Adapting your Therapeutic Approaches for Adults with ADHD

Adapting your Therapeutic Approaches for Adults with ADHD
5 CPD Hours £259+VAT
Online Course
Fri 10 May 2024 09:30-15:40
Develop your therapeutic approaches to ADHD to make a lasting difference to patient outcomes. This one-day, skills-based training day will help you to navigate the therapeutic adjustments for neurodiversity and deliver appropriate, effective and patient-driven adaptations. From improved assessments to delivering innovative interventions, this insightful and thought-provoking forum will equip you with the clinical skills to provide more comprehensive therapeutic support for patients with ADHD.

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Increase your knowledge with practical tips for clinical interventions and adaptations. Led by an experienced course leader but greatly enhanced by shared delegate knowledge. Join us to increase your competencies, by focusing on: 

  • Personalising support: How to recognise and accommodate for neurodiversity during assessments
  • Boosting understanding: Increase your understanding on ADHD guidelines to ensure that you are delivering the best possible interventions 
  • Improving patient engagement: Create a flexible therapeutic experience to motivate your clients to engage in Step 2 and 3 treatment interventions

Developed with convenience in mind: join this Talking Therapies online course remotely

Update your education and discover how you can drive forward your therapeutic practice, plus:

  • Meet each other – turn on your videos and microphones in the breakout rooms
  • Listen and watch presentations – in the main conference room lead by your course leader
  • Take part in facilitated interactive sessions to enhance your learning 
  • Feedback, engage and ask your burning questions to your dedicated expert


9:30
Join, tech support and opportunity to network in your meeting room
10:00
Introduction, instructions and leader’s opening remarks
Dr Antonia Dittner, Lead Clinical Psychologist, National Adult ADHD and Autism Psychology Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
Exploring guidelines
10:10
Understanding ADHD presentations, impact and adaptations
  • Neurodivergent affirming approach
  • DSM-5 adult ADHD diagnostic criteria
  • NICE guidelines
  • Functional impact of the core symptoms
  • Intro to psychological approaches to supporting ADHD including cognitive-behavioural formulation
  • Adapting CBT for adult ADHD
10:50
Question and answers with Antonia Dittner
11:00
Screen break
Understanding cognitive and behavioural characteristics of adult ADHD
11:10
Formulation driven interventions for adult ADHD: Engagement and treatment planning
  • Overview of formulation-based CBT for adult ADHD
  • Delievering effective assessments
  • Understanding intevention formulations
  • Setting and working towards treatment goals
  • Motivation and engagement
11:50
Question and answers with Antonia Dittner
12:00
Workshop activity: Practical strategies to support clients with ADHD
  • How does your service do this currently?
  • Are there areas for improvement?
  • What would you do differently in relation to supporting ADHD following this discussion?
12:20
Workshop activity feedback: Practical strategies to support clients with ADHD
12:30
Lunch screen break
1:10
Delivering formulation-based CBT for ADHD part 1
  • Scheduling
  • Managing internal distractions
  • To do lists and time management
  • Reducing external distractions
  • Between session tasks
  • Identifying and challenging negative automatic thoughts
  • Managing emotions – impulsivity and procrastination
1:50
Question and answers with Antonia Dittner
2:00
Workshop participation: Interactive activity
  • How does your service do this currently?
  • Are there areas for improvement?
  • What would you do differently in relation to supporting ADHD following this discussion?
2:20
Activity feedback
2:30
Screen break
2:40
Delivering formulation-based CBT for ADHD part 2
  • Addressing underlying beliefs
  • Treatment summary
  • Reasonable adjustments in education and work
3:20
Final questions and answers with Antonia Dittner
3:30
Closing remarks
3:40
Close of course

Discover how to improve your clinical approaches to ADHD with:

Dr Antonia Dittner

Lead Clinical Psychologist, National Adult ADHD and Autism Psychology Service
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

Designed for NHS Talking Therapies professionals:

Come together with your colleagues and benefit from exciting online forum which has previously been described as “brilliant, it worked really well despite being virtual. Well organised, good timings and good mix of activities.” and “speakers were very clear and structured in their timings. Very professional and teaching aids were excellent”. Take a look at those who have attended our last online clinical skills had to say:

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"Great training, to improve my own psychoeducation. Great organisation and great choice of subjects!"
- Talking Therapy Skills: Anxiety, Depression and Sleep, Isle of Wight NHS
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"The online forum was very good, we usually use Teams but this was easy to follow"
- Talking Therapy Skills: Anxiety, Depression and Sleep, North Staffs Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
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"Very well organised, loads of information and well timed so it didn't feel like too much at once"
- Talking Therapy Skills: Anxiety, Depression and Sleep, University of East Anglia
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"Really well organised. Very knowledgeable facilitators and presenters. Good overview of sleep, difficulties and general interventions"
- Talking Therapy Skills: Anxiety, Depression and Sleep, Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service

We can run this course in-house specifically for your team

SBK Healthcare are pleased to offer our experience and insight into educational forums as a service to you and your organisation. If you would like this course delivered directly to your team or have a different learning need, or would simply like to bring your team together to benefit from dedicated training time, then we can help. Take the first step today and email sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or telephone 01732 897788.

Pricing Structure

  • £259 + VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place

Commercial companies are invited to attend and sponsor this day. Please contact Sarah Kemm on 01732 897788 for further details.

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding.

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

Certificate of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

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Why sponsor a Talking Therapies National Networking Forum

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing Talking Therapy forums offering dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Interested in your own event, managed by us?

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Sarah Kemm

Contact: 01732 897788

Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk