Understanding ADHD: a three-hour workshop for parents
Why ADHD moments happen, and what to change around them. A practical morning for parents of a child with ADHD, diagnosed or suspected, at any age, led by Woo Sau Mun, ADHD and Executive Function Coach. The date isn’t set yet. Join the interest list and we will message you once it is.
- For
- Parents and carers
- Child’s age
- Any age, including teens
- ADHD
- Diagnosed or suspected
- Length
- Three hours, one session
- Group
- Up to twelve families
- Date
- To be announced
Your child knows the rule. They can tell you the rule. And then, at the moment it matters, it doesn’t happen: the shoes aren’t on, the homework isn’t started, the promise from five minutes ago has gone.
It can look like not caring, or not listening. Often it is neither. For many children with ADHD, knowing what to do isn’t the hard part. Doing it, at the moment it’s needed, is.
Understanding ADHD is three hours on why these moments happen and what you can change around them, worked out on your own family’s hardest moments rather than examples from a book.
This may be a good fit if…
You are new to ADHD, or waiting for an assessment, and want to understand it first.
Your child is a teenager, or any age, and you want somewhere to start.
The same three or four moments go wrong most days.
You want something you can use the next morning.
Probably not the right fit if…
- You are ready for a full programme and your child is 6 to 12. Parenting Together: ADHD, four Saturdays online.
- You want to know whether it is ADHD. That is an assessment. Message us and ask about one.
- Your child needs help of their own. Individual Supports (ages 3 to 17) or Play 2gether (4 to 12, big feelings).
Your child does not attend. The workshop is for you.
Five changes and one skill
Before the workshop you write down your three hardest moments of the day. Most of the morning is spent working on them.
Why this is hard
What ADHD changes about attention, planning and feelings, in plain words, and why “later” so often doesn’t happen.
Change the setting
Five changes to your home and routines, each one worked out on your own hardest moments, with the facilitator and the other parents.
Change the moment
One skill for responding in the moment, shown first and then practised in pairs, so you have done it once before you need it.
Your plan
What to ask about diagnosis and medication, what needs more than one morning, and a written plan for your hardest moments to take home.
More than half of the three hours is hands-on work on your own family’s situation. It is not a lecture.
Woo Sau Mun, ADHD and Executive Function Coach
Sau Mun is an ADHD and Executive Function Coach at The Mind Faculty in Kuala Lumpur. She also leads Parenting Together: ADHD.
She is a coach, not a psychologist. The workshop won’t diagnose your child. It helps you understand what is happening and what to try next.
Not sure it’s this one?
Several of our programmes overlap. The quickest way to choose is to ask what is getting harder at the moment, then pick the one that matches.
Parenting Together: ADHD
You are ready to change things at home and your child is 6 to 12. Four Saturday mornings, online.
Individual Supports
Your child is 3 to 17 and needs one-to-one help of their own, with you coached in the room.
Play 2gether
Big feelings are the problem, ages 4 to 12, and you want coaching with your child in the room.
Still torn? Tell us a little about your child and ask for a 10-minute call with Carrine, our clinical psychologist, or see every programme on What’s on.
Everything else you’ll want to know
| Who it’s for | Parents and carers of a child with ADHD, diagnosed or suspected, at any age, including teenagers. Your child does not attend. |
|---|---|
| Led by | Woo Sau Mun, ADHD and Executive Function Coach, The Mind Faculty. |
| Length | Three hours, in one session. |
| Group size | Up to twelve families. Both parents are welcome. |
| Date and place | To be announced. Join the interest list and we will message you once, when the date is set. |
| Fee | Confirmed with the date. Nothing is paid to join the list. |
| After the workshop | For parents of 6 to 12s who want to go further, Parenting Together: ADHD is the next step. |
Before you get in touch
When is it?
The date isn’t set yet. Join the interest list and we will message you once, when it is. People on the list hear first.
My child is a teenager. Is this for me?
Yes. The workshop is for parents of a child with ADHD at any age. For parents of teenagers it is the place to start.
Does my child need a diagnosis?
No. It is for parents of a child with ADHD, diagnosed or suspected, including families waiting for an assessment.
Will it tell me whether my child has ADHD?
No. A workshop can’t diagnose, and we won’t try. It covers what an assessment involves and what to ask. If you want to find out, message us and ask about an assessment.
How is it different from Parenting Together: ADHD?
Understanding ADHD is one three-hour session on why ADHD moments happen and what to change around them. Parenting Together is four coached sessions for parents of 6 to 12s, practised with your own child between sessions. The workshop is the place to start if you are new to ADHD.
What does joining the list commit me to?
Nothing. Your name and a WhatsApp number are enough. We use them only to tell you about this workshop.
Be the first to hear the date
Join the interest list for Understanding ADHD. We will message you once, when the date is set, and people on the list hear before anyone else.
Or write to hello@2-bloom.com
Tell us which days suit you, weekday evenings or Saturday mornings, and it helps us choose the date.
Joining the list costs nothing and commits you to nothing.