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ADHD Coaches Organization
  ADHD Coaches Organization
    Promoting ADHD Coaches and Coaching Worldwide
Vol. 2, Issue 11 • Nov/Dec 2007

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President’s letter
At the ACO we decided to lighten our end of the year load by writing a single November/December Holiday issue rather than two regular monthly issues. Read the rest of the presid0nt's musing on celebrating our combined efforts of the past, our hopes for the future. Members can read it here.

2008 ACO Conference
You can register now for the 2008 ACO conference. Early bird registration costs just $325 for members and $375 for non members. This covers all the food and snacks for Saturday and Sunday.

We are excited to announce that our key note speaker will be Judith Kohlberg author of, among other books and articles, ADD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life.

New Book on Adult ADHD
If you add one book to your collection this year, try Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD: A Practical, Easy-To-Use Guide for Clinicians.  by Ari Tuckman, clinical psychologist. He sums up, in a highly readable way, all the stuff we as ADHD Coaches need to know to educate ourselves and our clients about ADHD. Read the rest of the review here.

You say potAto, I say potAWto
There’s been a lot of conversation lately on the [ACO members] list serve about the beauty or ugliness of ADHD. Glen Hogard wrote a wonderful piece likening the coaching of people with ADHD to dealing with a thorny rose. Read more here.  

Recordings on the web
We’ve posted more recordings of teleclasses and Expert Speaker Series talks. If you can’t make the calls, listen to them on the web.
New recording are available of:
     Diane Ladd’s Expert Speaker Series talk on the Energy of Coaching ADD Clients and the
     RoundTable discussion from December 4 on Marketing Plans
Members click here for the links. 

Member Gayla Wilson got a TV show!
We’re talking a real show here, not one she has to pay to have. The FOX station in Idaho has her slated for a three show pilot. How did she get the gig and how can you can use what she’s learned? Click here.

ADDA regional conferences
The ACO was represented at three out of the four fall regional conferences. We do this to help advertise the ACO as the place to find ADHD coaches as well as to attract new members. Read the whole article and see pictures here.

Plagiarism on the web
You might know that you own the copyrights to your work as soon as you produce it. You might even know that you don’t NEED to register your work. But do you know how to find who’s copying you? And do you know what to do about that? Members click here for the rest of the story.

Board Report
The Board Report is a regular feature of Circle. Every month we fill you in on various things the board has been working on in the previous month. We invite your comments and participation. If you’ve got a question or observation, feel free to contact any member of the board. Make your voices heard! Members read it here.

The general and usual information:

Connections 2008
St Louis, MO
May 2-4

THE conference for ADHD coaches:
Building community for the growth of the profession.
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