Resources

YoungMinds has a guide to supporting children and young people with ADHD
Teaching and Managing Students with ADHD [Size: 113 KB, File: PDF] contains a lot of useful information about provision for pupils with ADHD
A Teenager’s Guide to ADHD [Size: 66.5 MB, File: PDF] has information about supporting teenagers living with ADHD
Stories That Never Stand Still is a book (available as a free online resource) created by people with ADHD. Each author shares their lived experience in a unique and creative way. It can be useful both as a way to learn and empathise and as starting point for direct work with children and young people.
Anna Freud Centre has a guide to Neurodiversity in the Early Years [Size: 6.4 MB, File: PDF]
The iceberg model [Size: 159 KB, File: PDF] can help you understand what is going on below the surface for someone with ADHD
This quick guide to masking [Size: 431 KB, File: PDF] gives more information about things to consider

The ADHD Foundation have a parent guide to ADHD: Understanding and supporting my child's ADHD
BBC Bitesize have a series of short videos about ADHD that may be particularly useful for parents/carers: BBC Bitesize

Accessibility features and learning tools for Chromebook [Size: 1,679 KB, File: PDF]
An example of Task schedules
Here are some examples of neurodivergent role models [Size: 619 KB, File: PDF]
Writing frames [Size: 333 KB, File: PDF] can support with ordering ideas
Some strategies to support Executive Functioning can be found here [Size: 1,641 KB, File: PDF]
Some visual ways to explore social situations, like Comic Strip Conversations [Size: 138 KB, File: PDF] and Social Stories [Size: 117 KB, File: PDF], can also be helpful for pupils with ADHD
The National Autistic Society provides additional, useful guidance on comic strip conversations and social stories
The ADHD Foundation have activity ideas for Sensory Circuits [Size: 1,675 KB, File: PDF]
A How-to Guide for Sensory Treasure Baskets [Size: 113 KB, File: PDF]
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Occupational Therapy Service have created some self-directed training to support children to be Ready to Learn: Online Learning Sessions.
This sensory audit was originally developed for autistic pupils, but can also be used for pupils with ADHD.

This video shows a group of young people discussing their experiences of ADHD
ADHD Voices interviewed over 150 children in the United States and the United Kingdom, recruited from NHS Trusts, university clinics and community paediatric centres about their experiences of ADHD. This video uses some of the actual interviews to explain what it is like to have ADHD.
ADHD Voices have created this video with information specifically for teachers.

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