On behalf of the Board and everyone at AADPA, congratulations to Dr Michele Toner on recently being awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to community health. We are thrilled…
Kim FullerJune 22, 2021
Teenagers more often than people of any other age, tend to follow their short-term impulses rather than pursuing long-term goals. This difficulty controlling impulses typically…
Kim FullerJune 14, 2021
Attentional skills provide the foundation for cognitive development and educational achievement. Attentional difficulties are a core feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and have been linked…
Kim FullerMay 25, 2021
ADHD is one of the most prevalent childhood neurodevelopmental disorders, but it’s adults with ADHD who are being neglected by Australia’s healthcare system – new…
Kim FullerMarch 18, 2021
AADPA's ADHDtracker is an innovative, secure web-based app that allows you to track your patients’ ADHD treatment response on any device or platform as long…
Kim FullerSeptember 17, 2020
Impulsivity (the tendency to make quick responses without too much deliberation) is a normal cognitive trait found in the general population. This trait is multifaceted,…
Kim FullerAugust 3, 2020
Special guest speaker, Dr. Joseph Sergeant, Professor in the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Free University (Vrije Universiteit) in Amsterdam, presented the following keynote…
Kim FullerAugust 3, 2020
Quirky, Twitchy, Thingy, Dreamy, Bouncy started as an educational talk for teachers, GPs and psychologists and subsequently developed into a tool for explaining and discussing…
Kim FullerMay 7, 2020
Professor Steven Faraone, President of The World Federation of ADHD has lead the development of an International Consensus Statement on ADHD which is now available…
Kim FullerApril 29, 2020
Watch this special webinar presentation hosted by the ADHD World Federation for optimising outcomes for ADHD and telepsychiatry in addition to strategies for helping children…
Kim FullerApril 9, 2020
While we are all having to make very significant adjustments to follow the everchanging rules and restrictions necessary to reduce the spread of the COVID-19…
Kim FullerApril 2, 2020
Conducted by RMIT University, Melbourne, this project coordinates a group-based exercise intervention run by local cricket clubs for primary school children with attention deficit hyperactivity…
Kim FullerMarch 30, 2020
In this webinar, Dr Ana Mantilla presents the key strengths and abilities children and adolescents with ADHD can bring to educational settings together with a…
Kim FullerMarch 24, 2020
In this webinar, Dr Alison (Sally) Poulton provides her approach for understanding and explaining behaviour in ADHD, including the overlap between ADHD and Oppositional Defiant…
Kim FullerOctober 14, 2019
RMIT is conducting a research project to study the positive aspects of ADHD in entrepreneurs or those wanting to start their own venture. If you…
Kim FullerSeptember 26, 2019
Mark Bellgrove and Dave Coghill recently attended the 2019 Eunethydis Conference and the symposium in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Celebrating the work of Prof. Jan Buitelaar, from…
Kim FullerSeptember 26, 2019
Attention skills provide the foundation for cognitive development and educational achievement. We know that early detection of attention difficulties and early intervention to strengthening attention…
Kim FullerSeptember 17, 2019
Lou Brown is an ADHD Coach, Consultant & Advocate. She is also the author of ADHD in Primary School: a comprehensive guide to understanding and…
Kim FullerSeptember 13, 2019
All states and territories within Australia and New Zealand have their own laws about schedule 8 (ie dangerous drugs/poisons) which includes stimulants. Currently, all states…
Kim FullerSeptember 10, 2019
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects more than 800,000 Australians. A new Deloitte Access Economics report - The Social and Economic Costs of ADHD in Australia…
Kim FullerJuly 28, 2019
