These ADHD support groups are provided as a public service.
Pete Quily does not endorse or recommend any specific group.
Meeting
places and time vary. Please contact the group to confirm
places and times. If there is no support group in your area,
consider starting
an ADHD support group. Since most of these group are volunteer
run organizations, please try and help the group leaders by
volunteering some of your time. One reason ADHD support groups
shut down is because the people running it get burnt out because
they're often doing most of the work themselves.
If one of these groups has changed their contact information
and you want it updated please let me know. Also, if you know
of any ADHD support groups in the Lower Mainland that aren't
listed here that should be, please email me
Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group
We're the adult ADHD group of CHADD Vancouver. We meet the first Tuesday of the month from 6.30 to 8.30 pm. I'm the leader. This group is specifically oriented to deal with adult ADHD issues and concerns.
It is a peer support group and a forum where information about adult ADHD can be exchanged.
CHADD
Vancouver
Runs
monthly meetings that provide education and support to families
of children/youth with an ADHD diagnosis, adults with ADHD
and interested professionals. Provides continuing education
on ADD and is a community resource for information about Attention
Deficit Disorders.
Information
Line 604-222-4043
Abbotsford
ADHD Parent Support Group
Information, Education & Support for Parents and Caregivers
of Children with ADHD
Currently meeting the 3rd Thursday of each month (Sept. –
June) from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Fraser Valley Child
Development Centre (102-32885 Ventura Ave., Abbotsford). Contact:
Leona Fountain. 604-852-2686, local 246
ADHD
Parent Program
We provide a unique approach of information, sharing, education,
support, strategies and in-home practice for children and
adolescents in Vancouver that have a primary diagnoses of
ADHD (we require a copy of the medical assessment report).
Prerequisites
-
Families must live in the city of Vancouver
- Medical assessment with primary diagnosis of ADHD must be
provided prior to admission to the program.
There is no direct cost to families.
If interested phone receptionist and ask to be mailed an information
package.
PH
604-874-2300
200-2425 Quebec St.
Vancouver
This
is not a support group but may be of interest to people with
ADD.
BC Children's
Hospital ADHD Clinic for Children with
ADHD
They
provide diagnosis of ADHD for children. They also
sometimes have research studied on ADHD. You need a referral
from a family doctor to see them and there are other things
they require as well. Contact them for further details.
Contact
Clinic Nurse at 604-875-2010
4500 Oak Street
Vancouver
They used to diagnose ADHD in Adults, had a wait list for a year, asked the government for funding, were denied and they shut down the clinic
It's still closed.
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