It has been shown that ADHD is more prevalent among adoptive children than it is in the general population. Simmel, Brooks, Barth and Hinshaw (2001) conducted a study examining 808 adopted children aged between 4 and 18 years old. Of these, 21% of the children had ADHD compared to 3 – 5% in the general
The LANC was established by Dr Geoff Kewley, he started this Centre out of concern at the lack of appropriate service provision in the UK at that time for the assessment and management of children with complex neurodevelopmental difficulties particularly ADHD.
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