Hertfordshire Bee You- Understanding Autism and ADHD

This is a 10 part weekly virtual session for primary and secondary school aged young people. The intention for these sessions is to provide young people with a fun and safe space to learn about themselves and develop the tools and strategies to see them through school and beyond.

For ages 5-10, the weekly topics are:

• Session 1: What is autism and ADHD, What strengths does this bring us?
• Session 2: Learning about ourselves.
• Session 3: Friendships
• session 4: Managing school.
• Session 5: Taking the fear out of becoming an adult.
• session 6: Body scanning, how am I feeling?
• Session 7: Emotional regulation (including creating emotional toolbox)
• Session 8: Masking / internal presentation
• Session 9: Managing social expectations.
• Session 10: What are your interests

For age 11-16, the weekly topics are:

• Session 1: What is autism and ADHD, What strengths does this bring us?
• Session 2: Executive functioning
• Session 3: Friendships & relationships (including online)
• Session 4: Emotional regulation
• Session 5: Female puberty
• Session 6: Male puberty
• Session 7: Body scanning, how am I feeling? Including Emotional toolbox
• Session 8: Managing school
• Session 9: Masking / internal presentation
• Session 10: Myth busting – what do people expect from me?

It is recommended that for the best outcomes, all sessions are attended, however, you can just book onto the sessions you think are of most interest to you . These sessions will be live and interactive, however there will not be an expectation for the young person to interact unless they would like too, to ensure it is accessible to all.

A workbook will be provided to attendees to make notes and includes resources which they can use thereafter.

You can self-refer for these sessions.

For ages 5-10, Weekly topics are:

All sessions run 4.30-5.30pm via ms teams.

• Wednesday 15^th May: Session 1: What is autism and ADHD, What strengths does this bring us?
• Wednesday 22^nd May: Session 2: Introductory session to the course – getting to know each other
• Wednesday 29^th May: Session 3: Learning about ourselves
• Wednesday 05^th June: Session 4: Friendships
• Wednesday 12^th June: Session 5: Managing school
• Wednesday 19^th June: Session 6: Preparing for change as we grow up
• Wednesday 26^th June: Session 7: Body scanning, how am I feeling?
• Wednesday 3^rd July: Session 8: Emotional regulation (including creating emotional toolbox)
• Wednesday 10^th July: Session 9: Masking / internal presentation
• Wednesday 17^th July: Session 10: Myth busting – what do people expect from me?

For age 11-16, the weekly topics are:

All sessions run 4.30-5.30pm via ms teams.

• Friday 17^th May: Session 1: What is autism and ADHD, What strengths does this bring us?
• Friday 24^th May: Session 2: Executive functioning
• Friday 31^st May: Session 3: Friendships & relationships (including online)
• Friday 7^th June: Session 4: Emotional regulation
• Friday 14^th June: Session 5: Female puberty
• Friday 21^st June: Session 6: Male puberty
• Friday 28^th June: Session 7: Body scanning, how am I feeling? Including Emotional toolbox
• Friday 5^th July: Session 8: Managing school
• Friday 12^th July: Session 9: Masking / internal presentation
• Friday 19^th July: Session 10: Myth busting – what do people expect from me?