Dorset ADHD Support Group
Dorset ADHD Support Group is a voluntary organisation that supports those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their families. Including young people within our organisation is important to us; they are our future and have every right to be treated with respect and dignity.
Their input and contributions as to how the group is run is very, very important to the Dorset ADHD Support Group.
Registered Charity No 1067658
Parents and Carers in Dorset-we need your views!
A substantial amount of funding is being made available in Dorset to provide Parent Support for ADHD, ASD and SEN, therefore we are asking parents and carers on their views on the type of support you may need or require.We want you to have a say and your contributions taken into consideration.
Has anyone asked you as parents and carers what you want?
Have you been invited to take part in any consultations relating to this service?
Have you been invited to any parent forums?
As parents and carers who will be on the recieving end of this support, do you think you should be allowed to have your say on which organisation/services be awarded the contract?
Please contact me at: chair4dorsetadhd@btinternet.com
Here are just a few responses from parents:
How come, that because there are now pots of funding available, there seems to be organisations ‘popping’ up from nowhere that provides support to parents living with ADHD within their family units? (Parent)
If it had not been for the actions of the group chair in her persistence that better support services are provide for ADHD then would any of the work in this area be taking place? (Parent)
My son is now 19yrs of age, the group has provided us with support for almost 14yrs of his life, he is now living in the community under Supporting People and it is still the ADHD group providing support to the service provider in order to prevent yet another eviction, what are other services doing to support his needs? (Parent)
Why have we not been asked what we want in relation to Parent Support? (Parent)
Margaret Alsop has been our voice, she gives her time freely to support us as parents and has done so for over a decade, so why has our group been left out of this? (Parent)
Working Together!
The group is represented on many different outside bodies such as the 'Attention & Concentration Working Group' and the Adult ADHD Working Group based at the Children's Centre Damers Road Dorchester.
Our group chair, Margaret Alsop also represents the parents and carers on the Dorset MAP (Multi-agency Planning Group for Children with Disabilities) and the Dorset wide ADHD Styrategy Group.
ADHD –Special Educational Needs
Children with ADHD also have ‘special needs’’, and challenges that we must all rise to. Children with ADHD have some of their greatest difficulties when they are required to adjust to the demands of schoolwork. The statistics about academic achievement for children with ADHD are discouraging. The Education Bulletin
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Further information on The Education Bulletin can be found at www.theeducationbulletin.co.uk Pilot Project in Weymouth and Portland
We are delighted at being involved with this new 'Parenting' project being launched in September 2008 for parents and carers of children aged between 5-10 years of age with ADHD.
For further information please contact us at: adhdsupportgroup@btinternet.com
New ADHD GP's Pack Launched in Dorset
Avilable in Documents Page New to download in documents
School/Activity Exclusion Support Project Dorset Wide
Exclusion Record
Improving Inclusion for Children and Young People with ADHD
Dorset County Council ADHD Service Scrutiny
Read the reports on the Dorset for You website on our links page. ADHD Award of the Month goes to the Thomas Hardye School Dorchester
Previous monthly awards went to Dr Chrissy Boardman at WDGH NHS Foundation Trust for her outstanding contributions and the dedication shown towards parents, carers, children and young people living with ADHD. Do you know of others within the County of Dorset that deserve a mention? Then please mail us at: adhdsupportgroup@btinternet.com
University of Southampton Research Study
Would YOU like to help in this project? University of Southampton have set up an interesting new study in which they would like to talk to mothers of 3 to 5 year old children about how they find parenting and how they organise their day-to-day life.
For further information please see our documents page for information leaflets and contact details.
Webster Stratton Parenting Programme
We seek your views!
How many parents of children and young people with ADHD have undertaken this programme?
How was it accessed?
How were you approached in which to take part?
Did the programme reach all your expectations?
Do you consider this parenting programme appropriate for ADHD parents/carers?
Please e-mail us with your responses and any thoughts you may have.
Your details will not be disclosed or shared with third parties.
New website launched
ADHD in the Criminal Justice System
CJS - APART
(Criminal Justice System Awareness Programme and Responsibility Training)
A project of the Dorset ADHD Support Group
For further information contact Margaret Alsop dorsetadhdchair@btinternet.com
Why not come and join us?
Dorset ADHD Support Group 3 Mountbatten Close Wyke Regis Weymouth Dorset DT4 9ET Helpline 01305-768297 Fax 01305-768297
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