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No applications for this program will be accepted after all vacancies have been filled. Unsuccessful applicants will have their monies refunded in full. Cancellation prior to two weeks before the program date (cut-off date) will incur a 15% service charge per applicant. This program will be payable in full for cancellations made on or after the cut-off date or for failure to attend the program. All cancellations must be in writing and emailed to us. In the event of insufficient applications this program will not proceed and registration monies be fully refunded. In the event of this program being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances registration monies only will be refunded as Critical Agendas will not accept liability for the payment of any other associated costs. Critical Agendas reserves the right to vary the advertised programs prior to commencement. Please note Critical Agendas reserves the right to transfer participants from face to face to webinar format with price adjustments (if required), should minimum numbers not be met for face to face event
Unleashing Brilliant Brains: Boys, ADHD & the Power of Connection
ADHD often presents differently in boys — through movement, intensity, impulsivity, emotional reactivity, or shutdown. Too often, this is misread as defiance or disengagement rather than a reflection of developing executive function and a dysregulated stress response.
In this dynamic, neuroscience-informed session, Tony Vallance unpacks how attention, executive functioning, and self-regulation develop in the ADHD brain — and what teachers can do to respond more effectively.
Grounded in current research and delivered through a strengths-based, neuroaffirming lens, this practical workshop equips educators to:
- Interpret behaviour through a neurodevelopmental framework
- Understand fight/flight responses and emotional overload
- Create classroom structures that scaffold executive function
- Design learning experiences that channel energy into engagement
- Reduce power struggles while increasing connection and capacity
Blending lived experience, clinical insight, and classroom-ready strategies, this session empowers teachers to build calmer, more connected learning environments where boys with ADHD can thrive.
When we regulate first, we educate better.
AITSL Standards Addressed
- 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
- 1.2 Understand how students learn
- 1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet specific learning needs
- 3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
- 4.1 Support student participation
- 4.3 Manage challenging behaviour
