Welcome to Distractd
Thank you for being here tonight. Its bloody freezing but its a great night to be here. Surface festival is on this two weeks and their programme is epic. Im not just saying that as I'm one of the featured artists. There is so much great stuff on here at Marketta. Its been a crazy week for me this week with my own ADHD really playing out in full force with so much I've committed to all coming together in this one week. I've survived so far but it's meant I've had to have a lot of plates in the air at once which is really tough.
I started Distractd to meet other people with a connection to ADHD and to learn from the people in the know at the same time. I soon found out my hunger for knowledge and connection regarding ADHD was something a lot of other people were also seeking. As long as you all come along to these we will continue to deliver them. Thanks for making the effort to come out and join us I know more than ever how hard it is to attend things like this after a long day. Tonight we have some great speakers who will be sharing their knowledge and insights for us and of course there will be our Q&A session where you can ask any questions of our wonderful panel .
Tonights schedule
6:00pm : Arrival
6:10 pm : Take your seats
6:15 pm : Founder Amanda
6:25pm : Speaker 1 : Dr Belinda Gasston
6:45pm : Speaker 2 : Sarah Gurrin
7:00pm: Quick 10 min break
7:10 pm : Speaker 3: Dr Chris Wever
7:25 pm : Q & A
8:20pm : Mingle
8:30pm : Event officially concludes
10:00pm: Miami Marketta closes for the evening
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Meet your speakers:
Amanda Gorman:
Founder
Amanda Gorman is passionate about building an ADHD community where we can connect with like minded individuals , bring our Boss, Work mates, Friends, Tutor, Coach, Teacher, Parent, Sibling,Neighbour or anyone we we think will benefit from learning more about ADHD and of course for US ourselves to all learn more ourselves.
Dr Belinda Gasston: https://understandingminds.com.au/team/belinda-gasston/
Psychologist
Belinda’s career has led to a speciality in understanding children, adolescents and young adults with learning difficulties, including those with associated behavioural challenges.Belinda obtained her PhD in 2018. She is an Associate of Leadership International, University of Southern Queensland. Her field of study was behaviour change and improving the quality of teaching of students with learning/developmental disorders (dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, Autism, Intellectual Impairment and social/emotional disorders). She obtained her Masters of Special Education in 2004 specialising in the Autism Spectrum and Intellectual Disability. Belinda works with students who have a wide range of learning and functional challenges.She supports families to understand how the individual’s unique characteristics can cause problems and to understand how unique strengths can be used to support the individual and to give them a sense of mastery and control over their environment; something critical for mental health. She facilitates the design and implementation of intervention plans to support individuals within the community and education system. A diagnosis can be confronting, stressful and upsetting. Belinda helps parents with navigating the school system and learning how they can best support their child.
Sarah Gurrin :
Psychologist
Sarah Gurrin is a fully registered psychologist and teacher based on the Gold Coast. Her passion is to help children create and reach their goals. Having completed a masters in Educational and Developmental Psychology. Sarah has been working with children for over 20 years and has a wide range of experience. East Coast Assessments are based in Helensvale and specialise in working with neurodiverse individuals. Providing assessments and ongoing therapy. Working in conjunction with specialists to provide assessment of autism, ADHD and specific learning disorders (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia)
Dr Chris Wever :
Psychiatrist
Dr Chris Wever is a Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist with thirty years of experience in the management of young people with mental health problems.
Chris is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and completed advanced training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He founded and directed the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program, School Refusal Program and was also the Inpatient Director at Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit in Sydney prior to commencing private practice.
Dr Chris Wever moved to the Gold Coast in late 2005 to work in private practice. Chris offers specialist psychiatric treatment for children, adolescents and families for the whole range of child and adolescent psychiatric problems.
He was appointed Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Bond University 2005-2010. Dr Wever is the author of ‘The Secret Problem’, a book for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder, ‘The School Wobblies’, a book for children who do not go to school due to anxiety problems and ‘Full of Beans’, a book for children with ADHD.
He has also contributed three chapters to textbooks on child psychiatry and authored several scientific journal articles. He has taught many different groups of professionals and workers in the field of child psychiatry.
Chris accepts patients up to the age of eighteen and works with all mental health problems.
DISTRACTD Apparel:
We want to build a community of people who see one another wearing a DISTRACTD item and give each other a nod of "I see you, I get it"
No explanations needed.
Our Next Event :
Wednesday August 3rd
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Recommended reading / Viewing / Listening:
Dr Chris Wevers Books
https://www.delphisbooks.com
Podcast Ologies with Alie Ward episodes with Legendary Dr Russell Barkley
Focus. Productivity. Relationships. Distraction. Neurodiversity. How do you know if you have ADHD? How can you get others to understand your ADHD brain? What are your treatment options and how can they help? In Part 1, we talk racing thoughts, brilliant brains and the causes and effects of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the world’s leading expert, Dr. Russell Barkley who is A BIG DEAL. Psychologist, retired professor of clinical psychiatry, author and speaker, Dr. Barkley has a personal connection to ADHD and has studied it for nearly 40 years. Is it all cute quirks? Nope. It’s serious business.
Additude Mag: Article on the 7 executive function deficits linked to adhd
Amanda's Ted X talk discussing her ADHD diagnosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AB0NBeTIjY
This months attendee quote
"I thought for so long I just needed to toughen up or to try not giving a damn. ( in refrence to Rejection sensisitivity dysphoria)
Miami Marketta is a proud sponsor of DISTRACTD, to see their upcoming gigs and events click here . https://www.miamimarketta.com/
Surface Festival is currently running and Amanda has her art as a part of it. The full programme is here .
Amandas Art can be found as part of the fence line exhibition and also the 100 / 100 gallery exhibition held tonight here at marketta. Go check it out while you are here.
And while you are at Miami take a drive past 51 Nobby Parade and see Amandas Surface festival artwork installed.
Thank you for joining us . Please follow us, keep in touch and come along to our monthly events.
We would love to hear of your recommended podcasts, books, videos, groups etc to share with the audience. Email Amanda on amanda@amandagormanartist.com
TO, YOU for attending, THE SPEAKERS Dr Belinda Gasston, Sarah Gurrin, Dr Chris Wever for their time and knowledge. MY FAMILY for supporting me with DISTRACTD. CANDICE and YOLIE for keeping me accountable business wise. Tara for always offering advice and suggestions for things and helping me carry all the things
We look forward to seeing you all next month.
Amanda and the DISTRACTD crew xx
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