Practice strategies for supporting autistic and ADHDer children’s mental health

‘The world needs to know that people with autism act differently, but despite this we can do anything we put our hearts to.’

– Daisy, Year 10¹

Practice strategies for supporting autistic and ADHDer children’s mental health introduces five strategies to support your work with children and families. It recognises that our world isn’t built for neurodivergent brains, and that neurotypical rules, systems and environments have a significant impact on autistic and ADHDer children’s mental health and wellbeing. As such, this course focuses on improving children and families’ quality of life by understanding, accommodating and advocating for their needs, rather than controlling or ‘treating’ the child’s neurodivergence.

This course builds on the learnings shared in Understanding autistic and ADHDer children’s mental health, which introduced a neurodivergent-affirming approach to working with children and families. We recommend you complete that course before continuing with this one.

Please note: This course does not provide information or guidance on conducting autism and ADHD assessments.