Thriving with ADHD

Learn the vital skills of listening with empathy and practising self-compassion for both children and adults

This interactive workshop is designed for parents of children wth ADHD as well as adults diagnosed with ADHD — who want practical, evidence-based tools to help them thrive.

During the workshop we'll cover:

• A brief overview of ADHD and how it affects a person with the condition based on the latest neuroscience
• The importance of nurturing the parent-child attachment relationship and parenting from an ADHD informed perspective, as well as discuss what that looks like
• Traits adolescents and adults report are important for living well with the condition and discuss the critical role they play in helping a person thrive with ADHD. These traits being: Self-awareness, Acceptance of strengths and differences, Self-compassion, Realistic optimism and Self-determined skills & compensatory strategies that support self-mastery
• Vital skills of listening with empathy and practising self-compassion (which are beneficial for both parents to foster and adults with ADHD to practice)

• Strategies that Parents can use to gently foster the identified traits in their children
• Strategies that Adults with ADHD can use to foster the identified traits in themselves

Delivers by Dr Louise Brown - winner of AAPDA's independently-assessed Emerging ADHD Researcher Award.

Driven by her desire to ensure no children with ADHD grow up feeling the way she did about herself, Lou has been active in the advocacy space since her son and her were diagnosed with ADHD in 2016. Prior to completing her doctorate, Lou fulfilled the lived-experience Appointed Director position on the Australian ADHD Profession Association (AADPA) board, as well as worked as a Lived-Experience Consultant and Research Collaborator for Monash University, for 3.5 years. She developed the Australian Evidence-Based Practice Guideline for ADHD Consumer Companion, lead the development of AADPA’s Guide for Participatory Research (which is soon to be released) and co-wrote AADPA’s Talking about ADHD Guide.