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Meet the expert – ADHD in the classroom Associate Professor Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez
On 7 July 2026, ACAMH will host a webinar ADHD in the Classroom: Accommodations and Behavioural Supports. We caught up with the presenter – Associate Professor Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital – about the topic itself and her hopes for the event.
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ADHD in the Classroom: Strategies to Improve Attention, Engagement, and Self‑Regulation
Attention‑Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental conditions in school‑aged children and adolescents. In classroom contexts, ADHD is often associated with difficulties in sustained attention, organisation, behavioural and emotional regulation, and academic engagement. These challenges can affect both learning and social functioning if not appropriately supported.
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Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) in Practice: Evidence, Complexity, and Recovery-Oriented Approaches
This three-hour online event explores what we currently know about EBSA, and how thinking, language, and responses have evolved in recent years. The session will examine the up-to-date research landscape, emerging international developments, and recovery-oriented approaches grounded in complex real-world cases.
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- Update session
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- LIVE STREAM
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ADHD in the Classroom: Accommodations and Behavioural Supports
Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez will explore evidence-informed classroom accommodations and behavioural strategies that improve attention, engagement and self-regulation. Designed for clinicians and teachers, this event offers practical tools to strengthen collaboration and improve outcomes for students with ADHD.
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- Update session
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- LIVE STREAM
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School mental health, with Professor Mark D Weist
We caught up with the presenter – Professor Mark D Weist, Professor in the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of South Carolina and Director of the South Carolina School Behavioral Health Academy – to talk about the topic itself, his career, and his hopes for the event.
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Understanding mental health challenges in autism and ADHD: A focus on schools as a source of emotional burden
The aim of this event is to share insights and outputs from Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience (RE-STAR), a UKRI-funded research programme which is trying understand why young neurodivergent people are at elevated risk for mental health problems.
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- FREE live stream
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- FREE live stream
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Promoting Mental Health in Schools: Evidence-Based Strategies for a Stepped, Collaborative Approach
Recent research has highlighted the advantages of comprehensive school mental health (SMH) systems, particularly those organised around Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). MTSS provides a coherent structure integrating prevention, early intervention and intensive support to meet diverse student needs (Barrett et al., 2018) acknowledging the interdependence of academic outcomes, mental health and social-emotional development.
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