Memorial Conference Honours Professor Steve Baldwin

A memorial conference for Professor Steve Baldwin will be held at the University of Teesside on Thursday 28 February 2002. Entitled, ADHD ‘Questions Of Behaviour’, the conference has been jointly organised with the Overload Network, a Scottish children’s charity, which supports children with learning and behavioural problems. It will take place in the University’s Centre of Enterprise, Victoria Road, Middlesbrough from 10am-4.30pm.

Professor Steve Baldwin joined the University's Psychology section in 1998. He was a leading campaigner against the prescription of Ritalin to children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder. In 2000 he set up a clinic at the University, the first of its kind in the UK, to provide alternative treatments to Ritalin, such as counselling and psychotherapy. The Clinical and Counselling Training Units (CACTUS) clinic was featured in a Panorama programme in the same year, which explored the prescription of Ritalin in the UK and USA. Professor Baldwin was killed in the Selby train crash on 28 February 2001.

The conference is the first in a series, and will initially focus upon the criteria currently used to diagnose ADHD. Speakers will include:

• Dr. Fred Baughman Jr., MD, is a leading expert on ADHD, and an Adult and Child Neurologist. He is flying in from the US to speak at the conference.
• Professor Steven Rose from the Open University, noted for his views on a variety of issues in this area.
• The parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD.

Janice Hill, who runs Overload in Edinburgh, and Dr. David Woodhouse, Head of Psychology at Teesside are co- organisers of the event, and say this conference, dedicated to Professor Baldwin is a way of carrying on his pioneering work.

The conference registration fee is £45.00. For further information and registration details contact David Woodhouse on 01642 342336 or e-mail d.woodhouse@tees.ac.uk

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