Re: OCF workshop in denver

May 2, 2001

--

I live thousands of miles away from Denver. For those of us who

can't make it to the workshop (for whatever reasons), how can I get

this information? Is it in manual form?

Plus, do you know of any conferences being held on the East Coast?

Another question that I've meant to ask is this: Do children with

OCD qualify for disability (under U.S. Social Security)? If so, how

would it benefit my son? Pros and cons, anyone?

Thanks,

Joni

> Since the topic of survival has come up, I'm going to

> use the opportunity to advertise a workshop that Kathy

> Hammes and I ( Birkhan) are leading at the

> Obsessive Compulsive Foundations annual conference.

>

> Saturday, July 21/01; 10 - 11am

> Survival Manual for Parents:

> What to do Between Doctors Visits!

>

> This practical workshop is specifically for people

> living with children, or adults, with obsessive

> compulsive disorder. Our goal is to help you

> strategize and take back control of your lives.

>

> hope to see you there!!

>

> _______________________________________________________

>

May 3, 2001

I also have the same question as Joni , is it possibile to get this

information in manual form. Austalia is even further away from Denver

than where Joni lives.

what a pity you cant come to australia and do a conference here, I

still think I'm the only one in australia who has heard of OCD. Just

joking. we actually saw a story on a current affairs program the

other night of a person who has OCD with hoarding issues and my

daughter was fascinated to see this persons house TOTALLY filled with

stuff, she said my problems dont seem so bad.

Kerrie

> > Since the topic of survival has come up, I'm going to

> > use the opportunity to advertise a workshop that Kathy

> > Hammes and I ( Birkhan) are leading at the

> > Obsessive Compulsive Foundations annual conference.

> >

> > Saturday, July 21/01; 10 - 11am

> > Survival Manual for Parents:

> > What to do Between Doctors Visits!

> >

> > This practical workshop is specifically for people

> > living with children, or adults, with obsessive

> > compulsive disorder. Our goal is to help you

> > strategize and take back control of your lives.

> >

> > hope to see you there!!

> >

> > _______________________________________________________

> >

May 4, 2001

, Do you know if these sessions are going to be

audio or video taped this year for those who cannot

attend? My husband has been unemployed since February

and at this point I don't think we will make it to

Denver. Thanks -

--- w birkhan <birkhanw@...> wrote:

> Since the topic of survival has come up, I'm going

> to

> use the opportunity to advertise a workshop that

> Kathy

> Hammes and I ( Birkhan) are leading at the

> Obsessive Compulsive Foundations annual conference.

>

> Saturday, July 21/01; 10 - 11am

> Survival Manual for Parents:

> What to do Between Doctors Visits!

>

> This practical workshop is specifically for people

> living with children, or adults, with obsessive

> compulsive disorder. Our goal is to help you

> strategize and take back control of your lives.

>

> hope to see you there!!

>

_______________________________________________________

>

May 4, 2001

,

Too bad about your husband. We're in the same

situation. My husband is eligable for retraining under

a gov't program, so he's considering this option.

I cannot find any reference to audio or video tapes,

but there is an email with conference questions:

annualconference@...

About mailing out packages of information, I'm sure

that Kathy H and I can put something together and mail

them out after the conference. There will be other

articles, etc. to include, so there's no sense mailing

anything before hand.

You will be with us in spirit, as are all of our

'parents' from this list.

take care, wendy

PS. Conference info site:

http://www.ocfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dld001_a.pl

=================================

, Do you know if these sessions are going to be

audio or video taped this year for those who cannot

attend? My husband has been unemployed since February

and at this point I don't think we will make it to

Denver. Thanks -

_______________________________________________________

May 7, 2001

Hi Kathy,

It would wonderful if I can particpate in this workshop that you &

Birkhan are leading at the OCF annual conference, together with my

husband & my son Amer. I live in Lebanon, my husband & me have USA Visa, but

its difficult to get one for my son, he is now 17 years. I wonder how can we

get helped with that. I'm thinking of one way if he gets some sort of an

invitation from you or anybody in this istitute to present it to the

Embassy, this might help him to get it. Or if you have any other advise that

helps in this subject. I think it would be very helpfull for Amer to be in

this workshop, second it would be a very good change to be out of town, as

we did last summer the whole family went to Cyprus, he enjoyed it very much,

I remember that he told me mom I don't need any medications anymore, I'm

free of symptoms, but sure I kept giving him the med. So I'll be wating to

hear from you about any point of view concerning this subject, thanks.

Huda

>From: Joye <cjoye16@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: OCF workshop in denver

>Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:41:28 -0700 (PDT)

>

>, Do you know if these sessions are going to be

>audio or video taped this year for those who cannot

>attend? My husband has been unemployed since February

>and at this point I don't think we will make it to

>Denver. Thanks -

>--- w birkhan <birkhanw@...> wrote:

> > Since the topic of survival has come up, I'm going

> > to

> > use the opportunity to advertise a workshop that

> > Kathy

> > Hammes and I ( Birkhan) are leading at the

> > Obsessive Compulsive Foundations annual conference.

> >

> > Saturday, July 21/01; 10 - 11am

> > Survival Manual for Parents:

> > What to do Between Doctors Visits!

> >

> > This practical workshop is specifically for people

> > living with children, or adults, with obsessive

> > compulsive disorder. Our goal is to help you

> > strategize and take back control of your lives.

> >

> > hope to see you there!!

> >

>_______________________________________________________

> >

May 7, 2001

Hi Huda:

I would be very happy to write you a letter saying I hope to see you at the

conference. I am just an OCD mom however, do you need something more

official from the OCF itself. Perhaps Patti Perkins-Doyle would be happy

to send you an invitation. I know how hard it can be to get a visa to the

USA from personal experience, is this true for a minor like your son? Have

you asked the embassy to give him one and been turned down? I would think

as he is still a minor and a dependent they would be willing to have him

accompany you and his dad to the USA to attend the conference. They will

likely want to see proof of his/your financial ability to sustain himself

during his stay and that he has a return ticket. Usually they like to see

that he has ties to LEbanon e.g. in school, etc. so he will be returning.

It is not unusual for a young person without obvious ties to be turned down

initially for a visa. It also depends on where you apply, some embassies

(in my experience) are stricter than others. It would be a wonderful

experience for Amer to meet other young people like himself with OCD.

Attending the conference does not necessarily stop them saying they don't

have OCD, but it does help them feel less stigmatized and alone and it

certainly starts them on the road to getting into CBT.

If you want to give me more details about the letter please write me

directly. Showing that Amer has contacts in the country who are welcoming

him should help his chances of getting a visa.

It would be great to meet you in Denver Huda. Also to meet your husband.

Take care, aloha, Kathy (h)

kathyh@...

At 06:03 AM 05/07/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>

>Hi Kathy,

> It would wonderful if I can particpate in this workshop that you &

> Birkhan are leading at the OCF annual conference, together with my

>husband & my son Amer. I live in Lebanon, my husband & me have USA Visa, but

>its difficult to get one for my son, he is now 17 years. I wonder how can we

>get helped with that. I'm thinking of one way if he gets some sort of an

>invitation from you or anybody in this istitute to present it to the

>Embassy, this might help him to get it. Or if you have any other advise that

>helps in this subject. I think it would be very helpfull for Amer to be in

>this workshop, second it would be a very good change to be out of town, as

>we did last summer the whole family went to Cyprus, he enjoyed it very much,

>I remember that he told me mom I don't need any medications anymore, I'm

>free of symptoms, but sure I kept giving him the med. So I'll be wating to

>hear from you about any point of view concerning this subject, thanks.

>Huda

May 8, 2001

Hi Kathy,

Thank you for responding to me. Yes I think if we get an official invitation

from OCF itself might be a better chance for Amer to get a Visa, bisides

sure we have to get him a certificate from his school that he is registered

for 2001-2002 school year, plus a statement of our bank account. We have to

get also a reservation in one of the Hotels in the area of the conference.

So if we can start with the invitation from Mrs, Patti Perkins-Doyle, to

send it to my e-mail address & if you can tell me what Hotels are in the

area to try to do the reserevation. It is difficult to get visas to males or

females at his age, as I mentioned he is now seventeen going to eighteen,

they think at the embassy that he will be staying in US.I did not ask the

embassy yet if he can get a visa, b/c if they don't want to give him visa

they stamp on his pasport something like application not accepted, that we

can't get it to any other US embassy in any country. Unfortunatly we don't

have US embassy in Lebanon, was closed during the war, but now we can send

the application through one of the banks the embassy agreed to deal with. We

might face another difficulty as we did last year when we took visas to UK

for the whole family, since starting June to Sept. is a high season, we were

not able to find places, all flights were full, so instead we took them to

cyprus for few days.

I know that it would be good for him to meet & comunicate with children like

him having the same problem, as I'd love to meet parents who have the same

sufferings as we do with this disorder.I'll pray that things will work out &

will come up to our expectations & we'll be able to meet all of you.

Take care

Huda

>From: Kathy Hammes <kathyh@...>

>Reply-

>

>Subject: Re: OCF workshop in denver

>Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 09:55:26 -1000

>

>Hi Huda:

>

>I would be very happy to write you a letter saying I hope to see you at the

>conference. I am just an OCD mom however, do you need something more

>official from the OCF itself. Perhaps Patti Perkins-Doyle would be happy

>to send you an invitation. I know how hard it can be to get a visa to the

>USA from personal experience, is this true for a minor like your son? Have

>you asked the embassy to give him one and been turned down? I would think

>as he is still a minor and a dependent they would be willing to have him

>accompany you and his dad to the USA to attend the conference. They will

>likely want to see proof of his/your financial ability to sustain himself

>during his stay and that he has a return ticket. Usually they like to see

>that he has ties to LEbanon e.g. in school, etc. so he will be returning.

>

>It is not unusual for a young person without obvious ties to be turned down

>initially for a visa. It also depends on where you apply, some embassies

>(in my experience) are stricter than others. It would be a wonderful

>experience for Amer to meet other young people like himself with OCD.

>Attending the conference does not necessarily stop them saying they don't

>have OCD, but it does help them feel less stigmatized and alone and it

>certainly starts them on the road to getting into CBT.

>

>If you want to give me more details about the letter please write me

>directly. Showing that Amer has contacts in the country who are welcoming

>him should help his chances of getting a visa.

>

>It would be great to meet you in Denver Huda. Also to meet your husband.

>Take care, aloha, Kathy (h)

>kathyh@...

>

>At 06:03 AM 05/07/2001 +0000, you wrote:

> >

> >Hi Kathy,

> > It would wonderful if I can particpate in this workshop that you &

> > Birkhan are leading at the OCF annual conference, together with my

> >husband & my son Amer. I live in Lebanon, my husband & me have USA Visa,

>but

> >its difficult to get one for my son, he is now 17 years. I wonder how can

>we

> >get helped with that. I'm thinking of one way if he gets some sort of an

> >invitation from you or anybody in this istitute to present it to the

> >Embassy, this might help him to get it. Or if you have any other advise

>that

> >helps in this subject. I think it would be very helpfull for Amer to be

>in

> >this workshop, second it would be a very good change to be out of town,

>as

> >we did last summer the whole family went to Cyprus, he enjoyed it very

>much,

> >I remember that he told me mom I don't need any medications anymore, I'm

> >free of symptoms, but sure I kept giving him the med. So I'll be wating

>to

> >hear from you about any point of view concerning this subject, thanks.

> >Huda

>

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May 16, 2001

Hi Kathy,

Time is passing, the conference is becoming nearer. You mentioned the name

of Patti Perkinns-Doyle that might send my son & me an invitations to this

conference to be able to take a visa for Amer. How can I contact Patti, can

I have her e-mail to write her. Thank you in advance.