Supporting the Highly Sensitive Child
Highly sensitive children experience the world more deeply, noticing subtleties others miss, but also feeling easily overwhelmed. Without the right support, sensitivity can look like anxiety, defiance or withdrawal.
Supporting Psychosocial Wellness in Children with ADHD
📅 Tuesday Oct 14th
🕡 6.30-7.30pm
🎥 Recording Available Afterwards
Suitable for parents, teachers and professionals
Children with ADHD are not only more likely to struggle with attention and behaviour - they also face real psychosocial challenges that affect learning, friendships and long-term wellbeing. In Ireland, around 5% of children are estimated to have ADHD. That's roughly one child in every classroom, meaning many teachers will support children who are quietly battling low self-esteem, emotional dysregulation and poor peer relationships.
Research shows children with ADHD commonly experience lower health-related quality of life, difficulties with self-esteem and persistent social and peer-relationship problems. Emotional dysregulation is strongly linked to later mental-health difficulties, making early, targeted psychosocial supports essential (Popit et al., 2024).
Who should attend?
- Primary school teachers, principals, SNA and SEN coordinators
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Parents and carers of children aged 4-12 with ADHD
If you work with primary-age children, this webinar will give you practical, evidence-based tools you can start using straight away.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar participants will be able to:
- Identify the emotional challenges commonly experienced by children with ADHD, including emotional and mood regulation.
- Recognise how ADHD symptoms can affect a child’s self-esteem, sense of competence and motivation to engage in learning and social activities.
- Evaluate evidence-based strategies to promote resilience, social skills and emotional wellbeing in children with ADHD.
Remember, research tells us that children with ADHD are more likely than peers to experience lower self-esteem and peer difficulties, which are linked to worse mental-health outcomes if unaddressed (Mazzone et al., 2013).
If there is a child in your family, classroom or setting who you think needs support in this area, make sure to book this webinar so you can be that adult in their world who truly makes a meaningful difference.
What you’ll receive
- CPD Certificate
- Copy of worksheets and summary slides
- Lifetime access to the recording and all materials
Your Instructor
Dr Lorraine Lynch is the Clinical Director of the Child Psychology Institute (CPI). She holds a Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology from London Metropolitan University (LMU) and is accredited by the HCPC and BPS. Her research thesis was based on the lived experience of children with Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) from the perspective of their parents. During her doctorate training, she completed placements in the private sector working on breastfeeding advocacy and support, and also within the NHS (Kidderminster Hospital, Birmingham) working on the promotion of digital health solutions. Dr Lorraine has won numerous awards within the social innovation and enterprise space, receiving a Social Entrepreneurs Ireland award in 2014, Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers Award in 2021 and Network Ireland 'Power Within Champion' Award in 2022. Dr Lorraine is also the author of two books designed to promote children’s wellness - #100happydays4kids and Closing Saor’s Day.
Her most important role is a mother to three smallies, who serve as a constant reminder of how much potential exists within each child.
“Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.” A. J. Darkholme