2010 Spectrum Alliance Conference
"Common Themes: Strategies for Managing Co-occurring Conditions"
| Date | Saturday 16th October, 2010 |
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| Time | 8:30-17:00 |
| Location | Red Cow Hotel Naas Road Dublin 22 |
| Speakers | Fergus Finlay Dr. Nikos Myttas Mary Ball Dr. Carmel O’Sullivan Jo Todd Dr. David Carey Ailish Kelly |
HADD Family Support Group
The HADD Family Support Group has been in existence for over 25 years. It is a group of parents and professionals who have come together to raise awareness of the disorder and to offer support, information and advice through sharing experiences and resources.
Membership of HADD is open to any person with an interest in ADHD whether they are a parent, person with the condition or professional etc. We have a small annual membership charge.
Our activities are organised by a purely voluntary committee of mainly parents of who work in our office in the Carmichael Centre and from their homes. From late 2007 we have the voluntary services and support on education issues of Dr David Carey, psychologist and former Co-ordinator of Special Education at Froebel College in Dublin. If you would like to become involved in HADD’s work please contact us.
Our Mission
HADD’s mission is to make life better for persons with ADHD and their families.
What we aim to do
- To help and support persons with ADHD/ADD and their families.
- To create a better understanding of ADHD and the difficulties people face because of it’s symptoms among teachers, the medical profession etc.
- To raise awareness of the consequences of un-treated ADHD, the benefits of treatment and also of the positive aspects of ADHD
- Provide an information sharing, advice and support network for parents, children, adults and professionals working with them.
- Influence government and state bodies to develop and improve Health, Education and other support services for children and adults with the disorder.
- Encourage and contribute to research into prevalence, causes, treatment and management of ADHD
Services we offer
- Telephone support line and email service for parents - open to members and non members
- Information leaflets
- Similar service for teachers, childcare workers, the medical professionals and others working with children with ADHD. This includes our resource for teachers “ADHD and Education”
- Regular mail-shots and newsletters to our members on news and developments in the area as well as feature articles.
- Regular informal parents and carers evenings on a variety of topics. See our News and Calendar for up-dates
- Talks by parenting, legal and education experts
- Conferences on ADHD which bring international experts on the condition to Ireland.
- Talks to parents groups, schools, childcare services etc
- Video and book lending library
- Submissions to state organisations promoting the interests of those with ADHD
- Representation of the interests of persons with ADHD and their families in various public and private fora.
- Third level student Pack – in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin, a resource for students has been developed. Launched at ADHD Action Week 2009.
- We are currently running a youth group for 16 to 19 year olds with ADHD. The focus will be to help young people with ADHD to make the best of their lives. These groups run for a period of 6 weeks. Please contact our office for information about partisipating in or organizing one for your area.
| Address | Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7 | ||
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| Phone | 01 874 8349 | CHY | 13614 |
| info@hadd.ie | Web | www.hadd.ie | |
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