ADHD Online Events
Each month ADHD Support Australia brings you an expert in an ADHD-related field to empower you with the information you need on your ADHD journey.
Since April 2020 our speaker evenings and events have all been online.
Book in below and you’ll be sent a link and instructions on how to join the talk via Zoom call.
All online speaker evenings are $20 (+ booking fee + GST), unless otherwise advertised.
If you can’t make it to the live event or have only just found us and missed past events you can find recordings on our Patreon members’ site.
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Please scroll down to see all our online offerings including Online Parenting Courses, Online Digital Parenting Program, PEERS Social Skills for Teens & Young Adults, PEERS Dating Skills and NeuroACT Program for Teens and Adults
Neuroact Program – Teens 13-17
February 6, 2025 @ 4:30 pm-May 8, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
NeuroACT for Teens (13-17) Online Program
ADHD Support Australia is excited to offer the NeuroACT® Program for Teens via Telehealth.
The NeuroACT® Program is an evidence-based, 12-week online program, specifically designed and shown to be effective for teens in the neurodiverse community, or anyone with high stress levels or mental health problems who wants to focus on mindfulness and stress management.
It teaches essential skills that enable participants to address the unique challenges associated with executive and adaptive functions, so that they can reduce stress and increase their quality of life by being able to do what they want to do in life.
Developed in consultation with autistic people, NeuroACT aims to help individuals manage any challenges they may have with stressful situations, such as sensory overload (e.g., sounds, smell, and tactile experiences), emotional and bodily unawareness and dysregulation, unfamiliar occasions, changes in the environment or events that exceed the individual’s social capacity.
Without being able to manage these stressful situations it can lead to difficult thoughts and feelings such as worry and sadness. The body then reacts by tensing up and everything feels harder. This can then make it difficult to handle both familiar and new situations and can be life limiting and detrimental to mental and physical health outcomes.
The NeuroACT program methods are based on the behavioural science of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a form of cognitive behaviourial therapy (CBT) and neuroscience – in particular, neuropsychology and knowledge about executive function.
By enhancing stress management skills, NeuroACT reduces avoidance, making it possible to do meaningful behaviours and activities, in such a way that increases quality of life.
This is achieved by utilising:
- Motivation techniques such as finding out what’s really important to oneself (not what parents, peers, or society say is important) and creating clear behaviour goals;
- Adversity skills such perspective-taking on thoughts and acceptance of emotions and bodily reactions; and
- Psychoeducation on typical neurodivergent challenges such as stress, emotions, sensory impressions, and body signals.
The overall goal is to teach skills that increase psychological flexibility – which is the ability to deal with thoughts, emotions, and body sensations, reduce behavioural avoidance, and fulfill personally chosen goals, commonly leading to a sense of purposefulness and thereby improving mental health and well-being.
NeuroACT® for Teens Program Details
NeuroACT® for Teens consists of 12, 90-minute weekly sessions in a small online group setting of 6-12 teens. Sessions are relaxed and fun, allowing teens to learn in a safe environment, where each session builds upon the previous week.
Teens will cover:
Session 1 – My Stressful Situations
Session 2 – Avoidance Trap
Session 3 – Focus Training
Session 4 – Take Perspective
Session 5 – What’s Important
Session 6 – Do What’s Important
Session 7 – Handle Emotions
Session 8 – Handle the body
Session 9 – Socialize with others
Session 10 – My self-care
Session 11 – Life Map
Session 12 – Looking forward
Teens will receive weekly worksheets, handouts, homework sheets, weekly planner sheets and will have access to the NeuroACT program platform to access instructional videos and Focus Exercises.
When will it run?
Thursdays @ 4.30-6pm (AEST/AEDT)
For 12 weeks from 6th February 2025
finishing week beginning 8 May 2025
There will be a break on the week of 14 April and 21 April 2025
How much will it cost?
Your investment for this intake is $1,980 (incl. GST $180)
Early Bird pricing
Save 10% when you book before 31st December 2024
Includes:
* 1 intake interview
* 12 x 90 min teen sessions
* Weekly handouts
* Weekly homework assignments
* Weekly Planners
* Access to NeuroACT Platform’s instructional videos & Focus Exercises
* Support throughout the 12-week program
Great value at $165.00 (incl. GST) per week!
Use your NDIS funding if that is available to you.
Meet your group leader
Vivian Dunstan
* Certified NeuroACT program provider
* Certified PEERS Teen & Young Adult Social Skills course provider
* Masters of Teaching (Primary)
* Facilitator of Parenting Children with ADHD 6-week course since 2015
* ADDCA ADHD Coach (Advanced)
* Certified Tech Addiction & Digital Health Educator (NIDHW)
* Facilitator of Digital Parenting Program
* Former RAISE mentor
* Founder & Organiser of ADHD Support Australia
* Advocating for & supporting the ADHD community since 2013
* Organiser of 150+ expert ADHD talks
* Author of ADHD Support Australia’s website
* Experienced Mum of a child, teen and now young adult with ADHD
* Lived Experience of her own ADHD diagnosis
Is NeuroACT right for my teen?
Teens must …
* be between 13-17
* be interested in attending the program
* agree to participate in the program voluntarily
* consistently attend the program
I want to help my teen focus on mindfulness and stress management – what now?
If you’d like to move forward and see how NeuroACT can benefit your teen, please ensure:
* your teen is the appropriate age
* your teen is available on the days/times the program will run
* your teen is interested in joining or hearing more
* the program suits your budget
Then …
Book in a time for me to meet you and your teen via Zoom to ensure they’re on board with starting the program and to give them a chance to meet me and ask any questions they may have.
You can speak to me privately prior to bringing your teen into the conversation if you prefer.
Once you’ve selected the time slot that suits you for your complimentary Zoom call, ensure you accept the invitation that will be emailed to you, and this will then automatically go into both our online calendars.
After the call, if the program isn’t right for your teen, I’ll let you know, and if you decide after our chat that it isn’t for you, that’s fine – it’s a no obligation meeting.
If we decide to move forward after the Zoom, there will be some intake forms for you and your teen to complete and you will be invoiced.
Once this is finalised your place will be secure!
If you are intending on using NDIS funding for the program, I suggest you start your enquiries and process now, so you can have that in place prior to our program start date as this can often take some time.
Once I have completed the process with all those families interested, I will form a suitable group or groups and all details will be sent through.
If you’re not able to attend on the above dates/times but are interested in joining this or a future course, or if you have any further questions, not covered above please email me @ vivian@adhdsupportaustralia.com.au.
If you are based in the UK or Europe there is a NeuroACT program running there – please email: info@adhdautismsupportuk.com
Research/Evidence Base
The NeuroACT program has been developed by experts in the field specifically for neurodiverse teens and those with elevated stress levels and mental health challenges.
NeuroACT has been evaluated at the esteemed Karolinska Institute as a highly effective program, delivering positive outcomes for its participants.
The studies are part of the doctoral dissertation by Johan Pahnke Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evaluation of Feasibility, Effectiveness and Validity of a novel Contextual Behavioral Treatment