Professional development · 12 CPD hours
ADHD Skills for Clinicians and Coaches
Understand the ADHD brain and learn practical ways to adapt your work with neurodivergent clients.
- Build a clear, usable understanding of the neuroscience of the ADHD brain
- Explore dopamine, noradrenaline and the Triple Network Model
- Learn memorable metaphors to support client understanding
- Adapt coaching and therapeutic approaches for attention, emotion regulation and executive function
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The course
A practical map of the ADHD brain
ADHD is deceptively complex. This course translates the neuroscience into clear, memorable concepts you can use with clients.
Led by Dr Judith Mohring, consultant psychiatrist, UKAAN trainer, and adult ADHD specialist, the programme brings together neuroscience, clinical experience, and practical application.
Explore why strategies that work for one client may not work for another, and how to adjust your approach to support attention, motivation, emotional regulation, and learning.
Why adapt your approach?
Clients with ADHD can find it difficult to retain information, sustain attention, or put strategies into practice between appointments.
As a clinician, coach, therapist or other helping professional you need a clear mental map of what ADHD actually is, in order to be able to most effectively support your clients. Learning how ADHD affects emotional regulation and executive functioning can make your existing skills more effective.
What you will explore
- Dopamine and noradrenaline, including the tidal nature of ADHD
- Stress, reward, learning and hyperfocus
- The Default Mode, Salience and Central Executive Networks
- Executive function, task initiation and emotional regulation
- Case examples, including the opportunity to workshop your own case examples.
This course makes extensive use of metaphors to explain complex neuroscientific concepts and support their practical application. Where you find it difficult to engage with non-literal or metaphor-based teaching, this approach may not suit your learning style.
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February 2027 cohortÂŁ695
Four live online sessions via Zoom. 180 minutes per session.
Includes 12 CPD hours, session workbooks and access to recordings.
Four live online workshops
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Curriculum
Week 1: Neurotransmitters Part 1
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Understand why ADHD is fundamentally a challenge of regulation, and why executive function coaching isn't always the best starting point.
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Explore the complexity of ADHD, including differences in presentation, brain function and individual experiences.
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Discover practical ways to support ADHD learning, reduce working-memory demands and adapt therapeutic approaches.
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Learn how to recognise fluctuations in regulation and use the four-step approach to support these fluctuations.Â
Week 2: Neurotransmitters Part 2
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Understand how noradrenaline influences attention, motivation, and stress regulation in ADHD.
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Explore the NUTS model and why novelty, urgency, uncertainty, and pressure can help people with ADHD focus, while also contributing to stress and exhaustion.
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Learn practical ways to manage arousal and support regulation through rest, movement, and greater awareness.
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Examine how dopamine affects reward, learning, and planning, and why these processes can be particularly challenging for people with ADHD.
Week 3: Networks Part 1
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Explore how dopamine influences motivation and why novelty or uncertainty can make certain activities particularly engaging for people with ADHD.
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Understand hyperfocus, including its benefits, potential costs and ways to manage it.
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Learn how the brain's three main networks interact to influence attention and the ability to shift between tasks.
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Examine the role of the Default Mode Network in mind-wandering and emotional processing, with practical approaches to supporting regulation.
Week 4: Networks Part 2
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Understand how the Salience Network helps direct attention and switch between different brain networks, and how mindfulness can support this process.
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Explore sensory processing difficulties in ADHD, including the Paper Jam Hypothesis and its implications for clinical practice.
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Learn practical approaches to emotional regulation, including recognising emotional triggers, managing shame, and responding to impulsive urges.
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Examine how executive functioning difficulties affect working memory and time management, with strategies to support prioritisation and help people return to their intended tasks.
