We are thrilled with the decision made to develop the necessary support for Adults with ADHD. Below you can find all information showcasing yesterday’s announcement made by Mary Butler T.D. Minister for Mental Health and Older People.
RTE RADIO 1 interview with Mary Butler T.D. listen HERE
The below video was sourced from the Department of Health official Twitter account @roinnslainte
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ADHD Ireland 18/04/2022
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ADHD Ireland School Accreditation Programme and the first ADHD friendly primary school in Cork.
Last week we visited friendly and very creative Beaumont Boys School in Cork to raise the flag of ADHD Ireland accreditation school programme. The ceremony was a beautiful as everyone took time to acknowledge the moment of the achievement.
“We were delighted to get the opportunity! Our main goal is to nourish every student equally, and for us to get the opportunity to extend our knowledge and understanding of ADHD was significant. We are all about acceptance and equal opportunities and this programme has gained our confidence in ADHD understanding” said Fiona Meehan /Beaumont Boys School principal
We are honored to have our flag at Beaumont school as the dedication and focus for the students journey is impeccable. We have met lovely, caring teaches and principals, but more importantly we got a chance to meet students which have appreciate their educators expanding their understanding of ADHD. Well done to everyone in Beaumont Boys School!
THE HIGHLIGHTS
The video futures – The Students of the Beaumont Boys School, Mags Moore Deputy Principle, Nicola Coss National Service Development Manager ADHD Ireland with Fiona Meehan Principle.
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Cross and Passion Secondary School, Kilcullen is the first school in Ireland to complete the “ADHD Friendly School Programme”
ADHD Ireland has completed a pilot of the new programme and is now ready to roll it out nationwide. On the 16th of March, we were very pleased to crown the ‘CPC’ Kilcullen the first ADHD Friendly school in Ireland.
The ceremony was a credit to the dedication of teachers and staff of the college, who have done amazing work committing time to expand their knowledge of ADHD and to learn strategies to support their students in the classroom. With a prevalence of 5% for ADHD, this equates to 1:20 children.
“We were determined to start this programme for our students, we wanted to understand ADHD and get the tools to support them in their educational journey” said Aimee Kelly, The Junior Years Learning Support Coordinator.
The programme was designed to include teachers, SNAs and parents within the process. The main goal of the project is to provide an understanding of the needs of young people with ADHD and to give practical information. The project is delivered throughout the school year, via online training delivered by industry professionals from ADHD Ireland and the ADHD Foundation (UK).
Additionally, parents/carers are invited to join private sessions on ADHD Ireland as the aim is to have everyone involved in the young people’s lives to be informed and educated to help benefit them in all aspects of their lives.
“We are more confident now to accommodate our students with ADHD and we can recognise their needs, plus we see the difference in boys and girls with the condition, that is a great ability when you want to provide equal education opportunities to all your students” said Madeline Scully Senior Years Learning Support Coordinator.
The Cross and Passion College have 13 teachers participating in the programme and it is proud to call itself Ireland’s first ADHD Friendly School. In the coming weeks, ADHD Ireland will be presenting flags to Cork and Dublin schools, with a vision to see the accreditation flag in every school around the country.
“We know there is a huge gap and we are here to help support schools in filling the need for understanding their ADHD students” said Nicola Coss National Service Development Manager ADHD Ireland.
If you wish for your school to become ADHD friendly, please click HERE to expand the topic or contact us to enter the next phase of the project [email protected]
ADHD Ireland 22/03/22
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week is starting on the 21st of March
It is a time to recognize our differences and uniqueness. The movement has been recognised for the last four years when Sienna Castellon s 16 years old student, developed a school programme to recognize the differences in how we are and what we can offer due to our talents and abilities. She was wanting to change the stereotype of people with different ‘conditions’. The idea has grown and continues to grow all over the World and now the celebration aims to reach every organisation, school, parent, educator, university, and business
We are so proud to say that organisations, communities and schools have stepped up this year and we have plenty of amazing and positive celebration programmes in Ireland. ADHD Ireland has developed programmes, plus we are honoured to partner and participate in other organisations and schools talks.
Our plan for Neurodiversity Celebration Week
21st March IADT Student Talk | internal talk
21st 7 pm / Wicklow Social Democrats – Neurodiversity Allies Panel | Click HERE to find more
22nd March / ADHD Ireland ‘Tourettes in the Classroom’ with Seonaid Anderson | Click HERE to join
23rd March / University of Limerick Student Talk | internal talk
23rd March / ADHD Ireland ‘Emotional Regulation & Healthy Boundaries up to 8 yrs’ with Aisling Murray | Click HERE to join
24th March / Neurodiversity Masterclass series in Partnership with UCD and NUIM | Click HERE to join
24th March / ‘ADHD is the energy for life’ for All Abilities Ireland | Click HERE to join
25th March / ‘Neurodiversity in the Workplace’ for All Abilities Ireland | Click HERE to join
25th March / Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together National School | internal talk
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Together with Denise Coleman, we are delighted to present you with a beautiful set of six varieties of meditation. We called the sessions Love Yourself Meditation as we are hoping that our members and not only will take the time to take care of their emotions and mental health. Meditation is an amazing mental exercise that trains attention, self-awareness and focus which allows achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Be mindful of yourself and invest in your inner peace with one of our meditations.
Love yourself meditations series. Click on the one which you would like to enjoy today/ tonight.
READ DONEGAL has chosen the ‘Check Mates by Stewart Foster’ as the book of 2022 to celebrate their movement of One book. One Community!
We are extremely grateful for being part of this year’s event and because of that we were gifted a few copies of this marvellous book ‘Check Mates’ by Stewart Foster
Felix is struggling at school. His ADHD makes it hard for him to concentrate and his grades are slipping. Everyone keeps telling him to try harder, but no one seems to understand just how hard he finds it. When Mum suggests Felix spends time with his grandfather, Felix can’t think of anything worse. Granddad hasn’t been the same since Grandma died. Plus he’s always trying to teach Felix boring chess. But sometimes the best lessons come in the most unexpected of places, and Granddad soon shows Felix that there’s everything to play for.
To be in a chance of winning great book ‘Check Mates by Stewart Foster’ we would love to see kids get creative 🙂
The rules:
Create a rime: ADHD is…
or
Create a paragraph about: ADHD is…
Parent please, just send a picture of the handwriting and we will choose 2 winners 🙂 Send the creation to [email protected] / closing date for entry is the 18th of March
Because we know the creation will be superb we will showcase every entry on our social media.
Good luck everyone, and get those pens going 🙂
Completion is open to everyone up to 18 years old.
ADHD Ireland 25th February 2022
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How excited is that?? ADHD Ireland team is smiling and counting days to the 6th of March where we will be joined by the wonderful baker Lizzie to celebrate Women’s Day !! Women and Girls are all welcome to join the fun, bubbly, creative and tasty morning:)
Lizzie has been an inspiration to many with her original and fabulous creation in the Great British Bake Off 2021. While on the programme Lizzie has been so positively open about neurodiversity and has spread encouragement to many people, especially women to embrace their neurodiversity! We could not ask for a better Woman to celebrate Women’s Day this year 🙂
Come and join ADHD Ireland & Lizzie, Sunday morning the 6th of March at 11: 00 am for a great time creating something sweet for your afternoon tea 🙂
We decided to start the celebration two days early than the actual Women’s Day which falls on the 8th of March, to make sure the majority will be available to start the celebration with ADHD Ireland and Lizzie.
If you wish to see how Lizzie is doing please check her Instagram and Twitter!
ADHD Ireland February 2022
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It’s has been a week of ADHD in the radio wave. Our CEO Ken has been featured on many platforms to outline the concerns of the recent CAMHS situations, plus he voiced concerns and issues which the ADHD community faces in a variety of aspects. Here, you can listen back to the available interviews from this week!
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