{"id":2654,"date":"2021-10-09T15:33:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T15:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epioni.gr\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2022-02-05T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T10:32:56","slug":"final-project-meeting-of-the-adhd-care-project-exchanging-good-practices-for-people-with-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-and-their-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epioni.gr\/en\/final-project-meeting-of-the-adhd-care-project-exchanging-good-practices-for-people-with-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-and-their-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Final project meeting of the ADHD-CARE project &#8220;Exchanging Good Practices for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their caregivers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Open University of Cyprus hosted the final project meeting of the ADHD-CARE project &#8220;Exchanging Good Practices for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their caregivers\u201d with online invited open talks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) hosted, on October 7-8, 2021, the final project meeting of the ADHD-CARE project entitled: &#8220;Exchanging Good Practices for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their caregivers&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The main objective of the Erasmus+ funded project is to enhance psychoeducation for people with ADHD, highlight the importance of increasing support to carers of people with ADHD with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of adult Europeans living with a brain disorder, such as ADHD, and to facilitate the exchange of good practices on successful #ADHD campaigns in the participating counties, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Serbia, Turkey and beyond.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The agenda included four (4) online invited talks, open to the public, on the important topic of inclusion of adults with ADHD.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">More specifically, on Friday, October 8, 2021 (09.30 \u2013 11.30 EEST), Dr Styliani Spyridi (Consultant Psychiatrist) discussed the topic \u201cAdults with ADHD in Cyprus\u201d, Associate Professor Simoni Symeonidou (Inclusive Education, Department of Education, University of Cyprus) addressed the topic of \u201cInclusive education and learners with ADHD: Challenges and suggestions\u201d, and Hans van de Velde (Vice-President of ADHD Europe, Chair of the Dutch Association for people with ADHD, and Ambassador of European Brains at Work) gave a talk entitled \u201cEmployees with ADHD: How employer and employee can both profit from it\u201d.\u00a0 Ms Marina Georgiou, President of the ADHD Cyprus, presented the role and work of the Association.\u00a0Remote participation and attendance was possible via the eLearning Platform of the Open University of Cyprus.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In addition to the ADHD-CARE project meeting, two focus groups were performed: a Focus group of parents with children with ADHD <\/span>Moderated by Ms Marina Georgiou (<span style=\"font-size: large;\">ADHD Cyprus) and a Focus group with three adult professionals with ADHD <\/span>Moderated by Hans van de Velde (via the e-class Platform) the\u00a0Vice-President ADHD Europe.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2658 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/epioni.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4b0e46e2-f80f-49e2-a655-26b1ea990c8a-1080x810.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The OUC research team involved in the ADHD-CARE project is led by Associate Professor Maria Gravani, Academic Coordinator of the postgraduate programmes &#8220;Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning&#8221; and &#8220;Adult Education for Social Change&#8221; (International Erasmus Mundus Master).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The project consortium includes the following partners:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sbc.ac.rs\/about-us\/\">Serbian Brain Council (Serbia),<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouc.ac.cy\/index.php\/el\/profiles\/maria-gravani\">Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus),<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medphys.med.auth.gr\/\">Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece),<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.braincouncil.be\/\">Belgian Brain Council (Belgium),<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epioni.gr\/en\/\">Greek Carers Network EPIONI (Greece),<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">and <a href=\"http:\/\/kemer07.meb.gov.tr\/\">Kemer \u0130l\u00e7e Mi\u0307ll\u00ee E\u011fi\u0307ti\u0307m M\u00fcd\u00fcrl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc (Turkey).<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Open University of Cyprus hosted the final project meeting of the ADHD-CARE project &#8220;Exchanging Good Practices for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their caregivers\u201d with online invited open talks. 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