Practitioners ADHD Toolkit (PAT)Course - YMCA Aylestone

CHANGE OF VENUE:

Please note the address for the sessions is now changed to : YMCA Aylestone / 70 Belvoir Drive LE2 8PA

About this event: This course is for frontline workers or volunteers who work with children, young people or adults who have/could have ADHD, who live in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland. If you are not working in this area then you will not be able to attend this course.

To give professionals more knowledge and understanding of ADHD and its impact. To share practical day-to-day ideas and strategies to help positive engagement with families.

Face-to-face training day at YMCA Aylestone / 70 Belvoir Drive LE2 8PA

Time: Between 10 am to 3pm

Arrival From 9:30 am

Session Objectives:

• To develop a sound understanding of what ADHD is, its causes and diagnostic process, and how it presents
• To consider the impact of ADHD on the individual, their families and their wider engagements e.g. Education
• Develop an ADHD-appropriate toolkit to best support individuals and families

Course content

• ADHD Awareness - why the ADHD brain is different, the impact on executive functioning skills, diagnostic criteria, Medic*tion, positives of having ADHD
• Creating an ADHD-appropriate toolkit with practical ideas and strategies, incorporating the basics of Positive Parenting Solutions (based on the principles of123 Magic) and Parenting Challenging Teens
• You'll receive a PDF copy of the PowerPoint presentation

On completion of the course and an evaluation, you’ll be issued with your Practitioners ADHD Toolkit certificate.

Please note that refreshments are provided but there will not be lunch. You could bring your own lunch (no microwave available for Tea Rooms), there are also a lot of nearby shops and cafes in the center of the city.

There are no parking places available at Town Hall, please check your maps where to park before you come with a car but you are adviced to use public transport where you can.

About the trainer

The training is presented by Ian Hall, ADHD Specialist Coach who has spent 20 years working with - and learning from - thousands of people with ADHD of all ages, along with the practitioners who support them. Ian worked for highly respected and integral part of the local ADHD support network ADHD Solutions from when it set up in 2006. He was diagnosed with ADHD in adult life so brings a wealth of personal and professional experience to his training.

“It was the most insightful and useful training I have ever done on ADHD” (practitioner feedback on Ian’s training).

Data Sharing Notice: Your name, post and email details will be shared with the trainer to be able to send you the online learning and further information ahead of the training session. We will also send you further training invites when we have exciting new training related to your line of work. If you wouldn't like to receive these please could you opt out by emailing : bHNjcHRyYWluaW5nIHwgbGVpY2VzdGVyICEgZ292ICEgdWs=

Booking and Cancellation: Please make sure to put the right email address with correct spelling as the link will be emailed to you for the online learning, along with fuller details of the face-to-face training.

Please be aware while giving your email address and details, that they will be shared with the trainer and your trainer Ian Hall, from ADHD Affinity will be emailing you on the emails you provide.

Please book and cancel if needed on Eventbrite. You will be able to claim your refunds on Eventbrite, and not through us. Please only cancel places 2 weeks before the event. If you cancel later, you might not be able to get your full /any refund. In these instances please contact us to transfer your name/place to the next available date you can attend / to someone else. the email for this is : bHNjcHRyYWluaW5nIHwgbGVpY2VzdGVyICEgZ292ICEgdWs=

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Thank you.

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