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Expedition guideline

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Living better with the Attention Deficit Disorder, with or without Hyperactivity (ADHD), is quite an odyssey!
You can use this website’s resources to:

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Expedition guideline

Welcome abord

MLiving better with the Attention Deficit Disorder, with or without Hyperactivity (ADHD), is quite an odyssey!
You can use this website’s resources to:

Explore what science teaches us and maybe even reduce associated misconceptions

Discover how to take care of the attention capacity and learn about the factors that can influence it

Maintain healthy habits

Deepen your knowledge on useful strategies for everyday life, school and work

Get better at managing emotions

Perceive the many faces of ADHD and the diagnostic

Know the specific treatment strategies

Find resources to explore further

To know more

Explore what science teaches us and maybe even reduce associated misconceptions

Discover how to take care of the attention capacity and learn about the factors that can influence it

Maintain healthy habits

Deepen your knowledge on useful strategies for everyday life, school and work

Get better at managing emotions

Perceive the many faces of ADHD and the diagnostic

Know the specific treatment strategies

Find resources to explore further

To know more

Mission

Understand to act better

Allow the development of the potential of each person living with the symptoms of the attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD).
Improve the well-being of the people touched by ADHD and/or associated problematics.
Collaborate in developing and sharing assessment, follow up and teaching tool for everyone’s benefit.

Warning
This site cannot, in any case, be used to exchange personal information in the intention to obtain a diagnostic or therapeutic opinion.

For who?

Literally EVERYONE! From kids to grown ups who have an interest towards ADHD.
• People living with ADHD
• Parents, families, friends and significant others
• Teachers and education and early childhood professionals
• Community workers
• Doctors and health care professionals
• Administrators and decision-makers
• General public

By who?

This project, coordinated by Dr. Annick Vincent, with the support of the Clinique FOCUS, is possible thanks to all the people and organizations that are contributing by their expertise, their creativity, and their time to this mission.

Special thanks to the Fondation Philippe Laprise for all the collaborative projects.

For who?

Literally EVERYONE! From kids to grown ups who have an interest towards ADHD.
• People living with ADHD
• Parents, families, friends and significant others
• Teachers and education and early childhood professionals
• Community workers
• Doctors and health care professionals
• Administrators and decision-makers
• General public

By who?

This project, coordinated by Dr. Annick Vincent, with the support of the Clinique FOCUS, is possible thanks to all the people and organizations that are contributing by their expertise, their creativity, and their time to this mission.

Special thanks to the Fondation Philippe Laprise for all the collaborative projects.

Our story

How did we get there?

« Alone we go faster, but together we go further. » African saying

2007

Creation of the website attentiondeficit-info.com by Dr. Annick Vincent, psychiatrist.

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2010

Foundation of Clinique FOCUS by Dr. Annick Vincent, psychiatrist et Dr. Michel Sirois, family doctor. Many professionals add their expertise and their creativity. They support the mission from the heart.

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Growth

Inspired by a deeply shared passion, Dr. Vincent and her collaborators involve themselves in various projects such as:

Publication in 2013 of a special issue of the magazine Médecin du Québec dedicated to ADHD, available in French and English electronic edition (FOCUS sur le TDAH/FOCUS on ADHD)
Collaboration to international francophone seminars like TDAH tous Azimuts (2015) and TDAH Tous Horizons (2020)
Creation and distribution of information tools, useful gadgets and questionnaires supporting the assessment and treatment process.
Elaboration of online trainings such as TDAH VIP, TDAH VIP+, ADHD or Pseudo ADHD, Truc Atout pour les devoirs et les leçons, Apprendre et réussir avec le TDAH, Garder le cap, Odyssée TDAH : Guider-Pister-Éclairer (coming soon) offered as a present by the Fondation Philippe Laprise (fondationphilippelaprise.com), to which we are grateful for its vision and its involvement.
Translation and adaptation to English of the information tools and documents developed by Clinique FOCUS, available to all on attentiondeficit-info.com (2021)

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Reach

This site was awarded the Prix du développement continu de l’Association des médecins psychiatres du Québec (2017) and is recognized as «Top 101 site» by howtolearn.com

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