Parent 2 Parent

For the first time since I was certified last fall via CHADD (Children and Adults with AD/HD), I'll be teaching the Parent 2 Parent class. This class was the gateway for me to begin to understand the role of brain function in all aspects of life, from school to relationships to navigating change across a lifetime. I was transformed by the information I got, initially from taking the class, and the subsequent training to teach it. I hope others have some version of their own transformative experience tomorrow. I hope I can do justice to this information and the curriculum. The class was designed to be taught by parents with lived experience, so it isn't meant to be a giant thought exercise. Its potency is not just in the information but in the coming together and sharing of stories that leads to a realization that we are not alone in this journey and that we are not imagining the intensity of our struggles. The struggles are real, the fault is not ours, and sharing our stories while getting informed is the best antidote for the insanity that we face raising children with AD/HD in a world that is still badly misinformed about brain function challenges.