The Umbrella sessions are designed to help family members gain more understanding of their child or young person’s diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and develop some strategies to help support the whole family.

They will be offered to parents and carers of children and young people in the Rochdale Borough who have either received a diagnosis of ADHD from Healthy Young Minds (HYM) or are awaiting assessment for ADHD . Please ensure that your young person either lives in or attends an education setting within the Rochdale Borough, UK before booking this session.

Each session stands alone and will cover a topic in relation to ADHD. You can attend one session, all the topic sessions or choose which are pertinent to your young person. The sessions will be delivered online via Zoom which can be downloaded from the Appstore, Google Play Store or accessed via a web browser. Links to access the zoom meeting will be sent before each session to those participants with confirmed places.

The main focus of the sessions will be to work with you to build understanding of your child’s diagnosis and increase your resilience and ability to support your child or young person on their journey in a positive and empowering way.

This course will be co delivered in parts with support of HYM (Healthy Young Minds) and associated specialist ADHD practitioners. This will be followed up by ongoing support at a virtual monthly get together.

The various sessions are:

• ADHD, all about it

• ADHD, Medication, sleep issues, wellbeing and self-care

• ADHD, Sensory challenges and general strategies for when life gets tough

• ADHD and how to flourish in school

This session will cover “ADHD, all about it”