CHADD of Santa Cruz: Information

About Us

CHADD serves children and families with ADD and other learning challenges. Education and support groups are open to everyone.

Meetings

CHADD of Santa Cruz is on hiatus until further notice, and meetings have been suspended. For more information, please call or email us, using the contact information below

Location

First Congregational Church, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, California (close to UCSC). Room F8/F9 -- look for the CHADD sign on the door. [Directions]

We are family-friendly; children are welcome. Please RSVP if you will be bringing children under age 7 so we can have supervision available.

Contacting Us

Office phone & fax: (831) 425-3650

Email: info@chadd-santacruz.org

Feel free to call Mary directly at (831) 419-2845.

About CHADD

CHADD is a national, nonprofit organization that has been instrumental in putting a human face to the life-impacting disorder of AD/HD and the many neurobiological conditions and learning differences that frequently accompany it.

We are working to raise societal and community awareness on the challenges and struggles that families and individuals face on a daily basis and ways in which they can help ease the strife.

September 7, 2004 marked the first ever "National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day" - Senate Resolution 370. This gave validation to many of us who must deal with large segments of our society that are unaffected and oblivious to the true facts of AD/HD.

CHADD Chapter #605 was started in response to community members voicing concern and frustrations in their attempts to find resources and support.

In order to find the type of understanding and compassion that will provide a sense of relief for people struggling with the same issues, it is imperative that they hear "their story" come from someone else sharing their own personal experiences with AD/HD and how it has, and is, affecting their life. I believe it is a powerful moment when they realize that they are "not alone."