Burlington Today interviews Artemis Director/ADHD coach Tara Carman-French “We’re all in this together,” local centre provide support for ADHD, learning disabilities
A diagnosis can improve education, work and relationship experiences if assessed and supported early enough. The Artemis Assessment and Treatment Centre has been serving Burlington for around 25 years, and has changed lives by helping to diagnose and coach people with ADHD, autism or learning disabilities. “We look at what an individual wants to achieve,” Tara Carman-French, director of Artemis Assessment and Treatment Centre, said. “We look at why they’re struggling to achieve it. We look at the final goal, break the steps down in order to achieve that goal and make it into little manageable chunks so that they can achieve what they want to achieve.” Artemis Assessment works with people of all age groups, from young children in elementary school to seniors in their 70s, and Carman-French spoke on the importance of being assessed and diagnosed as early as possible. “Early intervention is extraordinarily important,” she said. “What I see in my older clients is a lot of grief. I see a lot of grief over what could have been if their parents had known that they had autism or ADHD or a learning disability, they would have had a different educational and post-secondary experience, a different work and relationship experience. Early intervention allows us to tailor the educational experience for how a child learns.” After being assessed and diagnosed, Artemis Assessment can work with people to find out what kind of accommodations are needed to help them with school or work, such as providing a child with ADHD with an alternative to writing with a pencil. “A lot of parents are concerned about the stigma of ADHD, autism or learning disorders,” Carman-French said. “If the child is blowing up in the classroom, or distracted in the classroom and daydreaming, they’re getting a negative label anyway as being lazy or a daydreamer. If we have a diagnosis, then people will know that the difference is in the way their brain is built and how to accommodate them.” The Artemis Assessment and Treatment Centre is currently starting the process of providing autism spectrum disorder assessments in 2025 to provide more support and coaching to residents of Burlington. “I want everybody who has an interaction with us to leave us with something,” she said. “Even if you aren’t our client. If you’re looking for a speech pathologist and call us, we’ll tell you who a local speech pathologist is. We are all in this together and everybody who touches our organization should leave with something positive, something helpful and something to help them on their way.” A Read the original article by Calum O'Malley here.
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