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    Science of ADHD & Neurodevelopment

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    About 700,000 children, (and 1.9 million adults) in the UK are living with ADHD, with high costs for families and society. Despite evidence-based treatments, support for positive management for this long-term condition is not available to all people with ADHD.

    Our researchers want to change this.

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    IMPORTANT – how to make a donation

    By following any of the links on this page, you will be directed to the university’s central donations page. On the donations page, you will be asked to specify where you would like your donation to go. Please specify any of the following to ensure your gift makes it to us: “SAND”, “ADHD@Exeter”, or “Specific Researcher/project name @SAND”

    ADHD@Exeter connects scientists at Exeter conducting research into ADHD with experts by experience (e.g. people with ADHD and their families) and those providing services (e.g. healthcare professionals and educators). Our work is focussed on improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.

    We aim to help children and young people to thrive, by speeding up the pace at which effective healthcare, social care, and education for ADHD is made available across the UK. Including through co-development of trusted and effective digital resources. By connecting a broad range of experts, and focussing on systems-level solutions, we facilitate innovations in ADHD research on a local, national, and international scale.

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    Why support ADHD@Exeter?

    Your support will help us in two key areas:

    Health and wellbeing

    • Speeding up the delivery of the CareADHD app enabling us to reach patients sooner, initially in the UK and later, globally.
    • Working flexibly with people with ADHD, building strengths in the workplace through inclusive working approaches, and by providing training, and skills.
    • Supporting children, young people, and families to ‘wait well’ for a neurodevelopmental assessment, and providing support for living positively with suspected ADHD.

    Education

    • Developing the Tools for Schools prototype website into a professional model that can be accessed by education settings across the UK.
    • Covering the costs of online hosting and signing up new schools and colleges, meaning more schools will benefit from our resources, sooner.
    • Expanding work with education settings to raise awareness of ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions, focussing on positive ways to change school environments to support all students.

    Donations made to the Science of ADHD & Neurodevelopment collaboration will make a difference to ADHD research and enable improvements to assessment, treatment, and care. It will also help us to provide a voice and training opportunities for people with lived experience of ADHD, in a world where they face a lack of understanding and support.  

    What will my gift do?

    £70

    could help a fund a young person with ADHD to help design digital ADHD resources

    Dr Abby Russell

    Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and NIHR Advanced Fellow

    Dr Anna Price

    NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health Career Development Fellow & Senior Research Fellow

    Dr Tamsin Newlove-Delgado

    Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Public Health

    £320

    could fund an ADHD@Exeter researcher for a day to identify ways of improving treatment pathways

    £5,000

    could fund a working group including computer design students, people with ADHD, and PhD students to develop and test video and resources

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    To discuss making a donation, please contact the Health and Life Sciences philanthropy team:

    Better ADHD support and treatments start with you!

    Make a donation today to help the Science of ADHD & Neurodevelopment collaboration make change in ADHD research and improve care for young people.

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