Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Centre Supporitng Voluntary Action, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Centre Supporitng Voluntary Action, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
ADHD+ Support is a Voluntary sector charitable organisation raising
awareness of ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder) and its
many coexisting and associated neurological and neurodevelopmental
conditions. Through a range of services we provide personal experiences
of ADHD, offering information, signposting, and an
unparalleled understanding as to how all aspects of ADHD impact the
family unit and beyond. We aim to help close the delta between brain
power and personal achievements. As a charity we also provide access
to funded practical support for low income families.
Coexisting
and associated conditions include Opposition Defiant Disorder (ODD),
Bipolar, Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD),
Anxiety and Personality Disorders, Learning Difficulties and Chiari
Malformation and more.
Fundamentally we aim to provide the
highest quality support, and see each individual as a person as a whole
and also as part of a wider family and community. We cater for much
more than getting by in life but rather our ambition is to help them
excel and achieve their full potential in all areas including social,
education and working careers.
About our Event:
This
event looks at how individuals with ADHD, their families and those who
work with them can help support them in their day to day lives, at
school and at work.
We recommend attendance to our "What is ADHD?" event (https://event.bookitbee.com/2010/what-is-adhd) to understand better why the advice given works.
Areas Covered:
Refreshments are provided.
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 of coexisting conditions such as Tourette's Syndrome,
OCD, ODD and
Dyslexia and more. He has been married to his wife,
Madeline, for 21 years and has three girls and a son aged from 9 - 20
years of age. His wife suffers from Chiari Type 1 and all four children
are
various position along the diagnosis / treatment for Tourette's
Syndrome, OCD, Dyslexia, and Scoliosis. He is a recommended
speaker for ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers) and works
tirelessly with families and schools to help improve the outcomes for
young people and adults in Essex and across the UK.
Steve and his family use the
advice given to control their symptoms to a significantly beneficial
level. It has been proven time and time again to help others with ADHD
making families life much, much better.
What do others think of us?
Feedback
from ADHD'ers, family members, teachers, LSA and others who attend our
meetings are always very positive. Here is some paraphrasing of
comments we've had back from parents who have followed the advice given:
"Steve
told us that adjustment would take 2 weeks through to 2 years to see
the full benefit; however after 24 hours of introducing the changes my
son's teachers asked what we'd done to help him improve his attention
and over behaviour. Two weeks later for the first time ever he asked to
go to a restaurant, then invited a friend and despite my reservations
in going we had a wonderful time and I even managed to go to the toilet
with leaving him alone with his friend and came back to find that
restaurant hadn't been trashed!"
This was great feedback. It is
not uncommon for us to hear but we also recognise that many others take
longer to work around many of the associated issues they face. Whether
your child is helped quickly or over along period we aim to be here for
the long haul.
Here are some feedback messages from our talks:
"We attended the "What is ADHD?" meeting tonight. I would like to say thank you. It was very informative and to hear
from someone who has experienced and is living through ADHDas opposed to a
consultant who has studied it through a text book was so much more helpful to
us and gives us much more insight into our son and his behaviours. It has given
us a lot more hope regarding our and his future than we have had so far. Thanks
again!"
“Superb presentation, extremely informative. The presentation was a great mix of
background info on the ‘neuro’ science and helpful explanations of behaviour
traits. Made me think about our practice
in school. Thank you very much. Great to see such quality outreach is
available for parents and teachers.”
"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."
Centre Supporitng Voluntary Action
Burgess Well House, Coval Lane,, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1FW United Kingdom
Local free street parking after 6:30pm, low cost car parks near by and
also easy access from Chelmsford train station and bus station.
Location Details:
http://chelmsfordcvs.org.uk/chelmsford-cvs/new-at-chelmsford-cvs/
Postcode for SatNav: CM1 1TZ
Please note this postcode is for a building opposite the CSVA premises, as the normal postcode often takes people the part of Coval Lane near to the Fire Station which is on the opposite side of Parkway.
GPS Coordinates: N 51.7366100, E 0.4652882