00:00Marami pa sa atin o marami sa atin na laging napagkakama lang may ADHD ang isang tao
00:06kapag mabilis ma-distract o mabilis mawala ang focus sa isang bagay.
00:12Kaya ngayong ADHD Awareness Week, importanteng alamin natin ang mga senyales nito.
00:18Kaya pag-uusapan natin yan kasama po si Ms. Candice Jelen Urquiola Posadas.
00:23Welcome po sa Rise and Shine, Philippines.
00:25Good morning po and thank you for inviting the society in your program po.
00:30Okay. Ma'am, babo natin talakayin itong ADHD Awareness Week, we want to know of course for the sake of
00:36information atin mga ka-RSP, ano po ba ang ADHD?
00:40ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
00:44So isang neurodevelopmental condition po ito and it affects not only children but also adults po or persists until adulthood.
00:53Meron pong three types po ito. Meron pong predominantly inattentive type or yung mga nakakalimot po palagi.
01:01Meron din pong predominantly hyperactive type or yung mga super energetic tapos marami pong nagagawa po sa buhay.
01:09At meron din pong combined type. So may mix po of both types also.
01:15Okay. Ma'am, ano po yung layunin ng ADHD Awareness Week and bakit mahalaga mapalawak ang kaalaman dito?
01:22Okay. Mahalaga po yung ADHD Awareness Week. So this is celebrated every third week of October po.
01:29Dahil hindi po tayo nagsa-stop and nagsa-start lang po sa awareness, kailangan po meron din po tayong understanding
01:38and action.
01:38Dahil kung alam lang po natin kung ano yung ADHD pero hindi po natin ginagamit yung kaalaman po na ito
01:45para ma-suporta po yung mga individual na may ADHD alongside their families, the schools and communities,
01:52then hindi po natin masasabing inclusive na po tayo. Kailangan buong-buo po yung suporta natin.
01:58Okay. Ma'am, bilang bahagi nitong ADHD Awareness Week, nakikibahagi of course itong inyong organisasyon,
02:05ADHD Association of the, or Society of the Philippines, sa pagpapalawak ng kaalaman, pag-unawa sa publiko tungkol sa ADHD.
02:13Kamusta po ang status ngayon when it comes to level of awareness sa mga tao?
02:19What are some of the interventions that we're doing in order for us na mapataas yung level nito, even the
02:26knowledge of the people,
02:27and how they make sure that they intervene, they have the intervention in terms to on sa pagtanggal ng stigma
02:35sa ADHD?
02:36Thankfully po, because of technology and social media po, malawak na po ngayon yung knowledge or even awareness po of
02:45ADHD.
02:46But I'm not so sure po that the understanding is deep na din po.
02:51So what's good po with the association or the society is that meron po tayong mga support groups in order
02:58to support the ADHD individuals and their parents.
03:03Meron din po tayong mga education campaigns, awareness campaigns alongside other organizations as well as the government.
03:10And yung maganda po is since meron na po tayong information online and on-site with our health centers,
03:18then mas mabilis po yung detection na nowadays versus before po talaga.
03:24Tungkol naman po sa kondisyon ng ADHD, ma'am, paano niyo masasabi na iba ito sa kakariwang pag-ugali ng
03:32isang tao?
03:34For one person po, kunwari, makalimutin po kayo, it usually happens once or twice lang po, a week or a
03:42month,
03:42minsan once in a blue moon lang.
03:44Pero for people with ADHD, it's more frequent, it happens daily or even multiple hours a day.
03:51It's more intense, mas strong, yung pagiging makalimutin, naiiwan mo yung glasses sa loob ng refrigerator, something like that.
03:59And it also persists.
04:01So minimum of six months po yung behaviors na to, pero it persists throughout the lifetime po talaga.
04:08Ayun.
04:09What are the activities na inihandaling niyo para sa ADHD Awareness Week?
04:14And of course, many people would like to help.
04:17Paano sila makatulong niyo, vocacies?
04:19Yes, starting next week po, meron po tayong celebration na po of the ADHD Awareness Week.
04:26Meron po tayong various activities for livelihood of ADHD individuals and their families.
04:32Meron din po tayo for financial readiness.
04:35And what's exciting po is we have the regional conference in Roja City, Capiz.
04:40So we will be discussing workshops on emotional regulation, behavior, parenting, inclusive education,
04:47turning deficit into difference instead of the usual stigma po, as well as engaging local communities, schools, even healthcare workers
05:00din po and families.
05:01For those individuals naman po na gustong malaman kung meron silang ADHD and they want to get treated,
05:08what's the first step po and ano po yung treatments nito?
05:11The first step po for me is really the acceptance po.
05:15that it's nothing wrong and that it's just a part of who you are because once you have the acceptance,
05:23you will get more confident po in doing the first step, another first step,
05:28which is getting a psychiatric evaluation as well as going to developmental pediatricians for children naman po.
05:37And sa inyo, sa inyo organization, do you do that kind of, you know, I mean, not really kayo mismo
05:43yung nage-execute,
05:44pero how do you, whenever people will ask if they have ADHD, they would consult your organization or their society.
05:52How do you intervene with them?
05:54What's good po is we have a referral system po with psychiatrists as well as developmental pediatricians
06:00who specialize with ADHD and meron din po tayong support groups for families and individuals.
06:07They're open, hindi lang po sa diagnose, pero those who suspect that they have,
06:11para makakuha na po sila ng confidence din po in order to get themselves checked.
06:16Okay, moving forward, what are the other plans of your society?
06:19We plan to visit more regions, we plan to really spread more awareness and support groups
06:25because although there's more awareness po now and information online,
06:30we would say na hindi pa po ganun kalalim yung support po natin for individuals and families of those with
06:36ADHD.
06:37Alright, ma'am, maraming salamat po sa pagtalakay patungkol sa ADHD Awareness Week.
06:43Maraming salamat, ma'am Candice.
06:45Thank you din po.
