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Meet your @AfCLocal_Offer  Ed. Psych. Dates/venues from Sept 27 #ADHD #RichmondUponThames #KingstonUponThames bit.ly/2wNnkFI September 27 + other dates: Meet the Educational Psychologists Achieving for Children’s Educational Psychology Service wants to improve its partnership working with parents and carers.  EP’s are holding a series of focus groups with SEND Family Voices where they will listen to what you (parents …

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#ADHD & its comorbidities via @Good_Therapy #autism #Aspergers #dyslexia Our Steering Committee has discussed co-occurring conditions and decided to focus more attention on all the various comorbidities that occur with ADHD https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/addressing-adhd-alongside-co-occurring-mental-health-symptoms-0921174

. @AfCLocal_Offer wants yr views on 14-19 yrs provision/services #ADHD #ASD #SEND Achieving for Children want to hear your views on provision and services for 14-19 yr olds. Visit their website for their Opportunities Pack and let them know what you need for your child’s future. Email them: [email protected]  

Girls with #ADHD face increased risk of becoming smokers via @UMNews ‏ @PsyPost One motivation for smoking may be to self-medicate attentional problems, because similar to medications used to treat ADHD, nicotine stimulates certain brain regions http://www.psypost.org/2017/09/girls-adhd-face-increased-risk-becoming-smokers-study-finds-49709

#ADHD kids can be still, if they’re not straining their brains via @ScienceDaily Parents and teachers of children with ADHD should avoid labelling them as unmotivated slackers when they’re working on tasks that require working memory and cognitive processing https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170918222249.htm

Is There a Connection Between #ADHD and Fatigue via @autismag An individual fatigue level being associated with ADHD isn’t something abnormal as ADHD is basically associated with hyperactivity. https://www.dealwithautism.com/news/is-there-a-connection-between-adhd-and-fatigue/

Back to #School and #ADHD: New Research via @HuffPost Most importantly, parents can take a deep breath. ADHD symptoms are real. Parents are not responsible for this diagnosis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/back-to-school-and-adhd-new-research_us_59b9dda2e4b02c642e4a13bb

Use Schedules to Improve Children’s @wisebehavior Attend our 20 Sept Talk Young children or children with autism, anxiety, or  ADHD could get anxious or frustrated, when they are directed to do something they were not expecting, or when they are abruptly told to stop a preferred activity. Behaviour is the topic of our 20 Sept …

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Our mid-September newsletter is now out; including details of our Sept 20 seminar and new NICE guidelines draft https://zc1.campaign-view.com/ua/viewinbrowser?od=11287eca5886b7&rd=11695c5816e33074&sd=11695c5816e33033&n=11699e4be514177&mrd=11695c5816e33025&m=1