Session 1 - ADHD - 9:30-11am - Delivered by Emma Weaver
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 for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, communication, masking, memory, engagement and support for self-management.
Session 2 - Autism - 11:30am-1:00pm - Delivered by Arron Hutchinson
What Autism is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, diagnostic criteria, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation and the different presentations of Autism, including gender.
Strategies for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, communication, masking, visual processing, safety and security, mental health vulnerabilities, particularly learner anxiety, demand avoidant profiles and strategies to support this and support for self-management.
Session 3 - Dyslexia - 2:00pm-3:30pm - Delivered by Colin Foley
What Dyslexia is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, diagnostic criteria, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation.
Strategies for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, communication, presenting written text, structuring literacy activities, support for reading, including word memory and centrality deficits, memory, engagement and support for self-management.
