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Overlapping ADHD, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Dyslexia & Dyspraxia: Effect, Influences & New Developments
Thistle Hotel Middlesbrough Fry Street, MIDDLESBROUGH Cleveland, TS1 1JH - 30th April 2010
INTRODUCTION
Overlapping or co-existing ADHD, autism (ASD), asperger syndrome, dyslexia and dyspraxia (DCD) refers to a wider range of additional difficulties not all directly related to the core presentation.
This is an area of growing interest because it calls into question the boundaries of each difficulty and the support they require. The elevated risk to the education of the student with any one of these difficulties requires a greater understanding of them all. This nasen conference has been designed to highlight the overlap between difficulties and to develop skills to support students.
KEYNOTE PROFILES
Keynote 1: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD). Is co-occurrence the rule rather than the exception? Dr Madeleine Portwood, Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist, Hon. Fellow University of Durham.
Keynote 2: Emerging Co-morbidities. Professor Barry Carpenter, OBE. Director (SEN) Specialist Schools & Academies Trust; Fellow, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.
Workshop A Developmental Dyspraxia: Identification & Intervention
Dr Madeleine Portwood
This workshop will offer participants the opportunity to access a range of assessment tools for
youngsters aged 3 – 16 and examine appropriate interventions.
Workshop B The curious case of ADHD: Co-morbidity the rule and not the exception
Fintan O’Regan
Individuals with ADHD will most usually have one or more other conditions which could include ASD, CD, G&T,
ODD, SpLD, TS etc…As a result proactive management will require a “needs analysis” of the key issues in terms
of learning, behavioural and socialisation targets.
Workshop C Identifying and addressing the needs of a child with autism or Asperger syndrome 24/7
Dr Glenys Jones, Autism Centre for Education and Research
Autism and Asperger syndrome affect many areas of a child’s life throughout the 24 hour day, at home and
at school. This workshop will consider how to identify the needs of individual children and suggests how these needs are best addressed and met.
Workshop D Dyslexia: Disability, Difficulty or Difference?
Glenys Heap, Senior Training Principal, Dyslexia Action
The session will provide an understanding of dyslexia and the areas of co-occurrence with other
developmental disorders. It will also consider strategies to support children and young people who have
been identified as having dyslexia, but may have other co-existing learning difficulties.
To download the conference flyer with booking informationclick here.
