On March 8th the SPACE Team attended a Family Information Day hosted by PIPS Stockport. The events are a valuable source of information for families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. For the SPACE group these events are a brilliant way to meet new parents, catch up with friends from other organisations, attend informative workshops and feedback new information to our parents and carers. As always it was nice to see parents and carers from our group … [Read more...] about PIPS Family Information Day
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NICE Guidelines
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provide national guidelines and advice to improve health and social care and this month they released a new set of guidelines for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD / ADHD) These new guidelines update and replace the previous guidelines from 2008. The team here at SPACE are particularly pleased to see an increased focus within the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of girls and adults of both sexes. A common ADHD myth is that the … [Read more...] about NICE Guidelines
SPACE Stockport Website Updates
We are currently working on improvements to our website and blog. If you have visited us lately you may have noticed that the website changes from one day to another whilst: updates are made, things are tweaked or in some cases our self appointed web monkey came up with a better idea and started the whole thing again from scratch! For the team at SPACE Stockport, the most important thing is for parents of children with ADHD to find out information about our monthly meet ups. No matter what the … [Read more...] about SPACE Stockport Website Updates
SPACE Stockport
SPACE Stockport is a support group for parents and carers of children and young people in the Stockport area with ADHD and associated conditions. We hold monthly meetings which are an opportunity to talk to other parents who face the same challenges in a relaxed and informal way. … [Read more...] about SPACE Stockport
SPACE Take On The Titan – Sponsored Zipwire
On October the 7th the SPACE Team are travelling to Wales to take on the Titan. Titan is a four person zipwire that flies 2000 metres down a Welsh valley, which raises the question of why four women, three of whom are terrified of heights, are driving to Wales to put themselves through that ordeal. The answer to that question is that they are raising money for SPACE Stockport, the ADHD parent support group they run. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition which is … [Read more...] about SPACE Take On The Titan – Sponsored Zipwire