Understanding ADHD (Webinar)

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About our Event:

This webinar is a live interactive seminar using Microsoft Teams.

Whether you have limited knowledge or extensive experience, this talk will provide a clear understanding of ADHD and its impact on individuals of all ages. Whether you are taking your first step into understanding ADHD or are a seasoned professional, this session is ideal for you. Attendees with years of experience and knowledge report that they have learnt something new and take away something to improve their lives.

Our emphasis is on positive acceptance and future success for individuals.

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

This event is an introduction to the condition of ADHD and how it affects individuals with it.

• Our speaker is inspirational, motivational, and humorous, with a comprehensive understanding and extensive personal experience of ADHD and coexisting conditions.
• Our events are always conducted in small groups, providing a personal touch and accommodating the flexibility needed by individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions.
• It is ideal for those who have anxiety about meeting new people or being in crowds.

Areas Covered:

• Introduction to the Biology of ADHD
• Day-to-Day Symptoms of ADHD
• Explanations of how it affects the individual on a day-to-day basis
• Details on the coexisting conditions
• Q&A Session

Please email events@adhdplus.support if you need more information or are unable to afford this cost. We would never wish for the nominal charge to be preventative for 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 & Hyperactivity Disorder). He has personal experience with coexisting conditions such as Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, ODD, Dyslexia and more. He has been married to Madeline for 29 years and has three daughters and a son, ages 17 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, over the past 18 years, has worked with families and schools to improve outcomes for young people and adults in Essex and across the UK.

What do others think of us?

Feedback from ADHDers, family members, teachers, LSAs, and others who attend our meetings is consistently 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, and a 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 the neurotypical brain and the ADHD brain.
• Thank you. Stephen was very interesting, and I didn’t realise the connection between ADHD and ASD. It will make me think more about how I help the children in my school.

We also wanted to share this feedback: "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 has recognised that ALL the staff need the training to recognise the difficulties and implement strategies into their classroom in order to provide equal educational opportunities to vulnerable learners."