Course Summary
This course provides insights into the signs, symptoms, and impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Participants will learn strategies to create a supportive learning environment, including breaking tasks into smaller pieces, using visual cues, establishing routines and structures, setting clear expectations, employing positive reinforcement, and incorporating assistive technologies and tools like fidget toys and reset breaks. The course emphasizes the importance of collaboration with parents, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to implement effective treatment plans tailored to individual students. The overall goal is to enhance educators' ability to support students with ADHD for positive life outcomes.
You will learn:
- the signs, symptoms, and impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- effective strategies for creating a supportive classroom environment, including the use of visual cues, routines, and positive reinforcement
- collaborative approaches with parents, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to implement tailored treatment plans for students with ADHD, aiming to enhance educators' ability to support positive life outcomes for these students.
Course time:
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:
This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.
- 1.5.2 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
Certificate of completion
You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.
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Course Content
Understanding ADHD
Course Instructor
Your instructor Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.
This course has been designed in consultation with experts in education and wellbeing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?
Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 1.5.2 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
How long will this take to complete?
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Will I get proof of completion?
You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.
Is this course accredited?
While this course is not accredited by state teaching authorities, it is mapped to the national Professional Standards for Teachers. This means that you can log this course with your state regulatory authority as elective PD hours.
- 1.5.2 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
Who are the instructors?
This course is designed by Cool.org's team of education specialists, in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, and scientists.
Our team continually reviews and refines our resources to align with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.
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