Raising a child with ADHD presents unique challenges that often disrupt traditional family systems and parenting strategies. Parents may struggle to understand their child’s neurological differences,as well as their own. While children with ADHD may experience heightened emotional dysregulation, sensory sensitivities, and difficulties in social and academic settings. This workshop invites therapists to explore how ADHD impacts parents and children.
Adlerian principles can help families move from chaos and frustration toward connection, cooperation, and social interest.
Participants will learn to apply Adlerian concepts such as encouragement, belonging, and parenting strategies in practical ways to support parents raising children with ADHD. We will examine strategies for fostering social interest within the family system, reframing misbehavior, and exploring interventions therapists can use with parents to help the plan, identify and implement resources that will help support both of their needs.
Learning Objectives
Objective 1: Differentiate how ADHD impacts children and parents, including neurological, emotional, and behavioral differences, and how these differences can lead to misunderstandings and power struggles within families.
Objective 2: Apply Adlerian concepts (e.g., belonging, social interest, encouragement, democratic parenting) to help families cultivate cooperative and respectful.
Objective 3: Utilize parent coaching techniques to support caregivers in understanding and responding to ADHD-related behaviors through an Adlerian framework.
Objective 4: Facilitate socially interested family planning, helping families build routines, communication systems, and shared responsibilities that support regulation and belonging for all members.
Presenter
Passion Bankhead, MA, LPC-A
Passion Bankhead, MA, LPC-A, is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in South Carolina who works with children, adolescents, adults, and families in school-based and outpatient settings. Her clinical work focuses on trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and neurodivergent populations.
Passion integrates Adlerian principles with creative and strengths-based approaches to promote belonging, encouragement, and social interest. She also develops interactive therapeutic tools and trainings that help therapists, parents, and children apply psychological concepts in practical and meaningful ways.
Costs:
$20 for SCCMHCA Clinical Members
$10 for SCCMHCA Students Members
$30 for Non-SCCMHCA Members
Continuing Education Information
SCCMHCA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2088. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. SCCMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
SCCMHCA is an approved provider for continuing education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialist licensing board. All hours may count as general social work continuing education hours and Category B educational offerings for psychologists. Provider # 4521
If you need special accommodations, have questions, or need assistance registering, contact SCCMHCA.
Refund Policy Cancellations and Refunds
If canceling more than two weeks before a scheduled event, the registrant is entitled to a full refund less a 5% processing fee OR the option to apply the full dollar amount paid toward a future training or event that will be provided by SCCMHCA.
If canceling less than two weeks before a scheduled event, a registrant is entitled to a 50% refund OR the option to apply the full dollar amount paid toward a future training or event that will be provided by SCCMHCA.
If an attendee at a scheduled event leaves early for any reason, the attendee is not eligible for a refund. An attendee must attend a minimum of 90% of an SCCMHCE educational event in order to receive continuing education credits.
