ADHD Introductory
This is an online self-paced interactive learning module (3 hours). Participants will have access to LMS for two months after date of enrolment to complete the module.
SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICES
$180 (inc. GST): General
$50 (inc. GST): Victorian clinicians in ICYMHS, headspace, Take Two, ACCHOs & Children’s Health and Wellbeing Locals.
PLEASE NOTE it may take up to 72 hours after registration to gain access to the training.
Once our administration staff have confirmed your registration, you will be emailed all information and a link to gain access to the online module.
Please read our Cancellation and Attendance policy before booking.
What does the training include?
The module introduces clinicians to our current understanding and intervention approaches for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.
Topics covered include:
What is ADHD?
- Features of ADHD
- Executive Functioning
- Masking
- ADHD and trauma
- Strengths and challenges
How to identify ADHD
- Screening for ADHD
- Steps to confirming a diagnosis
- Co-occurring and differential mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions
- Avoiding diagnostic overshadowing
- Developing a shared understanding of ADHD with the individual and family
Supporting individuals with ADHD
- Non-pharmacological approaches
- Pharmacological approaches
- Supports for ADHD before and after diagnosis
Additional Information
This module provides the participants with:
- Further recommended reading list
- Helpful documents and resources for clinician’s tool kit
- Factsheets for ADHD in specific populations
- Pre and post course self-evaluation
- Certificate of completion for CPD requirements.
Who is the training for?
The module is designed for mental health and health professionals working with children and adolescents, e.g. GP’s, allied health professionals such as psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, nurses, social workers and trainee psychiatrists and paediatricians.
Who provides the training?
The module has been developed by Mindful’s multi-disciplinary training team in collaboration with child adolescent psychiatrist, Dr Tejas Golhar, and Dr Emma Sciberras, clinical psychologist and member of the Australian ADHD Guideline development panel. Clinical perspectives are provided by Dr Daryl Efron, paediatrician. The module also includes lived and living experienced perspectives.
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