About this event
Many ADHD clients experience sensory processing differences that can lead to overwhelm, anxiety, fatigue, or inattentiveness. Understanding how clients process sensory input and how their unique sensory economy affects their daily lives is essential for practitioners working with neurodivergent individuals.
This webinar will explore how ADHD impacts sensory regulation, the eight sensory systems, and practical strategies to help clients manage sensory overload and under stimulation. By identifying sensory thresholds and responses, practitioners can better support clients in navigating their environments, improving emotional regulation, and reducing stress.
We will introduce Dr. Lucy Jane Miller’s classification of Sensory Processing Differences, which includes overresponsiveness, underresponsiveness, sensory cravings, and sensory discrimination challenges. We’ll also discuss Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) and Environmental Sensitivity (ES), helping practitioners move beyond diagnostic labels to focus on practical, supportive interventions.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Identifying Sensory Overload; Understimulation
Participants will learn to identify the signs of sensory over- and under-responsiveness in ADHD clients. Overstimulated clients may experience anxiety, irritability, or sensory avoidance, while under-stimulated clients may seem disengaged, distracted, or restless. Understanding these patterns is crucial in therapy and coaching, as they influence mood, attention, and emotional regulation. By exploring real-life examples and case studies, practitioners will gain insights into how sensory processing impacts behaviour, relationships, and daily functioning. This knowledge will allow them to adjust their approach, ensuring clients feel comfortable, engaged, and better able to manage their sensory environments.
- Exploring the Eight Sensory Systems; Sensory Processing Sensitivity
This webinar will provide an in-depth look at the eight sensory systems, including tactile, visual, gustatory, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, proprioceptive, and interoceptive processing. Practitioners will explore how ADHD influences sensory perception and how Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) and Environmental Sensitivity (ES) can impact an individual’s ability to regulate emotions and energy levels. Understanding these sensory dimensions helps practitioners recognise patterns of sensory discomfort, identify triggers, and develop interventions to help clients navigate work, school, and social settings with greater ease and confidence.
- Practical Strategies for Managing Sensory Challenges
Practitioners will leave this webinar equipped with practical, client-centred strategies for managing sensory overload and under stimulation. These include environmental modifications, sensory-friendly routines, mindfulness practices, and self-regulation techniques tailored to each client’s needs. Participants will learn how to assess sensory thresholds, implement strategies like sensory breaks, grounding exercises, and sensory toolkits, and support clients in self-advocacy regarding their sensory needs. By applying these techniques, practitioners can help ADHD clients build resilience, reduce stress, and improve focus, ultimately enhancing their ability to engage more fully in their personal and professional lives.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Psychotherapist, Counsellors, Coach, Life Coach, Teachers, Tutors, Parents, ADHD Coach.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This webinar provides practitioners with a deeper understanding of sensory processing differences in ADHD and how they impact clients’ emotions, behaviors, and daily interactions. By integrating sensory awareness into therapy and coaching, practitioners can create a more supportive and effective framework for their clients. With these insights, they will be able to identify sensory triggers, guide clients in self-regulation techniques, and tailor interventions to each individual’s needs. This knowledge not only enhances client outcomes but also builds practitioners’ confidence in working with neurodivergent individuals, fostering a more inclusive and empathetic practice.
RECORDING
This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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Nea Clark
Nea is an experienced PTSTA psychotherapist, author, supervisor, NLP practitioner, and ADHD coach with a passion for supporting Neurodivergent individuals. She works with trainees across multiple institutes, offering dedicated guidance to help them navigate their professional development. Based in Leeds, United Kingdom, Nea provides a wide range of services, including face-to-face and online supervision, group supervision sessions, and regularly hosts webinars and seminars to share her expertise.
Specialising in Neurodiversity, Nea primarily focuses on working with clients and supervisees with ADHD and Dyslexia. She has built a reputation for her thoughtful, client-centred approach that empowers individuals to embrace their unique strengths while addressing challenges. Her commitment to this field led her to develop a comprehensive therapeutic treatment plan and training program specifically designed for working with ADHD clients.
Nea’s innovative book, Travel into the ADHD Mind: How to Work with ADHD Clients, was published in September 2024. It provides valuable insights and practical tools for therapists and professiAS onals looking to better support individuals with ADHD. Nea is dedicated to fostering understanding and advancing effective practices in the field of Neurodiversity, making a meaningful impact on both clients and professionals alike.
Website | www.neaclark.com
