This presentation will consider neurodiversity and neurodivergence and outline how parents working in partnership with schools can successfully support student learning, behaviour, and socialisation objectives.
Areas to be covered.
- Demystifying key Neurodivergent terms including ADHD, AuDHD, ODD, PDA and SpLD.
- Understanding Executive Functioning in terms of supporting learning and behaviour
- Structure and Flexibility both at home and at school in supporting specific ND traits.
- Supporting a range of specific of EF issues including, planning, prioritising, memory, organisation, use of AI in homework and screen time.
- Rapport in terms of effective communication and dealing with distraction, inflexibility, impulsivity, and frustration.
- Relationships in socialisation issues and developing positive peer to peer interaction.
- Resilience in terms of transition points, happiness, and wellbeing
Fin O’Regan MA
Fin is one of the leading behaviour and learning specialists in the UK. He is currently an ADHD and Neurodiversity Consultant for number of schools and organisations, an associate lecturer for Leicester University, NASEN, The Helen Arkell Charity and the Institute of Education.
He is a current member of the Special Education Consortium, the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee, and The CDC London, is a council member of CReSTeD and on the advisory board of the University of Michigan, USA.
Fintan is an internationally acclaimed presenter has presented over 2500 seminars throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, and North America and has published twelve books about ND/ADHD, learning, behaviour, and socialisation issues.