Neuroscience of ADHD for Coaches |
Neuroscience | |
| Peggy Ramundo & Madelyn Griffith-Haynie: ADDing the Spirit to Empower Success |
Self Care | |
| 7-10 pm | Networking Reception Buffet and Cash Bar Live music beginning at 8:30 pm performed by Silence ‘n Dischord: Musical Testimonial to One Life with ADHD |
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Saturday, March 24
| 7-9 am | Registration | |
| 7 am-6:30 pm | Self-Care Retreat | |
| 8 am-6 pm | Book Store | |
| 12:30-8 pm | Vendors | |
| 8 am -6 pm |
Leslee Hare: Video Riding the Spectrum: High Gear and Low Gear |
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| 7-9 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:30-9 am | Judith Champion: Conference Updates | |
| 9-10:30 am | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Kyle Dopfel & Pat Wood: The Harm Reduction Project |
Innovative Programming | |
| Laurie Dupar: Top Three Medication Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them |
Neuroscience | |
| David Giwerc: Permission to Proceed |
Master Coaching | |
| 10:30-11 am | Morning Break | |
| 11-12:30 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Wilma Fellman: Working on Career Issues with the ADHD Client: Gaining Expertise in Assisting ADHD Individuals in Making Good Career Decisions |
Master Coaching | |
| Jennifer Koretsky: How to Build a Thriving Coaching Business: Developing a Brand, Finding a Loyal Audience and Communicating Effectively |
Business Building | |
| Karen Lowry: Advocacy in Elementary Schools: Leading to self-advocacy and success |
ADHD Communities | |
| Ron Minson, MD: iLs: A Multisensory Approach to ADHD |
Innovative Programming | |
| 12:30-2:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30-4 pm | Keynote Address Wendy Lippard: Empowered Voices |
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| 4-4:30 pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 4:30-6 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Linda Walker: Creating Successful Group Dynamics in Coaching Groups |
Technology | |
| Jay Carter: The Power of Mind Mapping for the ADHD Brain |
Innovative Programming | |
| Madelyn Griffith-Haynie: Making the Connection: Brain-based Coaching |
Master Coaching | |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner on your own in Atlanta: See Atlanta Section of Conference Handbook for Restaurant Listings | |
Sunday, March 25
| 8-2 am | Book Store | |
| 8 am-2 pm | Leslee Hare: Video: Riding the Spectrum: High Gear and Low Gear |
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| 7-9 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:30-9 am | Conference Closing Judith Champion & Robb Garrett | |
| 9-10:30 am | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Virginia Hurley, EdD: The Time of Our Lives: Positive Psychology Coaching and ADHD |
Master Coaching | |
| Tara McGillicuddy: Online Technology for ADHD Coaches: Connection, Collaboration and Clients |
Technology | |
| Linda Roggli: Create an ADHD Retreat: Taking ADHD Coaching to a New Level |
Business Building | |
| 10:30-11 am | Morning Break | |
| 11-12:30 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Rudy Rodriguez: The Temperament of Teen and Adult ADHD: A Strategic Perspective |
Master Coaching | |
| Joan Teach, PhD: Bright Lights and Hidden Challenges: Juggling the Many Faces of the ADHD Inattentive Female |
ADHD Communities | |
| Joyce Kubik: Coaching College Students in an Academic Setting |
Business Building | |
| Sherry Clarke & Beverly Rohman: Caring for your ADHD Understanding — Embracing — Celebrating |
Self Care | |
| 12:30-2 pm | Box Lunches | |
| 2-3:30 pm | Breakout Sessions | Track |
| Dan & Sheryl Pruitt: So You Expect Them to Leave Home: Pitfalls to Independence |
ADHD Communities | |
| Elaine Taylor-Klaus & Diane Dempster: Lessons from Cyber-Space: An ADHD Coaching Internet Startup Shares What Worked and What Didn’t |
Technology | |
| David Nowell, PhD: Strategic Behavioral Inquiry |
Neuroscience | |
| Kari Lewis, EdD Exercise and ADHD |
Self Care | |
Your registration fee covers admission to:
- Two key-note addresses
- Choices of 32 breakout sessions
- Access to the book store
- Self-Care Retreat
- Thursday evening: Reception with food and cash bar
- Friday: Breakfast, 2 snack breaks and a networking reception with food and cash bar
- Saturday: Breakfast, lunch, 2 snack breaks
- Sunday: Breakfast, morning snack and lunch
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
I am coming and am soooo excited!
When I see all the big names and wonderful workshop topics, I am honored to be a part of this conference. Thanks to all who have joined me in making this a conference we will always remember. Register Now!!!!!
I thought last year was so amazing it would be difficult to match. This year’s speaker lineup and topics are equally great if not better (depending on your passion).
I encouage anyone who is hesitating to make the committment (yes, committment! Yikes!) to attend, pick two or three interesting topics to you, do some research on the amazing talent giving those talks, then forget the fee and sign up before you get lost in that “decision haze” of hesitancy where you remain frozen until it is too late to make a decision to attend.
I promise you, it will be a decision you will never regret.
Glen Hogard, ACO Co-Founder