WORKSHOPS

Workshops available for pre-school, primary school and high school and specialist school settings

 

For preschools, primary schools and high schools. The research shows us that without support, students with ADHD are much more likely to disengage with education, achieve lower academic results (despite ability levels) and report significant negative experiences at school.  Young people with ADHD are also more likely to experience mental health concerns and social difficulties.

 

Our workshops will help educators to understand the impact of ADHD on learning and behaviour and impactful (often simple) accommodations and supports that can be provided for in any educational environment, regardless of age or gender.  With a deeper understanding of the impact of ADHD on learning, behaviour and mental health, schools can provide impactful accommodations that can significantly increase attendance, engagement and academic performance, as well as improve mental health and relationships.

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- Option One: ADHD: Neurodiverse Friendly Teaching:

 

An essential guide to ADHD and teaching covering: 

• The science of ADHD

• What ADHD looks like in the classroom

• Discussing if ADHD is overdiagnosed

• Discussing ADHD and gender and cultural differences

• ADHD and classroom accommodations

• Discussing how teachers can support ADHD treatment outside of the classroom

• Supporting and working with parents and staff members with ADHD

• A 20 minute time for staff to ask questions.

 

This workshop would cost 660 including GST.

 

The workshop would take one and a half hours and would be held over Zoom or in person in the Sydney area.

 

- Option Two: ADHD: Neurodiverse Friendly Teaching and Managing Distressed Behaviour

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This includes everything in Option One, but includes an extra half hour discussing how to manage emotional volatility and challenging behaviours in the classroom, as well as managing burnout that can come as a result from these behaviours.

 

This option would cost 880, inclusive of GST.

 

This workshop would take two hours and be held on Zoom or in person in the Sydney area.

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Workshops and Supervision

 

1 in 20 people across the population live with ADHD, with a significant proportion also experiencing comorbidities such as ASD, Depression and Anxiety.  This means that in therapy, the incidence of people with ADHD requiring therapeutic support is substantial, yet people with ADHD often experience a number of barriers in accessing therapy and specialist support.  Evidence suggests that even navigating a website or booking system can be a significant obstacle for a person with ADHD in accessing treatment.

 

Understanding and accommodating for ADHD can require a depth of knowledge about ADHD that is not provided in standard therapeutic training.  Many elements of traditional and commonly used therapies can actually be less effective or counterintuitive for clients with ADHD.  At ADHD Therapy Australia we help therapists make their practices more accessible and evidence based for people with ADHD through our workshops and supervision sessions for psychologists and allied health providers. We aim to give therapists a thorough understanding of ADHD, what makes therapy for people with ADHD easier to access and evidence-based practical interventions to help make therapy more effective for people with ADHD.

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ADHD Individual supervision for assessment and intervention: $220 per session. Please book using the contact form below.

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ADHD Group Supervision- TBA

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ADHD Journal Club- TBA

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Training and consultation 

 

Due to inequitable conditions in the workplace, people with ADHD can experience higher rates of absenteeism, lower productivity at work, reduced workplace participation and if ADHD is not addressed staff turnover tends to be higher, leading to more cost in training and hiring new employees.  The estimated productivity cost for unaccommodated ADHD in the workplace for Australian businesses is 10.19 billion a year. 

 

However, people with ADHD can be excellent employees if reasonable accommodations are put in place to make the workplace more equitable for them. If a workplace trains its staff to address the stigmas often associated with ADHD and if simple and reasonable accommodations are put into place, people with ADHD can thrive in the workplace. At ADHD Therapy Australia we help businesses make their workplace practices more accessible for people with ADHD through our tailored workshops on workplace accommodations. We aim to give your staff a thorough understanding of ADHD, teach you about reasonable, cost-effective and simple workplace accommodations that can be implemented in the workplace and help you introduce these measures to your staff. 

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