Αdd in Greek

Why Coaching?

When I was learning about ADHD from my patients, back in the 1980’s, I discovered that many of them did not necessarily need a traditional therapist, a professional trained to help someone sort out and resolve emotional conflicts while learning how to make wise decisions. No, what these patients needed more than that, children and adults alike, was someone to help them sort out the nuts and bolts of daily life and help them resolve the problems that arise from missing deadlines, forgetting appointments, leaving key materials at home or in the car, and failing to wear socks that match. What we now call “executive functions”.

People needed what I came to call a “coach,” someone to help keep them on track throughout the day, the week, the month, and the year. The coach would help the person set goals and work systematically toward them; develop systems to be on time and arrive prepared; learn methods of avoiding procrastination while also completing a project rather than abandoning it halfway through.

The more I learned about ADHD, the more I could see that people with this condition often knew what they ought to do and wanted to do; they just couldn’t do it. They needed help in organizing to be able to do what they knew needed to be done. If you understand ADHD, you know that while most of us who have the condition can create brilliant schemes and beautiful tableaux, we can’t always deliver them to the right place on the right day at the right time. We desperately want to take responsibility, we want to deliver the goods, but try as we might, we sometimes just can’t.

To do that, we might need a coach. All the lectures in the world on taking responsibility will not instill what we lack in an ability to enact our plans, sort our socks, and cross our t’s. A coach can help a person compensate for weaknesses in executive function, but the coach also serves as a moral support, a cheerleader, always there to bring in the sunshine on dark cloud days.

Executive function coaches do not usually charge high fees. They get trained at one of the coaching schools that have grown up since coaching for ADHD was introduced in Driven to Distraction in 1994. Since then coaching has ballooned into a huge industry, well beyond the needs of people who have ADHD, and even within ADHD coaching, there are many schools, academies, courses, and programs. As yet there is no state certification or licensing, which means you want to check out the background and training of whichever coach you consult.

If you or someone you care about has ADHD consider hiring a coach. It is a practical, cost-effective intervention that complements the other elements of whatever treatment plan you select.

You can also learn more at Ask Ned on Facebook Live next Thursday April 14 at 1pm est.

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The Open University of Cyprus hosts the final project meeting of the ADHD-CARE project
"Exchanging Good Practices for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
and their caregivers” with online invited open talks

The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) hosts, on October 7-8, 2021, the final project meeting of the ADHD-CARE project entitled: "Exchanging Good Practices for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their caregivers". The main objective of the Erasmus+ funded project is to enhance psychoeducation for people with ADHD, highlight the importance of increasing support to carers of people with ADHD with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of adult Europeans living with a brain disorder, such as ADHD, and to facilitate the exchange of good practices on successful ADHD campaigns in the participating counties, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Serbia, Turkey and beyond.

The agenda includes four (4) online invited talks, open to the public, on the important topic of inclusion of people with ADHD. More specifically, on Friday, October 8, 2021 (09.30 – 11.30 EEST), Dr. Styliani Spyridi (Consultant Psychiatrist) will discuss “Adults with ADHD in Cyprus”, Associate Professor Simoni Symeonidou (Inclusive Education, Department of Education, University of Cyprus) will address the topic of “Inclusive education and learners with ADHD: Challenges and suggestions”, and Hans van de Velde (Vice-President of ADHD Europe, Chair of the Dutch Association for people with ADHD, and Ambassador of European Brains at Work) will give a talk entitled “Employees with ADHD: How employer and employee can both profit from it”. Ms. Marina Georgiou, President of the ADHD Cyprus, will present the role and work of the Association. Remote participation and attendance is via the eLearning Platform of the Open University of Cyprus through this web link: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjv4vy

The OUC research team involved in the ADHD-CARE project is led by Associate Professor Maria Gravani, Academic Coordinator of the postgraduate programmes "Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning" and "Adult Education for Social Change" (International Erasmus Mundus Master). The project consortium includes the following partners: Serbian Brain Council (Serbia), Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Belgian Brain Council (Belgium), Greek Carers Network EPIONI (Greece), and Kemer İlçe Mi̇llî Eği̇ti̇m Müdürlüğü (Turkey).

Αdd in Greek Διασπαση Προσοχης Ενηλίκων - Ομαδα Αυτοβοήθειας στην Αθήνα

- 6 Οκτώβριου - Ευρωπαϊκή Ημέρα του Φροντιστή.

Φροντιστές στην Ψυχική Υγεία και Στίγμα: Πώς μπορούμε να το αντιμετωπίσουμε;

Γνωρίζουμε ότι η οικογένεια παίζει κεντρικό ρόλο στην φροντίδα των ατόμων με προβλήματα ψυχικής υγείας. Σύμφωνα με τα έως τώρα δεδομένα μας στο πλαίσιο το έργου το έργου «Σβήνουμε το στίγμα. Στο λόγο μας», το στίγμα αναδεικνύεται ως σημαντική παράμετρος του βάρους που σηκώνει τόσο το ίδιο το άτομο όσο και η οικογένεια και οι φροντιστές του.

Μερικές από τις συνέπειές του στίγματος είναι: απομόνωση, μοναξιά, κοινωνικός αποκλεισμός, διακρίσεις και εμπόδια στην εκπαίδευση, στην εργασία, στις προσωπικές σχέσεις, στην πρόσβαση σε υπηρεσίες υγεία, αναβολή αναζήτησης βοήθειας από ειδικό.

Με ποια μέσα μπορούμε να το καταπολεμήσουμε:

- Eυαισθητοποίηση της κοινότητας και κινητοποίηση της κοινωνίας των πολιτών,
- Eκπαίδευση των επαγγελματιών και των λειτουργών ΜΜΕ για την αλλαγή του δημόσιου και μιντιακού λόγου περί ψυχικής υγείας/ψυχικής ασθένειας,
- Eπιρροή στα κέντρα λήψης αποφάσεων και θεσμικές αλλαγές.

Το πιο ισχυρό μέσο είναι να ενισχύσουμε την αυτοσυνηγορία και τον λόγο των ίδιων των ατόμων με προβλήματα ψυχικής υγείας και των οικογενειών και φροντιστών τους!

Διαβάστε στο link που θα βρείτε στα σχόλια το πλήρες άρθρο που συνέγραψε η ομάδα του έργου «Σβήνουμε το στίγμα. Στο λόγο μας» μαζί με το Ελληνικό Δίκτυο Φροντιστών Epioni


Active citizens fund Greece EEA and Norway Grants EEA Grants Greece Bodossaki Foundation - Ίδρυμα Μποδοσάκη SolidarityNow Εταιρία Κοινωνικής Ψυχιατρικής Π.Σακελλαρόπουλος

Chantel Fouche - Secretary General, ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium ASBL - was addressing in women.

Epioni Medical Physics Lab AUTH ADHD-ASC-Dyslexia Family Resources Belgium Belgian Brain Council European Psychiatric Association - EPA ADHD Foundation

Dr. Savvas Anastasiadis, Director of the Child Psychiatric Clinic at Hippokration was talking about the “PROJECT LIVE IT” and current developments.

Epioni Medical Physics Lab AUTH ADHD-ASC-Dyslexia Family Resources Belgium Belgian Brain Council European Psychiatric Association - EPA ADHD Foundation

Niki Pandria and Dr Dimitris Spachos, Research Associates, addressed The ADHD 360 project

Epioni Medical Physics Lab AUTH ADHD-ASC-Dyslexia Family Resources Belgium Belgian Brain Council European Psychiatric Association - EPA ADHD Foundation