Adults with ADHD Archives

Join us to celebrate ADHD Acceptance in Ireland this October

We are stepping in October which is a special month for ADHD as it is dedicated to spreading awareness and acceptance to make the world understand ADHD from a variety of angles.

Nicola Coss National Service Development Manager said:

“While we are keen on supporting people affected by ADHD throughout the year with support groups, webinars and courses, October is the month to mark ADHD! The events aim to bring everyone together to learn about ADHD. We have developed an amazing range of special activities to celebrate ADHD awareness month for everyone with the biggest being the virtual ADHD European Conference.”

The ADHD Ireland events coming up:

Conference

ADHD and Enabling Opportunities Conference! Together with ADHD Foundation are providing 3 days of informational talks for adults, parents, educators and medical professionals. All delivered by world-renowned ADHD specialists and individuals passionate about the condition.

Support for kids and youth

ADHD Schools School Accreditation Programme

Teacher & SNA Training: ADHD and the Principal Educational Strategies

Primary School click HERE to read more / Secondary School click HERE to rad more

Mindfulness Programme for Teenagers with ADHD

Family events

ADHD Information events for parents and teenagers

Support groups for parents, women and men

Every Friday Mindfulness group for parents

Students

Trinity Talk by our CEO Ken Kilbride / Conversation Cafe: ADHD & Technology – Creating a brighter future together

Plus, something fresh and exciting is the ADHD podcast, hosted by fabulous Lauren @HerThoughtsAndBrightColours and developed volunteer by our members.

Beata Migas Communication Manager said:

“The plan was to create something for everyone, our members, their families and friends to recognize, and accept ADHD! With a great force of dedicated volunteers, we have been working hard on the “Let’s Chat – ADHD” podcast! The topics are amazing, and the atmosphere is organic and so natural, but mainly the wonderful participants are open to share their ADHD perspectives and stories with everyone. “

The events are starting the first week of October, the conference begins on the 19^th of October and the first episode of the “Let’s Chat – ADHD” podcast will be launched on the last Friday of October and will continue for numerous months covering diverse topics. We are keen on reaching everyone that’s why all events are virtual. Visit our event section on Events – ADHD Ireland to join us this October to celebrate the growth of ADHD acceptance in Ireland.

ADHD Ireland 30/09/22

ADHD & Enabling opportunities

We all know October is our special month! This year we have prepared for you few exciting events and programmes commencing in the We all know October is our special month! This year we have organised few exciting events and programmes commencing in the ADHD awareness/acceptance month.
The first to be announced is the largest European ADHD conference which we have the pleasure to deliver alongside our dear friends from ADHD Foundation! We established a line-up of ADHD knowledgeable and experienced professionals, educators who are caring about ADHD and neurodiversity plus extraordinary ADHD individuals who have been living with ADHD and are delighted to present their stories.
The online three day event is dedicated to educators, parents/adults and clinicians; it will be held virtually to reach everyone passionate about enabling opportunities for individuals affected by ADHD.

Click HERE to find out all about the 2022 ADHD & Enabling Opportunities Conference!

ADHD Ireland 07/09/2022

Clinical Nurse Specialists to work in Adult ADHD, as part of the ADHD in Adults National Clinical Programme

The HSE is looking for additional professionals to join team working around the ADHD adults national clinical programme! The new position has been open for clinical nurse specialist. We are keen on supporting the HSE to find the suitable fit to support the programme’s participants! If you know someone qualified and passionate about ADHD please forward them this link https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs/job-search/nursing/nrs12284.html.

The application is open since the 7th of September and the closing date is the 28th of September at 12:00 pm! For more details please click HERE

ADHD Ireland 15/09/2022

myclinic.ie withdrawal of service

Overnight lots of people have received the email below, we are working to get further information on this!

Subject: MyClinic Psychiatry Service Update

Good Evening,

I regret to have to inform you that the myclinic.ie psychiatry service will cease operating as of September 2^nd.

Our medical admin team will assist in handing over treatment and care plans to your GP or alternative psychiatrist of your choosing.

Appropriate letter’s will be provided to your preferred clinic to ensure any medication or other treatments are continued without interruption.

Please reply to this email to confirm name and contact details of the GP or service you wish to use going forward.

I do apologies for any inconvenience this causes. The Psychiatry service is in review and we hope to relaunch it in the coming months, and will keep you updated.

Please do not hesitate to contact our medical admin team on [email protected] should you have any questions,

Best Wishes

Sarah

Cork branch Facebook page is live

We are pleased to highlight the first social platform dedicated to the ADHD Ireland – Cork region where you can stay up to date with everything that will be happening in the area and also build a relationship with us, ADHD parents, adults or professionals in the south-west region.

Currently, there are online fortnight support groups for parents, men’s groups and park branch meetings for families happening once a month but we can assure you more interesting and fun activities are on the way! (if you wish to access current events, please click HERE)

We are not going to spoiler what is coming up, but to keep up to date on the Cork region events, groups, courses and more we would like to invite everyone to follow the ADHD Ireland – Cork page HERE, plus if you can spread the word for us that ADHD Ireland – Cork Facebook page is up and running we would be grateful!

ADHD Ireland 25/07/2022

CORK Men’s Group – starting online & aiming to face to face meetings

We are delighted to announce our first Men’s support group focused on the Cork region for those with ADHD diagnosis and awaiting the diagnosis is happening on the 1st of August at 7:00 pm. The biggest goal of this group is to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable while supporting each other. There is a plan on moving the online session to face-to-face meetings in the nearest future, but this is only if there is an interest and willingness to do that!

About this event
Would you like to join our Men’s Support group online to discuss concerns, issues and experiences of ADHD in your relationships, education or work life. The group will be hosted online, on a fortnight basis and the peer-to-peer sessions enable those experiencing the daily challenges of living with ADHD to offer support and guidance to each other. Please note this is a peer-to-peer support group, ADHD information sessions will be run separately.

The group is organised through Zoom online platform and is facilitated by our Adult Group Volunteers. Places are limited, so ensure that you register in advance to secure your place.

The ADHD Men’s Support Group Guidelines are as follows:

• Everything discussed within the group is confidential and not to be discussed outside the group

• Medication advice will not be given – ADHD Ireland are not clinicians and not qualified to moderate discussions on medication

• Everyone will be given an opportunity to speak, if they wish to do so, however, there is no obligation on anyone to speak

• Anonymity is important, particularly for online groups, therefore usernames only should be used and not actual names

• Be respectful in allowing other people a chance to speak, try and avoid speaking over each other

• Feedback can be given after the group by email to [email protected]

Log in details will be emailed to each participant once you have registered here on Eventbrite. Once you have registered for a place in the group that will secure your place and you can then log in on the evening at the start time.

NOTE: Please do not register if you think you cannot participate in the session because places are limited and it may take up a space that someone else would like to use.

Please, click HERE to see all updates on what ADHD Ireland – Cork is offering currently

To register for the Men’s group, please click HERE

ADHD Ireland 21/07/2022

Huge Success of The Cork Branch Awareness Event

Share your CAMHS experience

Mental Health Commission would like to hear your story about your CAMHS experience. The review is designed for Young People and Parents. Your participation is vital to finding valuable information that will be used in positive ways. Please, below you can find further information for Young People and Adults. The closing date for participating in this review is the 27th of May 2022.

Young People can apply here

Parents can apply here

FOR YOUNG ADULTS

My name is Susan Finnerty, and I am the Inspector of Mental Health Services. My job is to make sure that mental health services are safe, work well and respect peoples’ rights.

This year I am looking at mental health services for Young People, known as CAMHS. I want to see if they are providing a good service which helps and supports Young People.

I would very much like to chat with you and see what CAMHS has been like for you. I am interested in things like: did you have to wait long for an appointment? What was your treatment like while you were seeing people in CAMHS? Did going to CAMHS help you? What was good about CAMHS? What could be better?

There will only be two of us talking to you and it will be on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom, whichever you like. It would be for about 20 minutes, and you can leave any time before that if you want to.

We are talking to a lot of people about CAMHS, and we will write a report about what we find out. The report will probably be ready early next year. We will put the report on our website (mhcirl.ie). This will help the government to improve young peoples’ experience when they go to CAMHS, so it is very important that they hear what Young People have to say about what they want.

If you want to chat to us, nobody reading the report will know you talked to us. We won’t use your name and you do not even have to tell us your name if you don’t want to. Nor will we use any private details you tell us.

Thank you for reading this and if you do want to chat with us, we look forward to meeting you.

Susan

Contact Details

If You are a Young Person wanting to participate in the review please click HERE to complete the form outlining your basic details, and you will be contacted soon to participate in further steps. You can also contact the Mental Health Commission directly via this email [email protected]

FOR PARENTS

My name is Susan Finnerty, and I am the Inspector of Mental Health Services. As part of my role in 2022, I am reviewing the CAMHS services in Ireland.

I would very much like to talk with you about you and your child’s experience of CAMHS. I am interested in things like: did you have to wait long for an appointment? What was your child’s treatment like while in CAMHS? Did going to CAMHS help? Was adequate information provided to you? What was good about CAMHS? What could be better? What changes would you like to see?

We will have the meeting on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom and it would be for about 60 minutes.

We are also talking to young people, other agencies, the HSE and the CAMHS teams but it is very important that the voice of the people who use the services with their child are heard and reflected in the report.

We will be writing write a report about what our findings which will probably be ready early next year. We will publish the report on our website (mhcirl.ie). If you do want to chat to us, nobody reading the report will know you talked to us. We won’t use your name and you do not even have to tell us your name if you don’t want to. Nor will we use any private details you tell us.

Thank you for reading this and if you do want to chat with us, we look forward to meeting you.

Susan

Contact Details

If you are a Parent willing to take part in this review, please click HERE to submit the form with basic details, alternatively you can the Mental Health Commission directly please email [email protected]

ADHD Ireland 11/05/2022

Neurodiversity and the Legal System : Towards Equality for All

We are very proud to be headline partners alongside UCD, the Institute of Neurodiversity, NUI Maynooth and Neurodiversity Hub to develop and deliver significant conferences focused on equality for everyone within the legal system. This project follows the successful conference in 2020 on Neurodiversity and Higher Education.

The conference will take place on the 19th and 20th of May 2022, talks are scheduled from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm; the registration is free via Eventbrite; a Zoom link will be provided with a reminder email (please check your spam folder).

For more details, talks schedule and registration please click HERE

ADHD Ireland 26/04/2022

New Book about experience of ADULTS with ADHD in Ireland

ADHD Ireland is working with a major Irish publisher to produce a book on the lived experience of ADULTS with ADHD in Ireland today! For this, we are looking for adults (official or self-diagnosis is fine) to take part in an hour-long Zoom interview with us. We would love to see all ages be part of the book as the entry to be included is 18 years old and does not have a limit, as the aim is to showcase a broad perspective of living with ADHD.
If you are interested in taking part if you were able to fill out the form below.
The deadline is the 30th of April 2022, after t that the forms will be screened and we will start scheduling a zoom interviews which will follow with an email stating the final decision of being included in the book.

Please click HERE to access the form and complete your entry.

ADHD Ireland 20/04/2022