The six-week parenting class, "Power Parenting: Focusing on ADHD," will provide parents with the basic understanding of the ADHD-associated behavioral problems that make parenting much more challenging.

Slated for Tuesdays beginning July 6 through Aug. 10, the series will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the university's Noski Auditorium located on the west side of campus on the corner of N. University Drive and Etiwanda Avenue in Northridge. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.

"CSUN is hosting this event because we see an urgent need to provide quality parent education seminars for families in the community and to begin building collaborative partnerships with individuals, agencies and organizations in the community that focus on the mental health aspect of families and their children with special needs," said Ivor Weiner special education professor and event co-coordinator.

"In order to serve families and the general community, we need to focus on the family as a whole," Weiner said. "This type of collaboration assists us in serving families in a meaningful way."

The parenting classes cover all one needs to know when parenting children with ADHD, said Sharon Pollock, pediatrician and event co-coordinator. "It's a different type of parenting," she said.

Experts will discuss the basics of ADHD, parental roles and challenges throughout their child's life, relationship dynamics in families, how to tackle the child's education, providing positive behavior support, and how to build resilience, reliability and better times into family life.

"No bookÉadequately prepares or helps to teach us how to parent our ADHD kids," Pollock said. The classes cost $25 per session or $125 for all six sessions. Walk-ins are welcome on the day of the session.

To park, visit the kiosk on Prairie Street near Darby Avenue. Parking attendants will direct guests to the parking lot. Parking costs $4.

For more information about the lecture series, call (818) 784-1082.

California State University, Northridge has 33,000 full- and part-time students and offers 61 bachelor's and 42 master's degrees as well as 28 education credential programs. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley and the fourth largest in the 23-campus CSU system. The university serves as the intellectual, economic and cultural heart of the Valley and beyond.