Agenda Color Code
Green & Orange: Educational Sessions
Yellow: Peer Support Group
Purple: Conversation Café
All sessions listed on the agenda are scheduled in Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please plan accordingly if you are joining from a different time zone.
- Wednesday, February 25, 2026
- Thursday, February 26, 2026
- Friday, February 27, 2026
- Saturday, February 28, 2026
| Time | Name | Speakers | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Still Distracted After All These Years - Older Adults with ADHD | Kathleen Nadeau, The Chesapeake Center | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | ADHD Service Challenges and Recommendations: Lessons from the UK | Anita Thapar, Cardiff University | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults: How to Make Friends Without Burning Out | Caroline Maguire, New England Coaching Services | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | AI in Daily Life: From Overwhelm to “Ohhh, That’s Easy” | Roger DeWitt, ADHD Coach NYC | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Break | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Girlhood to Burnout to Diagnosis; The ADHD Woman’s Story | Jamie Roberts, NeuroPebble | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | ADHD in Connection: Strengthening Relationships, One Boundary at a Time | Michelle Dougher Frank, Enrich Relationship Center of Colorado Anita Robertson, Anita Robertson, LCSW | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | How to Effectively Advocate for your ADHD Child in School | Emily Persons, ADDA | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Late-Breaking Findings from the U.S. National Study on ADHD Coaching | Melissa Dvorsky, Children's National Hospital the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Jillian Holbrooke, Portland DBT Institute Elias Graham, University of Washington | |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Break | ||
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | ADHD Deep Dive Peer Group | Bradley Smith, Mindset Coaching Tracy Winter | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | ADHD Beginners Peer Group | ||
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Parenting ADHD Peer Group | Deborah Goldstein, DMG Coaching Amanda Leal, Untangled Minds | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Conversation Café | Meet Humans, Not Business Cards | ||
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Parents & Partners Support Group: ADHD + Substance Use | Diane Dempster, ImpactParents Jeremy Didier, LSCSW, LMAC, CHADD |
| Time | Name | Speakers | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Later Life Diagnosis: The Relief, The Regret and The Reality | Linda Roggli, ADDiva Network | |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Self-Care That Actually Works for ADHD | Casey Dixon, Dixon Life Coaching | |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Reframing Workplace Feedback When Your ADHD Brain Takes Things Personally | David Rickabaugh, Leading with ADHD | |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Adult ADHD Medications: From Basics to Advance Understanding | David Goodman, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
| 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Break | ||
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Yikes! What’s the Secret to Launching ADHD Teens & Young Adults (without losing your mind)? | Diane Dempster, ImpactParents Elaine Taylor-Klaus, ImpactParents | |
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | ADHD and the Boundary Puzzle: Clinical Approaches to Help Clients Set Limits While Staying in Connection | Michelle Dougher Frank, Enrich Relationship Center of Colorado Anita Robertson, Anita Robertson, LCSW | |
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Cognectivity: Use Tech to Get Your Brain in Gear | Brittany Smith, Devise & Conquer Coaching | |
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Co-Designing an ADHD-Friendly CBT with Adults with ADHD and Practice Experts | Margaret Sibley, University of Washington School of Medicine | |
| 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Break | ||
| 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Hard Conversations About Sex: ADHD and Relationships in Clinical Practice | Lyne Piche, Dr. Lyne Piché | |
| 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | ADHD, You Have Company!: A Roadmap of Navigating Comorbid Disorders | Roberto Olivardia, Harvard Medical School | |
| 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Sailing the Ocean of Emotion with ADHD | Jonathan Hassall, Connect ADHD Coaching | |
| 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Parenting Emerging Adults: Finding the Balance | John Willson, SOAR | |
| 9:00 PM - 9:45 PM | Conversation Café | Tasty Topics |
| Time | Name | Speakers | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Conversation Café | Side-Quest Social | ||
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | ADHD Care, Decoded: Who Does What (and How to Choose!) | Sara Skillen, Coach Approach Training Institute Jeremy Didier, LSCSW, LMAC, CHADD Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells, Our Place Adolescent and Young Adult Health | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Advances in the Genetics of ADHD | Steve Faraone, Norton College of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Work Differently. Succeed Uniquely: ADHD Strategies for Starting Strong | Adela Baker, Mind Coach LLC | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Mindfulness, ADHD, and Emotion | Mark Bertin, Developmental Pediatrics | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Break | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Unmasking ADHD: Understanding and Treating Shame and Loneliness | Peter Kozel, The Center for ADHD | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | If It’s Not Easy, It’s Too Hard: Organizing and ADHD | Ellen Faye, Ellen Faye Coaching LLC | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Basic Brain Biology: The neuroscience behind ADHD, anxiety and depression | Sarah Cheyette, Epiphany Mental Wellness | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Evaluating and Treating ADHD and Comorbid Mood Disorders | Ann Childress, Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine,Inc. | |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Break | ||
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Conversation Café | Cards Against Humanity: ADHD Edition | ||
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Late-Diagnosed ADHD Peer Group | Kristen Baird-Goldman, Baird Integrated Therapy Heather DeAngelis, DeAngelis Therapy | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | ADHD + Addictions Peer Group | Amber Starkey, Thriving with Mike and Amber Mike Starkey | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | AuDHD Peer Group | Evelyn James, Brave Spaces Peer Support & Coaching Suzanne Sophos, Brave Spaces Peer Support & Coaching | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Providers with ADHD Peer Group | Adela Baker, Mind Coach LLC Annamarie Marino, New Jersey Coachingv |
| Time | Name | Speakers | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Why Time Tools Fail: Closing the Executive Function Gap in ADHD | Sarah Ward, Cognitive Connections, LLP | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Tackling Resentment in ADHD Impacted Relationships | Melissa Orlov, Melissa Orlov LLC | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | ADHD in Women and Impact of Hormonal Fluctuations on Mood and ADHD Severity Across the Lifespan | Sandra Kooij, Amsterdam UMC/VUMc and PsyQ | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Kids Do Well If They Can And So Do Parents (When They’re Supported) | Norma Echavarria, EspacioTDAH Lucia Miri Echavarria, EspacioTDAH | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Break | ||
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Beyond Burnout: Building Systems That Work for Black Women with ADHD | IngerShaye Colzie, Black Women With ADHD/ADHD Black Professionals Alliance | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | ADHD Diagnostic Trends: Recent Prevalence and Variability in Assessment Methods | Brooke Molina, University of Pittsburgh | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | ADHD Makes Sleep Worse: How to Get More Sleep | Ari Tuckman, Tuckman Psychological Services, PC | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Adaptive Roles & Stress Responses: Understanding the Over/Underfunctioning Dance | Tamara Rosier, ADHD Center of West Michigan | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Break | ||
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Guiding Complex ADHD Families Toward Clarity, Connection, and Effective Support | Sharon Saline, Dr. Sharon Saline, PLLC | |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Understanding the Basics of ADHD and Autism and Their Overlap | Karen Saporito, Integrative Psychology Associates of South Jersey, LLC | |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | What Families Of Children Are Rarely Told About ADHD And What Actually Helps | Ryan Wexelblatt, ADHD Dude | |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Motivation and Muddling Through with ADHD | Russell Ramsay, Independent Practice | |
| 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Conversation Café | Connections Without the Small Talk — The 3 × 3 |
Please note that the agenda & speakers are subject to change.