North Haledon, NJ (PRWEB) February 23, 2012

Jennifer Modica of ADD Advocate Inc, announces a name change to The A.D.D Awareness group (TADDAG). Jennifer Modica formed the business for educational purposes to serve the metropolitan NYC area. The mission of TADDAG is to build brighter futures for children and adults with ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, hereby called ?ADD?).

Results from clinical studies show that 57% of children reported to have ADD when one of their parents was diagnosed with the disorder.

At 38, while trying to understand her child?s learning challenges, both Jennifer and her son Jonathan, age 8, were diagnosed with ADD-Type I Inattentive. An ADD diagnosis is truly a life-changing experience. For many adults, it is only when their child is diagnosed with ADD that they realize they may have it as well.

The A.D.D. Awareness Group was 38 years in the making. The founder of TADDAG, Jennifer Modica, struggled daily with chronic disorganization, frequent forgetfulness, difficulty completing tasks, and difficulty listening when spoken to directly. Modica struggled with paying attention and concentrating her entire life. She was labeled a ?daydreamer? by her teachers. Modica says “It was not until I had the diagnosis that I realized I was not inferior or broken after all. I was unique.?

Yet it has been the experience of TADDAG that even today, in 2012, with all of the clinical studies, there is still a poor perception about what ADD is, and how it affects us. Verbal and take-home surveys of parents of elementary school-age children found that many people believe ADD is typically applied to young boys who can?t sit still. People believe they eventually grow out of it, that it is an excuse for bad behavior, not paying attention, and purely psychological. This erroneous view is corroborated by dozens of studies found in the most recent books published about ADD.

According to Daniel G. Amen, M.D. and Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., arguably the most prominent and experienced doctors in the field of ADD today, an estimated 20 million people in the United States have ADD. It is the single most common learning and behavioral problem in children, and one of the most common problems in adults, leading to job failures, relationship breakups, drug abuse, and tremendous sense of underachievement. It is a physical disorder of the brain that most people with ADD are born with, and never outgrow.

TADDAG formed to help people of all ages make sense of the invisible challenges of ADD and make them more visible. Through Jennifer Modica?s continuing studies through the ADD Coach Academy, and after going through her own journey of discovery and understanding of her ADD as well as her child?s, it has become clear that there are countless people with ADD ? both diagnosed and undiagnosed ? who are needlessly suffering because the invisible challenges of ADD could not be explained to them.

The major goal of TADDAG is to make people aware of what ADD is, and what it is not. They plan to accomplish this through awareness groups and outreach programs in the Metropolitan NYC area (lower NY and northern NJ) as well as giving speeches to both public and private businesses. TADDAG plans to procure renowned guest speakers who are on the cutting edge of the ever-changing ADD field, and will create a helpful website that will also house a weekly blog from the President of TADDAG, Jennifer Modica. There will not be a cost to the public for any speeches and/or awareness groups. The interactive website will also be free.

Financially, TADDAG will operate as a public charity, drawing from a broad base of income sources from corporations and individuals to pay for our research and educational projects.

Operations are to be held primarily at 16 Spruce Lane, North Haledon, NJ 07508, and will begin as soon as the TADDAG 501(c)(3) application is approved by the IRS. Jennifer Modica will be the primary person in charge of carrying on the activities of TADDAG. As the president and CEO, she is scheduled to become a Certified ADD Coach from the internationally recognized ADD Coach Academy in 2013.

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