Community & Carers Information Day 2019 (QLD) – Update
Dr Greg van Wyk emceed the afternoon where we also heard from:
* Rose Callaghan on her personal experiences of ADHD;
* Lou Brown on ‘The importance of self-compassion when you have ADHD’;
* Monica Hassell on the topic of ‘Fight, Flight, Freeze… or Fib? The fourth F.’;
* A/Prof Emma Sciberras on ‘ADHD and Sleep’;
* Dr Maddi Derrick highlighted the ‘PAAA’s Education in Schools survey results’;
* Dr Michele Toner spoke about Education and ADHD’; and
* Professor Bellgrove (pictured below) highlighted what the Australian ADHD Professionals Association is undertaking in their updating of the ‘Treatment Guidelines for ADHD’
After the short talks the audience had the opportunity to ask questions directly to all of the speakers. The questions were quite varied and the panel were able to answer them al.
ADHD Australia would like to thank again AADPA for sponsoring the afternoon and a ‘big thank you’ to all the speakers who came and gave up their Sunday afternoon to participate.
