Follow Up Session - The Impact of Hoarding on the Family and the Community

11.45am – 12.45pm, 13 March 2026 ‐ 1 hour

Focussed Networking Group Session

A follow up to the earlier session with Maria. This will be a focussed networking and implementation session where delegates can explore the challenges of hoarding disorder and its impact on families and the community.

Hoarding doesn’t affect just the person who is hoarding, it impacts everyone in the house and very often, those that live around them. Neighbours can have infestations that come over from the hoarded home. There can be smells and damage that can endanger the person who lives on the other side of the wall. There are expenses to the community, regardless of when the problem is addressed. 

We will talk about points from the earlier session, including:

• how hoarding impacts the non-hoarding members in the home including children and elders
• how hoarding impacts the community, both in health and safety and expense 
• the difference in cost, dependent on when intervention occurs
• other points as raised by delegates

Speakers

Maria Spetalnik

Founder, Conquer the Clutter

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Maria Spetalnik

Founder, Conquer the Clutter

Maria Spetalnik is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) and author with 30+ years of experience helping those that hoard establish control of their lives by helping them control their clutter. Her goal is to teach her clients to be able to maintain this in the future.

Maria has taught classes on hoarding at conferences such as APDO, CIT International, NAPSA, NAMI and organizing professional associations NAPO and ICD. She prides herself on being able to communicate these complex issues with clarity and humor. Past attendees have told her that they use many of these techniques on a regular basis.

: www.conquertheclutter.org
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