First Annual
ADHD Conference for Professionals
2nd October 2013
Crowne Plaza Liverpool
St Nicholas Place, Pier Head,
Liverpool L3 1QW
Making the invisible visible…
Looking at the support and inclusion
of children and young people with ADHD
and related mental health needs.
Making the invisible visible... Why Liverpool?
The city by the sea, Liverpool is a world class tourist destination, with world class attractions to match. Not for nothing is it
England’s most visited city outside of London, and an increasingly in-demand port of call for the world’s sleekest liners.
Our venue at the stunning Pier Head cruise terminal Crown Plaza Hotel, offers the perfect waterfront location for our first
annual conference for professionals. The Crown Plaza is walking distance from all of the major waterfront attractions,
museums and galleries.
Sponsorship for this event enables us to offer first class conference facilities and excellent dining for conference delegates
at a discounted cost of only £112 per head. This event is the ideal forum for Clinicians, GP’s, Head Teachers and all child
care professionals to debate how we meet the challenge of providing mental health services and education and social care
for children and young people.
Why this conference?
ADHD is a recognised neurobiological condition that affects approximately 1 in 20 children and young people in the
UK. Unfortunately, it is a very misunderstood condition and the associated stigma means that children and young people with
ADHD can be poorly served by health, social care and education services. This may result in underachievement and exclusion
– a tipping point to a lifetime of deprivation. This places increasing pressures on schools and GP’s, who are often not
sufficiently skilled or resourced to support young people with ADHD or indeed any mental health problem.
Reconfiguration of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at a time of austerity in public funding and social welfare
creates new challenges for General Practitioners and CAMHS Clinicians. Delivering an integrated 0-19 children’s pathway
requires greater collaboration and partnership working. This conference provides an opportunity for health, social care and
education practitioners to learn more about available services and key developments in working with young people with ADHD.
The ADHD Foundation is a pioneering charity, working in partnership with families, clinicians, educationalists and a range of
professionals to provide support in enabling children living with ADHD to understand and manage their ADHD. It is a member
of a dynamic CAMHS partnership with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, The Young People’s Advisory Service (YPAS). The ADHD
Foundation also works with Liverpool John Moores University and a range of international agencies to highlight the needs of
those with ADHD and other mental health challenges.
The ADHD Foundation is now the largest organisation of its kind in the UK. Established in 1997 , the Foundation delivers a
multi modal service in Liverpool, Sefton, Warrington and St Helens. We provide services across the rest of the North West as
well as delivering training to professionals across the UK. The Foundation is funded by NHS, Big Lottery, Comic Relief and BBC
Children In Need.
Together with a range of partners, the ADHD Foundation aims to stimulate debate about how children with learning difficulties
and mental health problems are supported, included and achieve.
Making the invisible visible... Outline of the day 9:30am Opening Address and Welcome 9:45am 10:30am 11:15am oner, Merseyside Police Dr Kuben Naidoo: Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer ‘ADHD is a Family Affair— Suppor ng families with Adult ADHD’ 12:00pm Dr Jenny Holmes: Senior Medical Prac
‘The link between mental health, school exclusion and offending’ Rt Hon Stephen Twigg: Shadow Educa on Secretary ‘Speaking on Inclusion’ Dr Tony Lloyd: CEO Dr Stephen Earnshaw: Clinical lead for the Dewi Jones Unit and Psychiatry Advisor at Alder Hey Children's Hospital Liverpool ‘ADHD and co‐morbidi es: a Tier 4 view’ 12:45pm Lunch 1:30pm Saffi Halleck: Young Person with ADHD ‘Growing up with ADHD’ 1:45pm Alison Thompson: Parent of an ADHD Child ‘The Experience of the Parent’ 2:00pm Dr Simon Bowers: Lead GP for Children’s Services ‘CAMHS in General Prac ce’ 2:30pm Coffee Break Breakout Educa onalists Liz Duncan of Rossendale School QB Tes ng for CAMHS Educa ng Children with ADHD 3:30pm Dr Jamuna Acharya Monique Collier CEO YPAS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Breakout Clinicians 2:45pm Dr Luisa Sans Medica on for CAMHS 4:15pm Plenary Making the invisible visible... The ADHD Foundation The Missing Piece of the Puzzle...
In Association with:
For more information on the services
we provide, please visit our website:
www.adhdfoundation.org.uk
ADHD Foundation Head Office
LCVS Building,
151 Dale Street,
Liverpool
L2 2AH
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