About Us

Our Vision

An Empowered and Integrated AD/HD Community

Founder & Executive Director

Susan J. Chrysostomou

Honorary Patron

Olga Demetriades

Honorary Member

Xristos Kyrou

Board of Directors

Irene Philippou, President

Bobbie Nicolaou, Vice President

Vaso Karasava, Treasurer

Mary Collins, Secretary

Anna Shiakallis, Member

Stela Ioannou, Member

Stella Spyrou, Member

John Kokossis, Member

Lynne Smethurst, Member

Professional Advisory Board

Dr. Nikos Myttas, Consultant in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, U.K.

Prof. Loretta Giorcelli, OAM, Professor in Special Education, Australia

Dr. Julietta Kalli-Laouri, Child Psychiatrist

Irene Philippou, Special Education Teacher and Trainer

Dr. Adamos Hadjipanayis, Pediatrician

Meral Akinci, Psychologist

Cathie Timotheou, Educational Psychologist

Polina Themistokleous, Educational Psychologist

Dr. Anastasia Hadjiyiannakou, President of Special Education Association

Dora Papageorgiou, Clinical Pyschologist

Dr. Maria Stylianou, Counselling & Educational Psychologist

Advisory Board

Andrea Bilbow, Executive Director, ADDISS UK

Olivia Marangou, Legal Advisor

Area Emotional Support Leaders

Nicosia:          Mary Collins, Teacher

Stela Ioannou, Sp. Needs Teacher

Limassol:       Vaso Karasavva, Parent

Ani Chorbadjian,  Sp. Needs Teacher

Cathie Timotheou, Educational Psychologist

Larnaca:        Anna Shiakallis, Parent

Karen Charalambous,  Sp. Needs Teacher

Paphos:         Maria Petrou, Sp. Needs Teacher

Famagusta:  Stella Spyrou, Parent

Marilena Tofini, Educational Psychologist

Outreach Officer: Ioanna Kapetaniou

Registered Specialists at AD/HD Centre Nicosia:

Alexis Ouloupis - Educational Psychologist

Tonia Loizides - Applied Psychologist (Cognitive Behavioral Therapist)

Christiana Kythreotou - Special Educator Primary

Sophia Toumasi - Special Educator Secondary

Ellina Malliari - Special Educator Secondary

Luisianna Goncalves - Occupational Therapist

Maria Vasiliou - Speach Therapist

"For the next few years, we worked really hard as a network; at home, at school and with professional help. We worked as a team in order to help Aaron help himself.  I introduced daily marks to be given by the teacher, so I could praise or correct his school behaviour and help Aaron focus more easily on what he should do, rather than what he wanted to do.  A modified system is still in practice and he is in the first year of his Secondary school having graduated with Excellence from his primary school.  His first school report showed clearly, his antisocial behaviour, however, his latest report could have been mistaken for a child without ADHD.  We’re extremely proud of him."

Susan Chrysostomou, Founder and Executive Director, ADD-ADHD Cyprus

Supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and from the Republic of Cyprus

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