ADHD, Study, Work & SpLD (Online)

NB: Booking on Apple DevicesApple restricts the sale of tickets for online events through apps such as the Eventbrite app. If you have problems booking, please use the link in Safari or on an alternative device.

About our Event:

This webinar is a live interactive seminar using Microsoft Teams.

If you or your child has ADHD and struggles with reading, writing or maths, or are just thoroughly tired after doing these tasks, then this talk is for you! Additionally, 50% of ADHDers also have a Specific Learning Disability. This event is an introduction to Study and Work challenges, how they affect individuals and the required support. Specified Learning Disability incorporates the previously diagnosed conditions of Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, & Dyscalculia. We look at the practical solutions that help reduce the problems, especially the exhaustion caused. We explain the reasons behind the issues as well as provide practical advice.

It is an ideal event for ADHDers (Teen & Adult), parents/guardians, family, teachers & LSAs, and those training for employment roles involving children.

• Our speaker is inspirational, motivational, and humorous, with a unique understanding and extensive personal experience of ADHD and coexisting conditions;
• Our events are always conducted in small groups, have a personal touch and are very informal;
• It is ideal for those who have anxieties over meeting new people or being amongst crowds.

Areas Covered:

• ADHD Study & Work Challenges
• Introduction to the Biology of Specific Learning Disorder
• Signs & Symptoms
• Introduction to Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
• Support, Advice & Software
• Q&A Session

Please email events@adhdplus.support if you need more information or cannot afford this cost. We would never wish for the nominal charge to be preventative in people attending.

Speaker: Stephen Challen

BIO:

Steve was first diagnosed at the age of 13 with a condition they called "Food Related Hypersensitivity Disease", which was later combined with other condition titles into a new title of ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder). He has personal experience with coexisting conditions such as Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, ODD, Dyslexia and more. He has been married to his wife, Madeline, for 29 years and has three girls and a son aged from 16 to 28. They also have two granddaughters and a grandson. His wife suffers from Chiari Type 1 and fibromyalgia, and all four children are in various positions along the diagnosis/treatment for Autism, Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, Dyslexia, and Scoliosis. He has been a key speaker for the National Education Union, and has worked for the past 18 years with families and schools to help improve the outcomes for young people and adults in Essex and across the UK.

What do others think of our other talks?

Feedback from ADHD'ers, family members, teachers, LSA and others who attend our meetings is always very positive. Here are just some of the messages of feedback from prior events:

• Brilliant!
• Was much more informative listening to someone living with the condition than the experts.
• Stephen is excellent - knowledgeable, intelligent, sense of humour. I will definitely recommend him and the organisation to schools and parents.
• Very informative, easy to understand, entertaining speaker, some of it was a real eye-opener.
• Great talk from Steve, some interesting and valid scientific and practical evidence. Very informative.
• Very informative and person friendly
• Wealth of information explained at a high level. Engaging and inspirational.
• Could have listened longer. He was really good and kept my attention all the time
• It was very interesting and I found out information. The speaker was very good to listen to and spoke about his personal experiences which is really good.
• Really enjoyed learning about the scientific elements of the disorder - makes the condition make sense to people and was interesting to see differences between neurotypical brain and ADHD brain.
• Thank you, Stephen was very interesting, and I didn’t realise to connection between ADHD and ASD. It will make me think more about how I help the children in my school.

"A number of our teaching staff attended and we were all very appreciative of your honesty and also highly impressed by what you have achieved. The impact it has had on the staff was so great, management have recognised that ALL the staff need training to recognise the difficulties and implement strategies into their classroom in order to provide equal educational opportunities to vulnerable learners."