What do you need to know about Learning Disabilities or ADHD?
The Learning Disabilities & ADHD Network
What do you need to know about Learning Disabilities or ADHD?
Sometimes, the answers you are looking for are not easily found online because every situation really is unique. Maybe, you're not sure you've even started off by asking the right questions.
This is where The Learning Disabilities & ADHD Network - or just ‘the Network’ for short - can help. We are a resource hub for anything to do with Learning Disabilities or ADHD, either pre- or post-diagnosis, and across the lifespan. We are here for families, adults and partners, educators, employers, community agencies and anyone interested in learning more or already working with clients in this field.
What does the Network offer?
● Free resource navigation. You can talk to one of our resource navigators, who have decades of experience with LD and ADHD, and are adept at connecting people with information, services and supports, often ones you may not even know exist. And there is no time limit! You can chat for 10 minutes or an hour - it can be such a relief to talk to someone who understands. You’ll receive a follow-
up email with resources tailored to your situation so you can always refer back to them. No need to scribble notes while on the call.
● Free Lunch & Learns for businesses and organizations. These are one-hour presentations that provide an introduction to LD or ADHD, dispel myths and offer resources. They can be delivered in-person in the Calgary area or virtually across Alberta/Canada and each is tailored to your audience.
● Public awareness activities. We get out into the community in a variety of ways such as manning information booths at resource fairs and conventions; publishing a monthly e-newsletter with sections specific to parents, adults and educators; working on special community initiatives; and hosting an annual in-person conference every October.
● More broadly, the Network also collaborates to effect system change. Funding for university research projects helps to uncover important insights and provide statistics, while engaging with the Alberta government offers opportunities to impact direction and policies in education. The Network is strongly committed to ensuring that educators are properly trained with the understanding, strategies and resources so that students with LD/ADHD have a successful school experience that sets them up for a future they can look forward to.
Why does the Network do all of this?
We believe that anyone with LD or ADHD should be able to live their best lives, and this is how we support that. The Network is sustained by an anonymous donor at the Calgary Foundation, operates out of Foothills Academy and leverages the deep capacity of an amazing membership of volunteer professionals across a wide variety of sectors in Calgary (About the Network). We are here for you.
www.ldadhdnetwork.ca
findhelp@ldadhdnetwork.ca to speak to a resource navigator or schedule a Lunch & Learn.