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Practical management of ADHD

Understand the key features of ADHD and related poor impulse control disorders and learn psychological skills to support people manage core symptoms.

One day. For your team. Delivered online.

Practical management of ADHD

 

Course overview:

Develop your understanding of adult ADHD presentations and how to assess and prioritise related needs. Use an ADHD Hierarchy of Needs, and consider a range of practical interventions to support people with ADHD related challenges, with a focus on time blindness and rejection sensitivity.

 

Aim(s):

To equip practitioners with the psychological skills to support people manage the core symptoms of ADHD and related poor impulse control disorders.

 

Objectives:

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:

  • Recognise adult ADHD presentations
  • Assess and prioritise ADHD-related needs

 

Maximum group size: 16

 

Online course - delivered over Zoom.

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Your trainer(s)

Phil Harris

Phil Harris has worked in the drug misuse, mental health and homeless field for over 30 years as a practitioner, trainer and manager. He has managed a wide range of teams including family services, young people, dual diagnosis & personality disorders and substance misuse.

 

He is a visiting lecturer at a number of universities and was advisor to the US BICEP programme. He was also an advisor for the World Health Organisation in the Balkans region. He has designed treatment services across the UK for both addictions, young people and mental health, pioneering new approaches which have set new benchmarks for treatment outcomes.

 

He has written over 20 scholarly articles on effective practice and has published five books on substance misuse, treatment effectiveness, family and young people with complex needs.

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What people say

"Phil is a great facilitator, he was neuro-affirming and he spoke about RSD, which is often not taught. Lots of breaks which is good for someone with ADHD."

ADHD Clinical nurse Specialist, Community Drug & Alcohol Team (Carmarthenshire), September 2025

"This has been a wonderful course. Helpful to understand how ADHD is associated with brain function and strategies to help minimalise effects of ADHD slow working memory. The workbook was very comprehensive, with lots of toolkits in. A very skilled and knowledgeable trainer, who has a grasp of how the brain works. For me this was particularly important to put into context."

Course participant, December 2025

"The trainer was extremely knowledgeable and shared this with us. Thoroughly enjoyed and feel better equipped to support clients with ADHD or without diagnosis."

Course participant, December 2025

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