Understanding and Supporting Girls with ADHD | Primary

Catrina Lowri
Creator of Neuroteachers resources

Webinar

58 min

Rated 5 stars

(99)

This webinar will provide you with expert advice on how your primary school can better identify characteristics of ADHD in girls earlier, with a specific emphasis on how the condition may present differently to how it may present in boys. It also offers practical guidance on how staff can support these pupils to thrive through the development of a clear plan for their setting.
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For: Leaders, teachers, teaching assistants 

Aim: This webinar will provide you with expert advice on how your primary school can better identify characteristics of ADHD in girls earlier, with a specific emphasis on how the condition may present differently to how it may present in boys. It also offers practical guidance on how staff can support these pupils to thrive through the development of a clear plan for their setting.

Why this webinar’s important: While the DfE’s SEND code of practice 2015 lays out the requirements for how settings must support children with SEND, this can be difficult without a thorough grasp of the unique challenges that these pupils face. With the ways that ADHD may present in girls differing to how it may present in boys, it’s vital that staff understand these variations and how girls with ADHD can be better supported.

Outcome 1:

Understanding what ADHD is and appreciating that this spectrum condition can affect individuals in different ways

Outcome 2:

Recognising the core characteristics of ADHD and ‘female presentation’, and identifying why this is important to acknowledge

Outcome 3:

Appreciating the particular types of support that girls with ADHD may benefit from, in support of both their education and wellbeing

Outcome 4:

Gaining insight into strategies for enhancing outcomes and helping girls with ADHD to thrive in class

Outcome 5:

Understanding how your school or setting can put in place a plan to support girls who exhibit ADHD traits to help them thrive

Catrina Lowri

Catrina Lowri is a qualified special needs teacher and experienced SENCO. She recently launched her website ‘Neuroteachers’ which offers a library of short ‘how to’ and explanation videos for educators. Catrina also writes and delivers online training and events for multi academy trusts, businesses, schools and training organisations

Her passion for inclusion has led her to train as a specialist lead trainer for the Positive Regard Programme. This offers schools relational methodology to help reduce behaviours of concern. She will shortly be offering this training to settings in the South of England and Wales. 

Catrina recently worked on an Impact Project with staff from the Autism Centre for Education and Research at University of Birmingham, creating online resources aimed at school leaders to help prevent exclusion for autistic learners. She has become a distance learning trainer on the Master’s In Autism course at the University of Birmingham due to her work with anxious non-attenders. 

Catrina is an Autism Education Trust Lead Trainer in North Somerset. She runs the ASK (Autism and Social Communication) project, employing 4 autistic trainers. She has had several articles published in the Good Autism Practice (GAP) journal, and has collaborated on award-winning training. Catrina qualified with a secondary PGCE in German and history some 22 years ago, and initially worked as a modern languages teacher and then head of German. In 2014 she completed a Master’s in Autism. 

Catrina is neurodivergent herself, having the dual diagnosis of dyslexia and bipolar disorder. She talks openly about her experiences as an ND teacher and offers support to other educators with similar needs to her own. She believes that being taught by an ND teacher can offer learners a role model who has had similar experiences to their own. It also offers parents hope that their ND children can succeed and reach their full potential.

Good explanation.
Margaret McMillan Primary School BD9 5DF
A lot of information to help support girls with adhd and what you can change in the classroom
Teaching Assistant - Aspire School ME10
Very interesting and informative. ADHD in girls needs far more recognition in general and webinars such as this offer a great start
Woburn Lower School
A very clear and inclusive approach very helpful thank you
Teacher - Our Lady of Sion Senior School
Learnt lots with this webinar
Teaching Assistant - Eastwood Primary School & Nursery, SS9 5UT
Very thorough, informative and precise.
Teaching Assistant - Woodmansterne School
Insightful
Teacher - St Martin's Academy CH2 3NG
highlighted the clear differencess observed in boys compared to girls.
Teacher - Lower Halstow Primary School
Helped me reflect on the girls in my class who I suspect may have ADHD and how best to support them and their families
Subject Lead - Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School, B90 3QX
Making life easy for a ADHD girl keeping her attention using different ways to explain the subjects, elaborating clear and supportive plan with beginning, middle and end for her activities...
Teaching Assistant - Warwick Preparatory School
Very clear and understandable.
The Richard Clarke First School
very informative
Teaching Assistant - St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School
a great intro into working with girls with ADHD.
Teaching Assistant - Lime Tree Primary School - M33 2RP
Well structured and informative. Good focus on gender and gender stereotypes and their effects on those with ADHD.
Castleside Primary School
informative and easy to understand, thanks
British International School Riyadh (Central Account)
Lots of strategies to try
Teaching Assistant - St Nicholas Primary School SS6 9NE
Excellent, really informative
St Luke's School
Very interesting to see ADHD support from the point of view of girls.
Send Coordinator - PDO School
Really informative webinar
Teaching Assistant - St Winefride's School, SY1 1TE
Very informative and given me a lot to think about.
Subject Lead - Barnfields Primary School S
Great course
Aspire School ME10
Easy to follow, and very informative
Teaching Assistant - Ashfield Infant & Nursery School
Understanding and supporting girls with ADHD
Teaching Assistant - The Brier Special School
Fully informative
Teaching Assistant - Weston Primary School