Middle and High School students often experience an increase in academic demands and expectations. Students with ADHD face these same demands, but may find themselves struggling more and more as they advance to higher grade levels. This group has been designed to help students and their parents learn specific and detailed information about our current understanding of ADHD and how it affects a child’s behavior. You will learn evidence-based techniques to provide the structure and guidance that children with ADHD need to succeed behaviorally, academically and socially.

Benefits You’ll Gain:

• Decreased stigma often associated with ADHD
• Improved parent-child communication
• Reduced stress for both parent and child
• Empowerment for your child to be a self-advocate

Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m – 5:30 p.m

Meets from October 11th – December 6th (Skips 11/22)

$125 per session (for 7 sessions)

In-Person, Bethesda Office

Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m – 7:30 p.m 

Meets from October 10th – December 5th (Skips 10/31)

$125 per session (for 8 sessions)

In-Person, Bethesda office

*Parents and adolescents will be required to attend group meetings. Session two
of each group will be a parent-only meeting

Dr. Craig Sidol

A 12-session program that will help your child build a healthy foundation of social skills. The story we often see is that a child is social early on, but as the social complexities of life occur, parents start to see their child struggle to make and keep friendships. Children may isolate, try “too hard” to make friends or lack initiative in starting conversations.

The 90-minute group has been adapted to include experiences that many children with ADHD, ASD, anxieties, and mood disturbances face by increasing their immediate social awareness and helping them practice new skills with roleplay exercises and peer feedback opportunities. The format includes weekly handouts to follow, roleplay exercises, open dialogue, and regular phone calls between participants to practice implementing the skills they learn.

• Week 1 : Introduction, Trading Information
• Week 2 : Two-Way Conversations, Electronic Communication
• Week 3 : Choosing Appropriate Friends
• Week 4 : Appropriate Use of Humor
• Week 5 : Starting, Joining, and Exiting Conversations
• Week 6 : Get-Togethers & Hosting
• Week 7 : Handling Arguments
• Week 8 : Changing Reputations
• Week 9: Handling Teasing and Embarrassing Feedback
• Week 10: Handling Physical and Cyber Bullying
• Week 11: Minimizing Gossip and Rumors
• Week 12: Avoid Getting Rejected by Seeking Too Much Approval, Where to Go From Here

Mondays

5:30 p.m – 7:00 p.m, 90 Minutes

Meets from September 25th – December 11th

8 Participants – Middle School Students

$125/session (12 sessions)

In-person at Bethesda Office

Dr. Robert Greenstone

Parenting is hard. Parenting kids with ADHD comes with additional challenges. This group is designed to help parents address the unique challenges they face while parenting, and learn strategies that will make parenting easier, reduce stress and improve parent-child relationships.

Parenting Kids with ADHD:
Parenting a child with ADHD can be challenging and isolating. Most parenting books and resources are written for neurotypical children and there is a lack of individualized support and strategies for parents with children with ADHD. This support and strategies group is tailored to parents of children with ADHD. The group will provide a nonjudgmental space for parents to share their struggles and successes as well as learn ADHD-friendly parenting strategies that will make parenting easier, reduce stress and improve your relationship with your child.

Meets from October 3rd – November 21st

Tuesdays

12:00 p.m, 75 minutes

Cost: $100 per session (8 sessions)

Virtual, via ZOOM

Kerrie LaRosa, LMSW