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Practical Responsed to Adult ADHD:
15th October 2011

Directory of Social Change
24 Stephenson Way,
London NW1 2DP

You can download the programme and booking form here BOOKING FORM



The Tenth International ADDISS Conference
More details coming soon.



The Ninth International ADDISS Conference
30th March - 1st April 2009.

The Spirit of ADHD:
Resilience, Hope, Opportunity , Success

Royal National Hotel, London

FULL PROGRAMME
MONDAY 30TH
TUESDAY 31ST
WEDNESDAY 1ST

Many of the talks at the conference have been recorded and will soon be available for sale on CD.

ADHD is often a life-long condition, but many people affected by it are coping well and living good lives.

This conference brought together several ways of thinking and acting to make more people able to achieve their hopes.

  • people who have overcome their disability will explain how;
  • researchers will explain the nature of resilience as people develop;
  • clinicians will describe what works ;
  • people running programmes for ADHD in childhood and adult life will share ideas about promoting good psychological development.





  • Confirmed Speakers
    Professor Eric Taylor
    NICE Guidelines and the Future of Treatment

    Peter S Jensen MD, REACH Institute, New York
    The NIMH MTA Study Findings after 8 Years Follow-up: Implications for Parents and Professionals

    Professor Thomas Brown
    Overlap Between ADHD & Other Disorders: A New View of Comorbidity

    Edward M Hallowell MD
    Delivered From Distraction

    Christian Moore
    Why Try? Overcoming poverty, violence and failure

    Professor Philip Asherson
    Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD in Adults in the UK - The NICE guidance and current service development across the UK.

    Luke Dicker
    My LIfe with ADHD and Asperger Syndrome

    Thomas Phelan PhD
    1 2 3 Magic- Effective Discipline for children aged 2-12 years
    Surviving your Adolescents

    Jo Steer and Kate Horstman
    Skills for Secondary School: Guiding principles and practical strategies for young people with ADHD

    Randy Lee Comfort PhD
    Understanding and Helping Adopted and Looked After Children with Attention Difficulties:

    Gina Pera
    Is it You, Me or Adult ADD?

    Professor Peter Hill and Dr David Coghill
    Intelligent Prescribing

    Dr Geoff Kewley
    ADHD and Giftedness

    Professor Jeremy Turk
    ADHD is a Developmental Disability and not a Mental Illness. Implications for support and treatment.

    Sgt Stephen Brown, Lancs Police

    The Handbook for this conference is available for £5.00 plus £1.50 postage and packaging



    Eighth International ADDISS Conference
    How Do You Solve a Problem Like ADHD?

    26 -28 March 2007
    Royal National Hotel, London

    There’s no cure for ADHD at the moment but there’s a great deal that can be done to help people with ADHD achieve their full potential. Much of this is around improving understanding of ADHD and providing tools and strategies that work – that was the focus for the 2007 ADDISS Conference!

    You can still view the full list of workshops and speakers.

    The conference delegate handbook is now on sale at £15 including postage and packing. Please let us know if you would like to purchase a copy. Audio recordings of many of the talks are also available.



    FULL DAILY PROGRAMME FOR 2007 not 2009 CLICK HERE to download PROGRAMME.
    If you are unable to download the file please email us for further details

    Or telephone 0208952 1515


    The conference handbooks from the Fifth and Sixth and Seventh ADDISS conferencesHeld in London in November 2002, Liverpool in March 2004 and London in November 2005, With speakers notes is now available at a cost of £15 each including postage and packing




    Fourth International Annual ADDISS Conference

    The Fourth International Annual ADDISS Conference in March 2001 brought together an exceptional panel of world-renowned speakers. Click to read the
    PROCEEDINGS of this major conference, or to see a REPORT from one of the 500 delegates who attended.




















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