An Integrative Approach to ADHD
- The “Why” of this approach: skill development, self-esteem and success at school and in life
- The challenges of ADHD through an intersectional lens
- The 5 C’s of ADHD model for empowerment for neurodivergent clients
- Limitation of research and potential risks
- Client handout: 5 C’s of ADHD
Assessment and Treatment Planning
- Key factors for accurate diagnosis: Neurobiology, trauma, co-occurring disorders
- Tips to engage kids and families in treatment planning and interventions
- Pros and cons of stimulant and non-stimulant medication options
- Client education: Medication and alternatives
- Experiential Activity: Differential Diagnosis
- Client handout: Collaborative Goal-Setting
Executive Functioning Skills
- Environmental influences: Sleep, technology, social media, diet and exercise
- Top 10 strategies to explicitly teach skills like planning, organizing, and time management
- Tips to motivate the unmotivated
- Working memory supports and metacognition development
- Obstacles related to shame and low self-confidence and how to overcome them
- Experiential activity: The Procrastination Puzzle
ADHD at School
- Apply executive functioning tools in the classroom to improve productivity
- Framework for building parent-school alliances
- Tools to support healthy peer relationships
- CBT, DBT, and mindfulness strategies to improve distress tolerance and build emotional resilience
- Experiential Activity: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
- Client handout: KISS for task initiation
ADHD at Home
- Positive habits for sleep, nutrition and fitness
- Effective daily routines to increase cooperation and reduce conflict
- Healthy boundaries for technology and social media use
- Interventions to:
- Avoid homework hassles
- Manage emotional outbursts with key communication techniques
- Improve sibling relationships
- Teach self-control, compassion, and collaboration
- Empower caregivers with psychoeducation and strategies for self-care
- Experiential Activity: Family Work Time
- Caregiver handout: Say This Not That
ADHD in Therapy
- Strategies to address underlying shame, anxiety and low-self-esteem
- Activities to help kids accept their ADHD brains – strengths and challenges
- Tips to navigate setbacks and refusal to participate
- Interventions to support co-regulation in families
- Experiential Activity: personal Narratives and Self-sabotaging Behaviors
- Caregiver handout: Co-Regulation Strategies for Tweens
Teens and ADHD
- Address risky behaviors: Substance use, bullying, and technology
- Promote safe decision-making on and offline
- Reduce social anxiety
- Experiential Activity: Common Bullying Scenarios and Useful Interventions
- Client Worksheet: My Values, My Time


