ADHDUK podcast

We are joined by Ben Cosh, who developed Sylva to help families navigate the broken system around children with additional needs.

If our listeners want to try Sylva, they offer a 3 month free trial if you enter the code "ADHDUK90"

Find Sylva here online: https://www.mysylva.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my.sylva/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61580440341275
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysylva
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@my.sylva.app

Jamie is joined by fellow ADHD UK Ambassadors Hadeeqa (pharmacist, neurodiversity educator and ADHD coach), Amy (recruitment branch manager specialising in SEND and SEMH settings) and children’s author Sarah.

The conversation explores ADHD awareness and the challenges of late diagnosis, featuring personal stories from individuals who have navigated their ADHD journeys. The discussion highlights misconceptions about ADHD, the importance of understanding individual needs, and the impact of misdiagnosis on mental health. The conversation explores the complexities surrounding ADHD diagnosis, including concerns about overdiagnosis and the profound impact of receiving a diagnosis on individuals' lives. Participants share personal experiences, emphasizing the bittersweet nature of understanding one's neurodiversity and the importance of turning challenges into positive outcomes.

Takeaways

• Late diagnosis challenges
• Misconceptions about ADHD Understanding ADHD diagnosis
• Impact of diagnosis on life

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to ADHD Awareness
• 01:10 Personal Journeys to Diagnosis
• 05:06 Understanding ADHD in Family Dynamics
• 09:03 Misconceptions Surrounding ADHD
• 11:13 Advocating for Individual Needs
• 14:20 Recruitment Challenges in Neurodiversity
• 16:43 Success Stories in Neurodiverse Settings
• 20:07 The Impact of Misdiagnosis
• 24:39 Navigating the Diagnostic Process
• 26:28 Overdiagnosis of ADHD?
• 29:05 Life After Diagnosis
• 32:56 Bittersweet Realizations
• 34:40 Turning Experiences into Positivity
• 37:37 Sharing Projects and Initiatives

We are joined this week by Collette Easton, who used her years of experience on 'both sides of the desk' of HR conversations to do an amazing bit of citizen science.

She is also a tech starter! check out Loops below

LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/colletteeaston/ 

The research can be downloaded https://colletteeaston.com/research

Insta @loops.work

The app store https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/loops-adhd-goals-with-a-buddy/id6784126787

Loops website www.loops.work

YouTube @colletteEaston

We welcome our very own educational lead, Chris Benson.

Chris is an ex-headteacher who writes extensively on ADHD in education, from his own experience as well as his professional expertise. He knows the patch, inside and out.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbenson-uk/ for more!!

We are joined by the tremendous Kelly Jarvis- ex-headteacher and head of consultancy at Sunshine Support, to discuss what her organisation calls school avoidance, and the rest of the system calls school refusal.

After this conversation, I'm with Kelly!

We also talk about the challenge of translating diagnosis to strategies, and what burn out is (and isn't)

a re-upload with better audio!

Ash Ruddy, Chief Growth Officer for Neuly AI, discusses the AI companion app for parents of neurodivergent children.

Ash describes everything that goes into the system, and the saefguards built in, before we talk about sustainability, agreeableness, accountability and evaluation.
AI is a contentious topic, and we have tried to do it justice in this very specific application.

If you want to try out neuly, there's a free trial at https://dev.neuly.ai/adhduk

Ash Ruddy, Chief Growth Officer for Neuly AI, discusses the AI companion app for parents of neurodivergent children.

Ash describes everything that goes into the system, and the saefguards built in, before we talk about sustainability, agreeableness, accountability and evaluation.
AI is a contentious topic, and we have tried to do it justice in this very specific application.

If you want to try out neuly, there's a free trial at https://dev.neuly.ai/adhduk

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to Newly and Personal Experience
• 02:17 Newly: An AI Companion for Parents
• 03:13 Understanding the Individual Profile of a Child
• 05:55 Conceptualizing and Classifying the Needs of the Child
• 06:23 Positive Language and Strengths-Based Approach
• 09:09 Rigorous Screening and Clinical Validation of Strategies
• 11:12 Environmental Impact and Sustainability
• 16:12 Challenging and Supporting Parents
• 20:19 Accountability and Safety Measures
• 22:24 AI Support and Parental Isolation
• 25:25 Comparison with Other Models of Parent Support
• 29:29 Professional Reception and Third-Party Evaluation

We are joined by David Levy from https://adhdcounselling.uk/ to talk about the usefulness of counselling in people's ADHD journey, and the difficulty of fitting this into the medical narrative.

We also talk about his brilliant mental health fanzine https://theframemagazine.co.uk/ which I strongly recommend

We are joined by Amelia Draper from Changing Futures Nottingham to talk about the complex relationship between ADHD and homelessness, and what we can do to support people in their journeys to prevent this outcome.

See https://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/projects/practice-development-unit/learning-series/neurodivergence for more!

All three of us for this one, as we take on the Channel 4 documentary "The great ADHD myth?"

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/new-channel-4-documentary-great-adhd-myth-seeks-determine-whether-adhd-genuine

If you have been affected by the documentary there is support at ADHDUK, and we also have survey!

https://adhduk.co.uk/challenging-c4-the-great-adhd-myth/reaction-survey/