The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups!
The groups are for parents affected by ADHD, because they have it, their kids have it, or both.
The groups begin on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018.
In the groups, you’ll learn:
- How ADHD influences the challenges you face in your home.
- Methods for addressing these challenges in an ADHD friendly way.
- Structures to make mornings smoother.
- The relationship between ADHD & emotions.
- How ADHD affects the way we process information.
- The role dopamine plays in ADHD behavior.
- Ideas for fostering deeper conversations.
- Ways to improve behavior and compliance.
Groups Format:
Sessions are held online, using Zoom, a video chat platform.
We meet twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays for an hour.
Each week has its own theme:
Developing strong household systems helps off load the cognitive effort of parenting. Establishing clear expectations and procedures helps kids feel like the parents have things under control, and parents feel like there’s less to worry about. But doing so requires good planning and follow-through. We’ll start our time together by addressing this often challenging side of ADHD & parenting.
Clear communication can be a struggle in an ADHD house, whether it’s between parent and child, parent and parent, or the parents and school. During this week, we’ll explore ways to make the whole process easier.
In ADHD families, emotions often get in the way. Hard feelings about a past slight, the shame of repeated failure, and sudden frustrated flair-ups cause all sorts of issues. During this week, we’ll look at how to avoid these challenges when it’s possible to do so, and better navigate them when it’s not. And we’ll address The Wall of Awful.
How to get our kids to do what we ask of them, and what to do when they don’t. After all, yelling is overrated, and threatening will only get you so far. During this week, we’ll work on changing perspectives, building skills and developing options that let us avoid yelling and threatening as much as possible, while still having effective consequences, and fostering compliance.
If you’re like most ADHD parents, you’re not doing enough to take care of yourself. During this week, we’ll start the process of swapping that self-neglect with some self-care. You matter. You’re worth the effort.
Strong, healthy social connections help us carry the burden of parenthood. Strong, healthy social connections help our kids feel more connected to their school and community. During this week, we’ll talk about how to strengthen already existing relationships, as well as how to find and foster new ones.
“How was your day?” “Good.” It’s a common refrain across households. During this week, we’ll look at ways to ask better questions, so that we get better answers from our kids. We’ll also look at ways to ask better questions of ourselves, so that we can see problems in a new light, and bring new approaches to bear in addressing them.
The groups begin on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018!
MISSION STATEMENT
Brendan works with individuals, families and institutions who are affected by ADHD. Many of his clients are in a period of transition either at work, school, or in their relationships. Through careful questioning, education, skill building and trouble-shooting, Brendan helps them rebalance the influence ADHD has on them.
PHILOSOPHY
The better we understand ADHD and the way it impacts our lives, the more effectively we can manage it. ADHD is driven by a lack of skills, but those skills can be taught and developed. ADHD might still win sometimes, but if we commit to making steady progress, getting 10% better day-to- day and week-to- week, we’ll come out ahead in the long run.
About Brendan
Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., MS., is an internationally recognized ADHD/Executive Function expert, and an engaging, sought-after speaker. He is the producer and host of the “ADHD Essentials” podcast.
Brendan helps individuals, families, schools, and businesses manage the challenges of ADHD. His approach blends education, collaborative problem-solving, and accountability, with compassion, humor, and a focus on strengths and growth.
Contact him at [email protected].