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The ADHD Foundation is grounded in empowering teachers to deliver outstanding outcomes for children and young people with ADHD through raising awareness of the specific symptomology of the condition and through providing practical classroom strategies that every teacher can use at all key stages.

This session will be structured in two sections:

• What ADHD is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, diagnostic criteria, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation and the different presentations of ADHD, including gender.
• Strategies that work in educational settings - including support for executive functioning, literacy, anxiety, movement and activity and therapeutic approaches.

• Each delegate will receive a free book (RRP £17.99) - Managing ADHD in School By Russell Barkley

Audience: SENCos, Inclusion Managers, Teachers, TAs, Learning Mentors, Parents

Training led by: Colin Foley
Colin is the training director of the ADHD Foundation, the largest patient led service of its kind in the UK. Colin leads the training department and delivers courses on ADHD, mental health and other neurodevelopmental conditions across the UK and directly to schools. After a twenty five year teaching career in the secondary sector up to senior leadership level, Colin was the first Specialist Leader in Education to be appointed in his area and led the Outstanding Teacher Programme and the Improving Teaching programme for the National College in St Helens and Knowsley.

Cost: £64 + VAT / person
Limited discounted places available for parents on enquiry. Please email yes@aretelearningtrust.org

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