Unlocking Social Success: 5 tips for helping your young person navigate the new school year

The beginning of a new school year should be a fresh start, full of opportunities for new friendships and experiences.   However, for many young people, particularly those with ADHD or Autism, who may well have spent the summer break isolated and lonely, returning to school can be a daunting prospect.

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Parenting Your ADHD Child 6-week Course – ONLINE (Interactive – 6 weekly group with Zoom calls) Term 2 Starting 17 May 2024

PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD 6-WEEK ONLINE (INTERACTIVE – Includes 6 weekly group Zoom calls – TERM 2)

INVESTMENT: $449

STARTS 17 MAY 2024

The course has been specifically developed for parents/carers of children and young people with ADHD.

The goal is to inform and empower you to work with your child to cope with the many challenges of parenting with ADHD by passing on practical, workable strategies that will make a difference in the lives of all family members.

The course environment promotes engagement through non-judgment, empathy and acceptance.

You’ll find greater empathy & understanding for your child’s perspective and with effective strategies on board you’ll increase confidence in your parenting skills.

This course has been running face-to-face in Sydney since 2015, and is now available online so everyone can have access to these important resources!

You’ll learn…

  • To understand your ADHD child’s world
  • Why & how it affects your family
  • Reasons for challenging behaviours
  • Learn practical parenting strategies
  • How to better relate to your child
  • How to create better routines & relationships
  • Collaborative and Proactive Solutions
  • How & when to use rewards & consequences appropriately
  • How to understand and avoid difficult behaviour
  • Tools to help decrease stress & anxiety in your home
  • About treatment options & medication
  • How to optimise sleep
  • How to work with your child’s school
  • How to build your child’s self-esteem
  • Effective self-care practices
  • Improved family problem-solving

You’ll enjoy…

  • 6 x 1 hour Weekly Group Zoom calls to ask questions & discuss the week’s module with other parents/carers in the course
  • Supportive Facebook group exclusive to this term’s course
  • Videos, audio snippets, PDF handouts and worksheets in easy-to-access bite sized modules
  • Weekly handouts and lifetime access to course information
  • A Parenting with ADHD Action Plan e-work book
  • Less stress & more parenting confidence

 

The course is presented by Vivian Dunstan

  • Founder of the ADHD Support Australia,
  • qualified teacher and course facilitator,
  • Certified PEERS Teens & Young Adults Social Skills Coach,
  • ADDCA trained ADHD Coach, former RAISE mentor and, most importantly,
  • an experienced ADHD parent and adult with ADHD.

 

Parenting Children with ADHD Course is based on a course developed by the Institute of Family Practice but contains so much more from Vivian’s own personal experience and research with ADHD.

Zoom call time and dates:

  • Time: 12:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
  • Dates: On the following Fridays
    • May 24, 2024
    • May 31, 2024
    • Jun 7, 2024
    • Jun 14, 2024
    • Jun 21, 2024
    • Jun 28, 2024

For more details contact Vivian on vivian@adhdsupportaustralia.com.au

REGISTER NOW

Boy lying face down on the floor while holding a gaming console and mom and dad pulling his leg

Online Gaming – Friend or Foe?

Understanding Your Young Person’s Obsession with Gaming

 

Does your young person retreat online to escape, spending hours staring at a screen playing games that seem to have no end? Do you have difficulty getting them to disengage from the screen, encountering major meltdowns and unwarranted aggression when you try and take the screen away? 

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PEERS Social Skills for Teens Online Program (13-17) – Group 2 – July 2024

PEERS Social Skills for Teens Online Program

ADHD Support Australia is excited to be offering two PEERS® Social Skills for Teens groups via Telehealth.

PEERS® stands for Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills.

The PEERS® program is an internationally acclaimed, evidence-based social skills group program for adolescents and young adults with social challenges.

Originally developed by Dr Elizabeth Laugeson at the University of California (UCLA) PEERS®, the programme has a strong evidence-base for use with adolescents and young adults with Aspergers/ASD, but is also highly appropriate for those with ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties, those who may be twice exceptional or gifted and talented or indeed anyone experiencing social challenges.

The program assists motivated teens and young adults with social challenges who are interested in learning ways to help them make and keep friends.

Explicitly teaching how to navigate common social challenges allows the formation of more positive relationships.

Teens learn how to …

* Develop & maintain friendships
* Improve conversational skills
* Choose appropriate friends & find common interests
* Appropriately use electronic forms of communication
* Appropriately use humour & assess humour feedback
* Start, enter & exit conversations between peers
* Organise successful get-togethers with friends
* Be a good sport when playing games and/or sports with friends
* Handle arguments & disagreements with friends
* Handle rejection, teasing, bullying, rumours/gossip & cyber bullying
* Change a bad reputation

PEERS® social skills for teens program details

PEERS® Social Skills for Teens is a 14-week online program for teens aged 13-17 who experience social challenges and are interested in learning new ways of making and keeping friends.

In weekly 90-minute online small group sessions, teens are taught important social skills and given the opportunity to practise these skills during socialisation activities in the session.

Parents or caregivers attend online 60-minute weekly small group sessions separately to their teens and are taught how to become their teen’s social coach – supporting them in practicing their new skills at home, coaching them during their weekly socialisation homework assignments and providing feedback.

Sessions are relaxed & fun whilst using evidence-based skill-teaching methods …

* Small group (6 – 12 participants)
* Safe environment where everyone finds success
* Didactic instruction (concrete easy to follow rules & steps)
* Socratic questioning method (a question/answer dialogue to draw out ideas)
* Teaches ecologically valid skills (skills that socially successful people use)
* Correct/Incorrect role play examples
* Role-playing and modelling practice of correct skills (behaviourial rehearsal)
* Perspective-taking questions targeting social cognition
* Social coaching from both course facilitators & parent(s)/carer(s)
* Homework exercises (with parent/carer assistance)
* Each session builds upon the previous week

Meet your social coach

Vivian Dunstan

* Certified PEERS Adolescent & Young Adult Social Skills course provider
* Masters of Teaching (Primary)
* Facilitator of Parenting Children with ADHD 6-week course since 2015
* ADDCA ADHD Coach
* Certified Tech Addiction & Digital Health Educator (NIDHW)
* Former RAISE mentor
* Founder & Organiser of ADHD Support Australia
* Advocating for & supporting the ADHD community since 2013
* Organiser of 130+ expert ADHD talks
* Author of ADHD Support Australia’s website
* Experienced Mum who’s navigated 26 years with an ADHD child, teen and now young adult

Is PEERS right for my teen?

Teens must …

* be between 13-17 (or 12 turning 13 and at high school)
* have social challenges
* be interested in attending the program
* agree to participate in the program voluntarily
* consistently attend the program; and
* a parent/carer must be willing to participate as the teen’s social coach

I want to help my teen improve socially – what now?

To help your teen improve their confidence socially and go on to create and maintain more meaningful connections find out more by viewing the recording of the recent webinar here so you are familiar with what’s involved in the program.

In this webinar, you will discover the following:

  • The common social challenges of people with ADHD
  • What the PEERS Program is
  • How we teach social skills in PEERS
  • PEERS Example: Joining a Group Conversation
  • How to start a conversation correctly
  • PEERS Evidence-Base
  • PEERS Telehealth vs In-Person: Evidence-Base
  • How to join the PEERS program
  • Webinar Q&A

Then, please ensure your young adult is the appropriate age, you’ve checked you’re available on the days/times the program will run

Parent Session: Wednesdays from 31st July 2024 @ 7-8.00pm

Teen Session: Wednesdays from 31st July 2024 @ 5.00-6.30pm

For 14 weeks finishing week beginning 11 November 2024

There will be a break on the week of 30 Sep-11 Oct

Your investment for the July 2024 intake is $2,970 incl GST ($2,700 + $270 GST)

* 1 intake interview
* 14 x 60 min parent/social coach sessions
* 14 x 90 min teen sessions
* Weekly handouts/homework assignments
* Support throughout the 14-week program

Great value at $212.14 per week for the 2 sessions!

If you’d like to move forward:

Book in a time for me to meet you and your teen via Zoom to ensure they’re also on board with starting the program and to give them a chance to meet me and ask any questions they may have.

You can speak to me privately prior to bringing your teen into the conversation if you prefer.

Once you’ve selected the time slot that suits you, ensure you accept the invitation that will be emailed to you and this will then automatically go into both our online calendars.

If the program isn’t right for your teen I’ll let you know, and if you decide after our chat that it isn’t for you, that’s fine – it’s a no obligation meeting.

If we decide to move forward after the Zoom, there will be some intake forms for you and your teen to complete and you will be invoiced.

Once this is finalised your place will be secure!

If you are intending on using NDIS funding for the program, I suggest you start your enquiries and process now, so you can have that in place prior to our program start date in July, as this can often take some time.

Once I have completed the process with all those families interested, I will form a suitable group or groups and all details will be sent through.

If you’re not able to attend on the above dates/times but are interested in joining this or a future course, or if you have any further questions, not covered above please email me @ vivian@adhdsupportaustralia.com.au.

PEERS Social Skills for Teens Online Program (13-17) – Group 1

PEERS Social Skills for Teens Online Program

ADHD Support Australia is excited to be offering two PEERS® Social Skills for Teens groups via Telehealth.

PEERS® stands for Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills.

The PEERS® program is an internationally acclaimed, evidence-based social skills group program for adolescents and young adults with social challenges.

Originally developed by Dr Elizabeth Laugeson at the University of California (UCLA) PEERS®, the programme has a strong evidence-base for use with adolescents and young adults with Aspergers/ASD, but is also highly appropriate for those with ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties, those who may be twice exceptional or gifted and talented or indeed anyone experiencing social challenges.

The program assists motivated teens and young adults with social challenges who are interested in learning ways to help them make and keep friends.

Explicitly teaching how to navigate common social challenges allows the formation of more positive relationships.

Teens learn how to …

* Develop & maintain friendships
* Improve conversational skills
* Choose appropriate friends & find common interests
* Appropriately use electronic forms of communication
* Appropriately use humour & assess humour feedback
* Start, enter & exit conversations between peers
* Organise successful get-togethers with friends
* Be a good sport when playing games and/or sports with friends
* Handle arguments & disagreements with friends
* Handle rejection, teasing, bullying, rumours/gossip & cyber bullying
* Change a bad reputation

PEERS® social skills for teens program details

PEERS® Social Skills for Teens is a 14-week online program for teens aged 13-17 who experience social challenges and are interested in learning new ways of making and keeping friends.

In weekly 90-minute online small group sessions, teens are taught important social skills and given the opportunity to practise these skills during socialisation activities in the session.

Parents or caregivers attend online 60-minute weekly small group sessions separately to their teens and are taught how to become their teen’s social coach – supporting them in practicing their new skills at home, coaching them during their weekly socialisation homework assignments and providing feedback.

Sessions are relaxed & fun whilst using evidence-based skill-teaching methods …

* Small group (6 – 12 participants)
* Safe environment where everyone finds success
* Didactic instruction (concrete easy to follow rules & steps)
* Socratic questioning method (a question/answer dialogue to draw out ideas)
* Teaches ecologically valid skills (skills that socially successful people use)
* Correct/Incorrect role play examples
* Role-playing and modelling practice of correct skills (behaviourial rehearsal)
* Perspective-taking questions targeting social cognition
* Social coaching from both course facilitators & parent(s)/carer(s)
* Homework exercises (with parent/carer assistance)
* Each session builds upon the previous week

Meet your social coach

Vivian Dunstan

* Certified PEERS Adolescent & Young Adult Social Skills course provider
* Masters of Teaching (Primary)
* Facilitator of Parenting Children with ADHD 6-week course since 2015
* ADDCA ADHD Coach
* Certified Tech Addiction & Digital Health Educator (NIDHW)
* Former RAISE mentor
* Founder & Organiser of ADHD Support Australia
* Advocating for & supporting the ADHD community since 2013
* Organiser of 130+ expert ADHD talks
* Author of ADHD Support Australia’s website
* Experienced Mum who’s navigated 26 years with an ADHD child, teen and now young adult

Is PEERS right for my teen?

Teens must …

* be between 13-17 (or 12 turning 13 and at high school)
* have social challenges
* be interested in attending the program
* agree to participate in the program voluntarily
* consistently attend the program; and
* a parent/carer must be willing to participate as the teen’s social coach

I want to help my teen improve socially – what now?

To help your teen improve their confidence socially and go on to create and maintain more meaningful connections find out more by viewing the recording of the recent webinar here so you are familiar with what’s involved in the program.

In this webinar, you will discover the following:

  • The common social challenges of people with ADHD
  • What the PEERS Program is
  • How we teach social skills in PEERS
  • PEERS Example: Joining a Group Conversation
  • How to start a conversation correctly
  • PEERS Evidence-Base
  • PEERS Telehealth vs In-Person: Evidence-Base
  • How to join the PEERS program
  • Webinar Q&A

Then, please ensure your young adult is the appropriate age, you’ve checked you’re available on the days/times the program will run

Parent Session: Mondays from 29th July 2024 @ 7-8.00pm

Teen Session: Tuesdays from 30th July @ 4.30-6pm

For 14 weeks finishing week beginning 11 November 2024

There will be a break on the week of 30 Sep-11 Oct

Your investment for the July 2024 intake is $2,970 incl GST ($2,700 + $270 GST)

* 1 intake interview
* 14 x 60 min parent/social coach sessions
* 14 x 90 min teen sessions
* Weekly handouts/homework assignments
* Support throughout the 14-week program

Great value at $212.14 per week for the 2 sessions!

If you’d like to move forward:

Book in a time for me to meet you and your teen via Zoom to ensure they’re also on board with starting the program and to give them a chance to meet me and ask any questions they may have.

You can speak to me privately prior to bringing your teen into the conversation if you prefer.

Once you’ve selected the time slot that suits you, ensure you accept the invitation that will be emailed to you and this will then automatically go into both our online calendars.

If the program isn’t right for your teen I’ll let you know, and if you decide after our chat that it isn’t for you, that’s fine – it’s a no obligation meeting.

If we decide to move forward after the Zoom, there will be some intake forms for you and your teen to complete and you will be invoiced.

Once this is finalised your place will be secure!

If you are intending on using NDIS funding for the program, I suggest you start your enquiries and process now, so you can have that in place prior to our program start date in July, as this can often take some time.

Once I have completed the process with all those families interested, I will form a suitable group or groups and all details will be sent through.

If you’re not able to attend on the above dates/times but are interested in joining this or a future course, or if you have any further questions, not covered above please email me @ vivian@adhdsupportaustralia.com.au.

PEERS Social Skills for Young Adults Online Program (17-30)

PEERS Social Skills for Young Adults (17-30) Online Program

ADHD Support Australia is excited to offer PEERS® Social Skills for Young Adults via Telehealth.

PEERS® stands for Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills.

The PEERS® program is an internationally acclaimed, evidence-based social skills group program for adolescents and young adults with social challenges.

Originally developed by Dr Elizabeth Laugeson at the University of California (UCLA) PEERS®, the programme has a strong evidence-base for use with adolescents and young adults with Autism, but is also highly appropriate for those with ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties, those who may be twice exceptional or gifted and talented or indeed anyone experiencing social challenges.

The program assists motivated teens and young adults with social challenges who are interested in learning ways to help them make and keep friends.

Explicitly teaching how to navigate common social challenges allows the formation of more positive relationships.

Young adults learn how to …

* Develop & maintain friendships
* Improve conversational skills
* Choose appropriate friends & find common interests
* Appropriately use electronic forms of communication
* Appropriately use humour & assess humour feedback
* Start, enter & exit conversations between peers
* Organise successful get-togethers with friends
* Be a good sport when playing games and/or sports with friends
* Handle arguments & disagreements with friends
* Handle rejection, teasing, bullying, rumours/gossip & cyber bullying
* Change a bad reputation
* Dating etiquette/skills

PEERS® Social Skills for Young Adult Program Details

PEERS® Social Skills for Young Adults is a 14-week online program for those aged 17-30 who experience social challenges and are interested in learning new ways of making and keeping friends.

In weekly 90-minute online small group sessions, attendees are taught important social skills and given the opportunity to practise these skills during socialisation activities in the session.

Parents or caregivers or elected social coaches attend online 60-minute weekly small group sessions separately to the young adult and are taught how to become a social coach – supporting them in practicing their new skills at home, coaching them during their weekly socialisation homework assignments and providing feedback.

Sessions are relaxed & fun whilst using evidence-based skill-teaching methods …

* Small group (6 – 12 participants)
* Safe environment where everyone finds success
* Didactic instruction (concrete easy to follow rules & steps)
* Socratic questioning method (a question/answer dialogue to draw out ideas)
* Teaches ecologically valid skills (skills that socially successful people use)
* Correct/Incorrect role play examples
* Role-playing and modelling practice of correct skills (behaviourial rehearsal)
* Perspective-taking questions targeting social cognition
* Social coaching from both course facilitators & parent(s)/carer(s)
* Homework exercises (with parent/carer assistance)
* Each session builds upon the previous week

Meet your social coach

Vivian Dunstan

* Certified PEERS Adolescent & Young Adult Social Skills course provider
* Masters of Teaching (Primary)
* Facilitator of Parenting Children with ADHD 6-week course since 2015
* ADDCA ADHD Coach
* Certified Tech Addiction & Digital Health Educator (NIDHW)
* Former RAISE mentor
* Founder & Organiser of ADHD Support Australia
* Advocating for & supporting the ADHD community since 2013
* Organiser of 130+ expert ADHD talks
* Author of ADHD Support Australia’s website
* Experienced Mum who’s navigated 26 years with an ADHD child, teen and now young adult

Is PEERS right for my young adult?

Young adults must …

* be between 18-30 (or 17 turning 18)
* have social challenges
* be interested in attending the program
* agree to participate in the program voluntarily
* consistently attend the program; and
* a parent/carer/social coach must be willing to participate as the young adult’s social coach

I want to help my young adult improve socially – what now?

To help your young adult improve their confidence socially and go on to create and maintain more meaningful connections find out more by viewing the recording of the recent webinar here so you are familiar with what’s involved in the program.

In this webinar, you will discover the following:

  • The common social challenges of people with ADHD
  • What the PEERS Program is
  • How we teach social skills in PEERS
  • PEERS Example: Joining a Group Conversation
  • How to start a conversation correctly
  • PEERS for Young Adults Social Skills – Dating
  • Evidence-based treatments targeting social outcomes for Young Adults with Autism
  • PEERS Evidence-Base
  • PEERS Telehealth vs In-Person: Evidence-Base
  • How to join the PEERS program
  • Webinar Q&A

Then, please ensure your young adult is the appropriate age, you’ve checked you’re available on the days/times the program will run

Parent/Social Coach Session: Mondays from 29th July 2024 @ 5-6.00pm

Young Adult Session: Tuesdays from 30th July 2024 @ 6.30-8pm

For 14 weeks finishing week beginning 11 November 2024

There will be a break on the week of 30 Sep-11 Oct

Your investment for the July 2024 intake is $2,970 incl GST ($2,700 + $270 GST)

* 1 intake interview
* 14 x 60 min parent/social coach sessions
* 14 x 90 min young adult sessions
* Weekly handouts/homework assignments
* Support throughout the 14-week program

Great value at $212.14 per week for the 2 sessions!

If you’d like to move forward:

Book in a time for me to meet you and your young adult via Zoom to ensure they’re also on board with starting the program and to give them a chance to meet me and ask any questions they may have.

You can speak to me privately prior to bringing your young adult into the conversation if you prefer.

Once you’ve selected the time slot that suits you, ensure you accept the invitation that will be emailed to you and this will then automatically go into both our online calendars.

If the program isn’t right for your young adult I’ll let you know, and if you decide after our chat that it isn’t for you, that’s fine – it’s a no obligation meeting.

If we decide to move forward after the Zoom, there will be some intake forms for you and your young adult to complete and you will be invoiced.

Once this is finalised your place will be secure!

If you are intending on using NDIS funding for the program, I suggest you start your enquiries and process now, so you can have that in place prior to our program start date in July, as this can often take some time.

Once I have completed the process with all those families interested, I will form a suitable group or groups and all details will be sent through.

If you’re not able to attend on the above dates/times but are interested in joining this or a future course, or if you have any further questions, not covered above please email me @ vivian@adhdsupportaustralia.com.au.

If there is sufficient interest a second group may be created.

Interactive – Digital Parenting Program – May 2024

Digital Parenting Program 

ONLINE course to reset your young person’s brain & create healthy digital habits

FIRT CALL STARTS 23 May 2024

 

Over the course of my online Digital Parenting Program you will be guided through a step-by-step process to reduce screen time, break unhealthy digital habits, and develop healthier routines that will improve your young person’s overall well-being.

 

Online Digital Parenting Program

  • is an online course to support you to transform your young person’s relationship with technology, with you and with their life!
  • will help you eliminate family conflicts over screen use and create more peace in your home!
  • will provide you with information about the effects of screen use, as well as what healthy screen use looks like and how to
    navigate the challenges you will face when weaning your young person off screens.
  • will assist you to discover the right balance between the use of beneficial technology and the removal of toxic technology in
    order to benefit your young person the most.
  • is designed for parents of ALL young people, whether they have a diagnosis or not, as screen time issues affect all of us, but
    be aware, those with ADHD or Autism may be more at risk for screen overuse and it’s negative impacts.

 

You’ll enjoy…

  • 6 x 1 hour Weekly Group Zoom calls to ask questions & discuss the week’s module with other parents in the course
  • Supportive Facebook group exclusive to this term’s course
  • Videos, audio snippets, PDF handouts and worksheets in easy-to-access bite sized modules
  • Weekly handouts and lifetime access to course information
  • Content becomes available as soon as you enrol

 

Zoom Call time and dates:

  • Time: 12:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
  • Dates: On the following Thursdays
    •  May 23, 2024
    • Jun 6, 2024
    • Jun 20, 2024
    • Jun 27, 2024
    • Jul 4, 2024
    • Jul 25, 2024

The course is presented by Vivian Dunstan

  • Founder of ADHD Support Australia
  • Certified Tech Addiction & Digital Health Educator (NIDHW)
  • Certified PEERS Teen & Young Adult Social Skills coach
  • ADDCA trained ADHD Coach
  • Facilitator of Parenting Children with ADHD course
  • Masters of Teaching (Primary)
  • Former RAISE high school mentor
  • Hosted 140+ expert ADHD talks
  • Experienced Mum of ADHD child, teen & young adult
  • Lived experience with ADHD
  • Supporting the ADHD community since 2013

 

For more details contact Vivian on vivian@adhdsupportaustralia.com.au

 

REGISTER NOW

Online Talk Gut Health August 24, 2023 Thursday 7PM AEST

Gut Health with Kirsty Wirth

Gut Health with Kirsty Wirth

Night time incontinence, soiling, urgency, constipation/loose stools and a lack of signals for motility are common in ADHD, yet the role of the gut and urinary microbiome and vagal tone are often overlooked when treating these concerns.

Join Kirsty in understanding the link between the role our microbiomes play within our body and how they can support the recovery of these conditions rather than the use of laxatives and other medications.

Kirsty Wirth is the founder of Kultured Wellness, a company whose mission is to inspire and educate people to take control of their health by eating real and fermented foods that nourish the gut and the brain. She is the brainchild behind the Kultured Wellness Culture Starters and functional supplements, the Kultured Wellness Education Programs and cooking classes, the co-author of GUTALICIOUS and author of Kultured Keto, Functional Fermented Nutrition and also Nourishing with Diversity and Kultured Christmas ebooks.

Kirsty is an accomplished speaker appearing on numerous leading health and wellness podcasts and in person, and is well known for being able to break down complex concepts into easy to understand information.

Her research and work in the area of gut health has been life changing for so many. Her qualifications and experience in education, research and integrative nutrition spans over 25 years and continues to drive her purpose of empowering her community to gain knowledge and understanding so they can be well and thrive.

She is a HUGE nature lover, a mother, a fervent advocate for children with needs. You just can’t help but be touched by her spirit and infectious enthusiasm.

To find out more about Kirsty’s story and her son’s incredible turnaround and how the Kultured Wellness mission began, check out her podcast Kulturing Kuriosity. You can also head on over to the Kultured Wellness website to check out the video of how it all began. kulturedwellness.com

Professionals attending will receive a Certificate of Attendance to help them keep track of their professional development.

I invite you to join me in delving into this most important topic.

To find out more/book tickets visit the website

Unable to attend and would like to see a recording of this and past talks?

Check out our Patreon membership site:

Join our Newsletter list to receive news of events/meetups/slides:

The talk commences 7pm AEST (Sydney time) so if you are not in this time zone please check using this link what time this will be for you.

I look forward to seeing you there – Vivian

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poster for the online talk about Rethinking Adult ADHD: Lessons from "Procrastivity" And Self-Mistrust. Happening on July 26, 2023 at 10 AM (AEST) or July 25, 2023 at 8PM (EST) by Dr Russell Ramsay

Rethinking Adult ADHD: Lessons from “Procrastivity” and Self-Mistrust

Rethinking Adult ADHD: Lessons from “Procrastivity” and Self-Mistrust with Russell Ramsay

“Procrastivity” is a particular type of procrastination. It involves avoiding a high-priority task by doing something else that is productive, but not as urgent or important, which is ultimately self-defeating. However, “procrastivity” tasks offer clues for reducing procrastination on priority tasks that are particularly useful for adults with ADHD. Similarly, even though no one “thinks” themself into adult ADHD, living with ADHD in adulthood affects thoughts in important ways. Dr. Russell Ramsay will review important lessons learned from “procrastivity” and outline insights about the role of thoughts and beliefs in managing ADHD in adulthood, which are important themes in his most recent book, “Rethinking Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Turn Intentions Into Actions.”

About the presenter:

Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., ABPP is co-founder and clinical director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program where he is professor of clinical psychology in the department of psychiatry. Dr. Ramsay is widely published and has written five books on the treatment of adult ADHD, most recently Rethinking Adult ADHD (2020, APA). His Adult ADHD Tool Kit has been translated into Spanish, French, and Korean and is a recommended self-help book of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

Dr. Ramsay is a board-certified in cognitive-behavior therapist. He has presented to audiences around the world and virtually on the assessment and psychosocial treatment of adult ADHD. Dr. Ramsay is an inductee in the CHADD Hall of Fame.

Dr. Ramsay’s website – www.cbt4adhd.com

Penn Adult ADHD Program website – https://www.med.upenn.edu/add/adhd.html

Professionals attending will receive a Certificate of Attendance to help them keep track of their professional development.

I invite you to join me in delving into this most important topic.

To find out more/book tickets visit the website

Unable to attend and would like to see a recording of this and past talks?

Check out our Patreon membership site:

Join our Newsletter list to receive news of events/meetups/slides:

The talk commences 10am AEST (Sydney time) so if you are not in this time zone please check using this link what time this will be for you.

I look forward to seeing you there – Vivian

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Online Talk ADHD Relationships & Sex May 18, 2023 Thursday 10AM AEST, May 17, 2023 Wednesday 8PM EST

ADHD Relationships & Sex with Ari Tuckman

ADHD Relationships & Sex with Ari Tuckman

Let’s Not Forget the Fun, Sexy Part of Our Relationship

Busy couples need to manage lots of important (and boring) responsibilities of adult life, but most people want a partner who they can also have fun with. This playful, sexy part of the relationship can be one of the first things to go when a couple is struggling with the business part. If ADHD isn’t well managed, it can create even more struggles for both partners. But all couples benefit from having a fun sex life to help them bounce over those inevitable bumps and bruises from daily life. Dr. Tuckman has researched how ADHD impacts a couple’s relationship and sex life and will offer strategies to help you improve both.

Ari Tuckman, PsyD is a psychologist, sex therapist, and ADHD expert. He has given more than 600 presentations, across America and in nine other countries. He is the author of four books on adult ADHD, including his most recent book, ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship which is the first to explore how ADHD impacts a couple’s sex life and relationship. He has been widely quoted in national media such as The New York Times and Men’s Health and appeared on countless podcasts.

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The ADHD Effect on Marriage

The ADHD Effect on Marriage

Adult ADHD – and partner responses to that ADHD – can have a huge impact on your relationship. In this presentation Melissa Orlov, founder of ADHDmarriage.com, will share why your relationship may feel so difficult, what issues you should pay special attention to, and strategies to help you move to a calmer, happier partnership.

Melissa Orlov is the founder of ADHDmarriage.com and author of two award-winning books on how adult ADHD impacts marriages and relationships.

She is considered one of the foremost authorities on the topic of how ADHD impacts adult relationships. A marriage consultant, Melissa helps ADHD-affected couples from around the world re-balance their relationships and find the love they thought they had lost and learn to thrive through her seminars, consulting and books. She also teaches marriage counselors and other professionals about effective marriage therapy for couples impacted by ADHD.

She has been interviewed by many, including the New York Times, CNN, Today and US News and World Report.

This talk is perfect for couples where either one or both partners have ADHD and are seeking strategies to help move to a calmer, happier partnership.

Professionals attending will receive a Certificate of Attendance to help them keep track of their professional development.

I invite you to join me in delving into this most important topic.

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