Child development
ADHD & everyday participation
Make room for the way your child learns, moves and approaches daily tasks. Explore practical routines and participation support that build on their strengths, alongside existing professional and school care.
A connected care plan.
The starting point
Make daily routines and participation more manageable through support that fits.
Children and young people with ADHD, or families seeking guidance while arranging specialist assessment. Practical support needs are considered individually; diagnosis and medication decisions require appropriate specialists, and a programme depends on suitable professional availability.
Make it personal.
02 / Your planKeep it connected.
03 / Your next stepReview it together.
What would support look like for you?
A clinician guides care. A coach helps your family carry the plan into daily life. Your centre agrees the support available.
Care that fits your everyday life.
A shared plan, shaped around the person and reviewed by their clinician.
Where would you like to begin?
Clear, manageable routines+
Simple instructions, visible reminders, smaller task steps and planned breaks can be considered around the child’s daily challenges.
Movement and participation+
Enjoyable, suitable activity and opportunities for breaks can form part of a broader plan for school, home and wellbeing.
Family and school alignment+
Parents, educators and relevant professionals can agree consistent approaches, with the child involved and information shared only with consent.
What would you like to know next?
What would the first steps be?↗
- Assessment
Understand strengths and daily challenges, review existing support and identify whether specialist assessment is needed.
- Your plan
Agree practical goals and appropriate home or school adjustments with the child and family.
- Supported practice
Try manageable routines and enjoyable activities, adapting them to feedback and the child’s needs.
- Review
Review daily usefulness with the family and relevant professionals, and change the approach when needed.
How would progress be reviewed?↗
Your clinician chooses measures relevant to your goals. Examples may include:
- Child- and family-chosen daily participation goals
- Parent, child and teacher reports of tasks and routines
- Clinician-selected symptom or functioning questionnaires when appropriate
Who could support me?↗
- Paediatrician or psychiatrist with ADHD expertise when needed
- Coach for everyday goals and follow-through
- Child psychologist or relevant therapist
- Special educator or school support team
- Parent or caregiver, with the child’s involvement
Your centre confirms which professionals are involved and how you will meet.
How can a coach support our family?↗
Your coach works with you and your child on manageable routines, participation and the barriers your family meets between visits. The team agrees your coach’s involvement and how to stay in touch. Clinical decisions remain with your child’s clinician.
Meet the coaching roleCan we discuss family money pressures?↗
Parents and caregivers can discuss care costs, household priorities and pressures around work. Your coach can help you organise practical questions and explore money habits. This is financial wellbeing education, not advice on financial products.
Explore financial wellbeing supportHow does this fit my existing care?↗
ADHD support is usually built around everyday settings. If a child has an admission or another medical treatment, share relevant communication needs, routines and prescribed medicines with that team. Return to activities should follow clinical advice while preserving helpful school and family support.
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Your questions, answered.
Can an attention game confirm ADHD?
No. Diagnosis involves specialist assessment of symptoms, development and functioning across settings. Computer tasks may contribute in some settings, but they do not establish the diagnosis alone.
Must we wait for a diagnosis before seeking support?
Families can discuss practical home and school support while arranging assessment. The available help should respond to the child’s needs without assigning a diagnosis from a brief activity.
Will this replace ADHD medication?
No. Whether medication is appropriate, and how it is prescribed or monitored, belongs to the responsible clinician. Practical support can sit alongside the child’s agreed treatment and educational plan.
Clinical perspective
Games, attention scores and brief screens cannot diagnose ADHD. This support does not replace specialist treatment or school adjustments. A dedicated programme requires individual suitability review and confirmation of appropriate professional availability.
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