Join us for this half-day masterclass led by Sam Garner and come away with everything you need to know to support students with ADHD in your school.
As the number of children in the UK being diagnosed with ADHD continues to rise, it's crucial that school staff are equipped with the knowledge they need to provide positive and practical support for students who are diagnosed with, or display traits of ADHD.
Join us for this half day masterclass to improve your understanding of ADHD so that you are better able to support pupils in your setting. Sam will look at how you can adapt the learning environment to make it more inclusive, how you can support the mental health of children with ADHD and how to support pupil’s individual development.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
SENCOs, Class Teachers, Pastoral Leads, Assistant Heads, Deputy Heads, Teaching Assistants and all members of the SLT
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This Masterclass will enable you to:
Improve your understanding of ADHD, its common characteristics and the diagnosis process
Ensure your knowledge surrounding current guidance and law is up-to-date so that you understand your obligations
Better support children with ADHD in education
Make suitable adaptations and adjustment in order to develop a more inclusive environment and ADHD friendly classrooms
Better support students to work independently
Improve how you work with parents and carers to ensure the best possible outcomes
Understand the impact that ADHD can have on children and how they can be better supported
FACILITATOR
Sam is a renowned speaker, trainer and author specialising in mental health and SEN. She has been a SENCo in a large secondary school and is a qualified Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and a Child and Adolescent Counsellor. Sam also set up a company providing mental health CBT programmes for schools. She is in high demand to speak at conferences and events and provides in-house training for schools and companies, nationally and internationally. Lauded for her humour and ‘telling it like it is’ approach to mental health,
Sam has had her book Mental Health in Education published by Routledge, and regularly writes for several publications with more books in the pipeline for publication.
