ADHD and Attention Difficulties 25/26

Target group

This course is targeted to professionals who have organisational responsibilities for SEND at all levels, including:

• children and adult social care staff, educational settings (early years providers, schools, academies, free schools, colleges), nurses, GPs and other doctors, allied health professionals, therapeutic roles, practice leads, foster carers, residential care staff, commissioned providers and private and voluntary organisations.  

Aims

The aims of this session are:

• To be provided with information about attention, hyperactivity and distractibility
• To have an understanding of the diagnosis of ADHD
• To identify common signs and behaviours which may be indicative of ADHD
• To have an introduction to the links between ADHD and behaviours which arise from experiences of trauma
• To identify strategies and approaches which can support adults when working with children and young people with ADHD

Learning objectives

• At the end of this course participants will have:

• An increased understanding of recognising and supporting ADHD behaviours and other needs arising from attention difficulties
• An increased understanding about the links between ADHD and behaviours which arise from experiences of trauma
• An improved knowledge of strategies that can be used to support children and young people with ADHD and attention difficulties