​​Advocacy and Awareness in Canada and the World

Heidi Bernhardt, Founder of CADDAC

Heidi Bernhardt, RN, is a psychiatric nurse by training, mother of three young men with ADHD, and the founder, President and Executive Director of the Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada (CADDAC), a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to awareness, education, and advocacy for ADHD. Heidi also served as the Executive Director of the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA), a national not- for-profit organization of the leading clinicians and researchers in ADHD in Canada for 6 years. Over the past 24 years, Heidi Bernhardt has helped raise awareness and understanding of ADHD among parents, educators, health care professionals, industry leaders, and government officials through presentations, conferences, media interviews, and advocacy work.

6:45 - 7:15 - Welcome Back, Check-in, Warm Up
7:15 - 8:15 - Speaker/Presenter - Heidi Bernhardt
8:15 - 9:00 - Topic to be determined based on the group
9:00 - 9:15 - Empowering check out
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