Upcoming Events

Dr Caroline Stevenson, ADHD Psychologist Detentions, Suspensions and Expulsions - How to Manage ADHD in the School Environment Dr Caroline Stevenson is a clinical psychologist with expertise in ADHD and learning difficulties across the lifesspan. She has written papers and book chapters on the management of ADHD and her work is cited in national and international guidelines on the assessment and management of ADHD. She runs adult ADHD management programs and programs for parents of children with ADHD. Under 18's…

Speaker Evening with Devon Barnes, Lindfield Speech Pathology Understanding the disorders that can accompany ADHD-Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Language Disorders Many students with ADHD present with other learning difficulties and disorders. This talk will give a clear understanding of these disorders, their assessment and management. Devon Barnes B.Sp.Thy, MSPA, CPSP  Devon Barnes is the Clinical Director of Lindfield Speech Pathology & Learning Centre which she established in 1990. She has almost 50 years experience working with children and adults with…

SPEAKER EVENING: Sharon Bramble, Alert Learning Demystifying Reading – for Parents of Children with ADHD and Associated Learning Difficulties Is reading a struggle for your child with ADHD? Are you concerned that the reading approach they are being taught at school is confusing them? Is it confusing you? This parent-friendly talk will demystify current reading practices taught in schools. Parents will learn multisensory strategies using systematic phonics that will help children with ADHD as well as enhance learning for other…

Speaker Evening: Louise Remond, Psychologist, The Kidman Centre, UTS Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) is an innovative treatment developed by Ross Greene from Harvard Medical School, designed for families of behaviourally challenging kids and teenagers where parent and child work together to identify situations where something is getting in the way of the child doing well, and then collaborate on how to overcome them and find durable solutions. Louise Remond is a clinical psychologist with experience…

Speaker Evening: Helen Padarin, Padarin Health Gut Health & ADHD * FUNDRAISER FOR HOPE FOR HEALTH EVENT * Specific details of talk coming soon. Helen aims to promote awareness and provide education about treatment options for immune disorders, digestive disorders and neurological disorders. Chronic conditions from autoimmune disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, anxiety, ASD and ADHD, all of which have been on the rise in the last couple of decades have many overlapping underlying factors. Dietary intervention, naturopathic solutions and a biomedical…

Speaker Evening: Ian Wallace, Psychologist Dealing with Uniquely Challenging Kids Some lucky parents have very typical children, for which common, everyday parenting techniques are mostly very effective. Regrettably, parents with unique, difficult and very challenging kids, who often present with ADHD, as well as perhaps several other disorders, are given the same parent management techniques. This often leads to parents questioning their parenting ability.  However, the issue that we should focus on is that uniquely challenging kids, with ADHD and…

Speaker Evening: Dr Samantha Hornery Getting it Done: Organisation & Motivation Strategies Dr. Samantha Hornery is a primary and special education teacher who has worked in school and community settings teaching, developing, and managing educational programs for students with learning difficulties. She has extensive experience in the development and implementation of professional learning opportunities for teachers and health professionals. Samantha appeared as an educational advisor in the ABC documentary, Kids on Speed? supporting children with ADHD and their families. She completed her…