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Lesson 1: Understanding AuADHD Fundamentals
Lesson 2: Monotropism and Communication
Lesson 3: Sensory Environment and Daily Fluctuations
Lesson 4: ADHD Features and Executive Challenges
Lesson 5: Rejection Sensitivity and Emotional Impact
Lesson 6: Anxiety and Contradictory Needs
Lesson 7: Practical Support Strategies
Lesson 8: Behavior Support and Crisis Response
UNDERSTANDING AuDHD: Teaching & Supporting Students with Autism and ADHD Co-occurrence
Original price was: A$149.00.A$74.50Current price is: A$74.50.
Laura Kerbey is a best-selling author and a highly respected educator with over 21 years of experience working with young people who have a range of learning difficulties, with a particular passion for supporting and teaching individuals on the autism spectrum.
Holding qualifications including MBPsS, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGCE (Autism), and NPQH, Laura has spent much of her career in schools and colleges, working closely with students, their families, and staff to address the unique barriers to learning that autism can present.
She is deeply attuned to the frustration and anxiety that these challenges often cause for students, parents, and educators alike.
✅ 2 Hours, 8 Lessons
✅ Online On-demand Course
✅ 6 Weeks to Complete 🎁 BONUS 6 MONTHS if you purchase before Monday December 1st
✅ Transcript to refer back to forever
✅ Certificate of Completion
✅ Handout includes Additional Helpful Tips
✅ Email questions directly to Sue Larkey
✅ 100% Money back – if, after the first two lessons, you decide the course is not for you
✅ IT support
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What you will learn in this Course
Understand AuDHD Fundamentals
Discover why autism and ADHD co-occur in 50-70% of cases and learn that individual needs vary daily. Understand how environment determines when differences become disabilities.
Master Monotropism and Task-Switching
Learn how monotropic flow creates intense focus but makes task-switching challenging. Understand why literal interpretation requires specific, detailed instructions.
Create Sensory-Smart Environments
Recognise how sensory needs fluctuate daily between seeking and avoiding stimulation. Discover simple modifications that dramatically improve learning capacity.
Lesson Outline
Lesson 1: Understanding AuADHD Fundamentals
- Understand that autism and ADHD frequently co-occur creating unique dual challenges
- Discover how individual needs vary daily – the same student presents differently depending on which condition dominates
- Learn that environment determines when differences become disabilities
- Explore the multidimensional autism spectrum beyond linear functioning labels
Lesson 2: Monotropism and Communication
- Understand monotropic flow interruptions – when hyperfocus meets task-switching demands it’s like forcing a bike from smooth road onto rough uphill terrain
- Discover how literal interpretation requires specific, detailed instructions without vague language
- Learn the difference between receptive and expressive communication abilities
- Explore how central coherence challenges create intense focus on details while missing bigger pictures
Lesson 3: Sensory Environment and Daily Fluctuations
- Understand that sensory needs fluctuate daily between seeking stimulation and avoiding overload
- Discover how school environments contain overwhelming challenges often unnoticed by others
- Learn to recognize competing sensory requirements within the same student
- Explore simple environmental modifications that dramatically improve learning capacity
Lesson 4: ADHD Features and Executive Challenges
- Understand how double executive function challenges require breaking everything into micro-steps
- Discover contradictory attention patterns – intense hyperfocus on interests but struggle with non-preferred tasks
- Learn about dopamine-seeking behavior and the craving for novelty
- Explore how 20,000 more negative messages by age 12 impact self-esteem
Lesson 5: Rejection Sensitivity and Emotional Impact
- Understand how rejection sensitivity in literal thinkers creates devastating reactions to casual comments
- Discover that 98% of ADHD individuals experience genuine physical and emotional pain from criticism
- Learn how perfectionism and people-pleasing develop as protective mechanisms
- Explore how masking both conditions amplifies exhaustion and creates double mental load
Lesson 6: Anxiety and Contradictory Needs
- Understand the anxiety bucket model and how neurodivergent buckets lack natural drainage
- Discover the novelty versus routine contradiction – ADHD craves novelty while autism needs familiarity
- Learn how anxiety directly impacts demand tolerance and compliance ability
- Explore how social communication confusion occurs when ADHD impulsivity meets autism’s difficulty reading cues
Lesson 7: Practical Support Strategies
- Understand how to provide structured routines with small, predictable variations
- Discover strategic environmental accommodations and movement integration
- Learn to use names first to break monotropic focus before giving instructions
- Explore the importance of distinguishing high-priority safety demands from low-priority preferences
Lesson 8: Behavior Support and Crisis Response
- Understand that all behavior communicates unmet needs for connection, autonomy, or space
- Discover how delayed processing during overwhelm requires patience and processing time
- Learn crisis recovery patterns – minimum 4-5 minutes needed like a boiling kettle cooling down
- Explore positive language frameworks that provide solutions without triggering rejection sensitivity
Support Executive Function and ADHD Features
Understand how to break down overwhelming tasks effectively. Learn about dopamine-seeking behaviors and counteract the negative messaging ADHD students receive.
Address Rejection Sensitivity and Build Self-Esteem
Master the art of observing what truly interests each student and using their special interests – no matter how unusual – as powerful rewards and motivators.
Manage the Anxiety Bucket and Competing Needs
Understand why neurodivergent anxiety accumulates without natural release. Learn to navigate AuDHD’s competing needs and how anxiety impacts demand tolerance.
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Meet Laura Kerbey
Laura Kerbey is a best-selling author and a highly respected educator with over 21 years of experience working with young people who have a range of learning difficulties, with a particular passion for supporting and teaching individuals on the autism spectrum. Holding qualifications including MBPsS, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGCE (Autism), and NPQH, Laura has spent much of her career in schools and colleges, working closely with students, their families, and staff to address the unique barriers to learning that autism can present. She is deeply attuned to the frustration and anxiety that these challenges often cause for students, parents, and educators alike.
Laura’s empathetic and tailored approach has enabled her to work effectively with young people and empower educators and staff with the skills they need to do the same. She offers accredited Autism training at Level 2 and Level 3, as well as Level 2 training on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) accredited by The London Region Open College Network.
Meet Sue Larkey
Sue Larkey is a highly respected educator, author, and speaker with extensive experience in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She has taught students in both mainstream and special education settings, combining practical experience with extensive research. Sue holds a Master’s in Special Education and has completed the research sections of her Doctorate in Education.
Sue’s podcast, the “Sue Larkey Podcast,” has over 1.3 million downloads across more than 200 episodes and is the #1 ranked Apple Podcast in Australia in the Course category. Her podcast resources are used by leading universities, including Monash University and Canberra University, to train teachers. She also has a global following, with over 135,000 subscribers to her weekly e-newsletter in more than 30 countries and a community of 130,000 Facebook followers.
Sue has authored over 18 books aimed at educators, teacher assistants, and parents/carers, and is a former winner of the Naturally Autistic International Award for Community Contribution. She has delivered hundreds of speeches at both international and national conferences, earning recognition as a trusted source of knowledge, compassion, and inspiration for educators, support workers, and families.
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EVALUATIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS
(99% RECOMMEND THE COURSE TO OTHERS)
| How useful was the course? | Would you recommend this course to others? | If “YES” would recommend: What would you say to people who were considering to doing the course? |
| Excellent | Yes | AuDHD Course was very worth while and informative. |
| Very Good | Yes | A great course on helping children with AuDHD. Lots of practical advice. |
| Excellent | Yes | A great course. Easy to listen to and short so manageable to complete in a small amount of time. Packed full of information and having the handouts makes it so much easier to follow and not having to take notes on everything and then missing important parts. |
| Excellent | Yes | A must for effective teaching practice |
| Excellent | Yes | A very rewarding course offered very clear and informative information to better understand an ADHD/Autistic child’s perspective of the world they live in and how we can help them cope in these overwhelming situations to bring out the best in them socially, emotionally and cognitively. |
| Excellent | Yes | All |
| Very Good | Yes | creates understanding |
| Good | Yes | definitely do it |
| Excellent | Yes | DO IT |
| Very Good | Yes | Do it as you will gain better understanding & knowledge |
| Excellent | Yes | do it beacause it covers the basic of ADHD and Autism |
| Excellent | Yes | Easy way to gain an understanding of AuDHD and practical tips to help students. |
| Excellent | Yes | Even though I have studied Autism and ADHD, this course was able to enlighten me with new information. |
| Excellent | Yes | Even though I have studies Autism and ADHD, I still was able to learn more helpful information. |
| Excellent | Yes | Excellent overview of AuDHD. Practical solutions to help with identifying, working with and helping students experiencing these difficulties. |
| Excellent | Yes | Excellent overview of AuDHD. Practical solutions to identifying, working with and helping students experiencing these diffuculties in the classroom. |
| Excellent | Yes | Fantastic course great information and tips. |
| Very Good | Yes | gives an insite to different stragies and methods to use |
| Excellent | Yes | gives good insight and strategies to take away |
| Satisfactory | Yes | Good topic, good tips and important helpful information. |
| Very Good | Yes | Great beginners’ insight on AUDHD. |
| Satisfactory | Yes | Great if they are totally new to the topics or are not coping with students that have these issues. |
| Excellent | Yes | Great information to help understand and how to help |
| Very Good | Yes | Great strategies provided |
| Very Good | Yes | Helpful course that you can do at your own pace. |
| Excellent | Yes | helpful tips and strategies. |
| Excellent | Yes | I completed this course, which gave me further insight into and really good strategies for supporting ADHD/ AuDHD |
| Excellent | Yes | I know a page you can check with some much useful information. |
| Very Good | Yes | i would recommend always watching a couple of times as you pick up things that you miss sometimes the first time viewing them. |
| Very Good | Yes | I would say that I thoroughly recommend this course. Laura clearly explained why students with autism and ADHD might behave in certain ways, she explains what’s happening in their brains, what triggers anxiety or dysregulation, and how their experiences of the classroom is so different to that of their peers. The insight she provides really helped me to see these challenging behaviours with more empathy and awareness. I also loved that this was followed up with examples of real life situations that we see in our classroom and tips and strategies on how we can react and support our students to create a calmer, more supportive learning environment. I came away with lots of practical tools that will help make life easier for both my students and myself. She gives simple adjustments that I can’t wait to try out to reduce stress and anxiety and support everyone. It was also great to know that many of these strategies I was actually already using acting on instinct and through learning what is the best way to support these students , but now I feel like I can gently steer other educators who don’t always respond in the best way and try to speak to them about some of the great strategies i have learnt that I would like to share with them. I feel like if my advice is from an expert, it will be better received, as sometimes I feel like, as a beginning teacher, I can’t speak up about what I see for fear of getting the “you have been teaching for 5 minutes, you don’t know what you are talking about” response. |
| Very Good | Yes | If they’re unfamiliar with AuDHD or need support to work with students |
| Excellent | Yes | If you are looking for a simple easy to understand and packed with useful information about AuDHD then you should absolutely check out this course with Sue Larkey Understanding AuDHD;Teaching and supporting students with Autism and ADHD Co-Occurance |
| Very Good | Yes | Informative |
| Very Good | Yes | Informing |
| Very Good | Yes | It gave me an insight after 50 years of teaching – yes 50- as to how I can make ADHD/Autism learners more at ease in their learning- it confirmed that often I have short-changed them through my sheer ignorance of what is best for them. |
| Excellent | Yes | It is a great introduction into understanding AuDHD students with effective strategies on how to understand and better manage them in the classroom. |
| Very Good | Yes | It is a very good course to help us to learn more knowledge in order to better support the students with additional needs. |
| Excellent | Yes | It is excellent and gives an overview of AuDHD. It provides excellent ways to work with and help students experiencing these difficulties in the classroom. |
| Excellent | Yes | It is great and good explenation about everything you need to know about it. |
| Excellent | Yes | It is informative and shows very clearly the overlaps and differences between ADHD and ASD. It also is accurate information about ADHD. The education department has an ADHD training which is absolutely rubbish. Maybe you could work with the education department to provide more accurate and informative training for staff? |
| Excellent | Yes | It is money well spent – information provided is fabulous and very practical |
| Excellent | Yes | It is money well spent and the information provided very practical |
| Excellent | Yes | It was easy to follow, the information was very helpful, there were suggestions that can be easily implemented |
| Excellent | Yes | It’s a very user friendly course – with research, anecdotes (but not too many) and ways in which to look at the AuDHD learner. Particularly interesting was the section on RSD. |
| Excellent | Yes | It’s very insightful, it helps make sense of how AuDHD people see the world and how that differs from Neurotypicals. |
| Very Good | Yes | It’s a helpful course to provide you with general understanding of how autism and ADHD interact. It gives useful insights, strategies on supporting students with needs. |
| Excellent | Yes | It’s really helpful in understanding your students thinking patterns. |
| Excellent | Yes | Its great for teachers with no background on au adhd. |
| Very Good | Yes | Learn as much as you can! |
| Good | Yes | Lots of useful information and helps you understand the classroom experience from the perspective of a neurodiverse learner. |
| Excellent | Yes | Lots of useful information, clearly given and easy to understand |
| Satisfactory | No | most information is online .Was more generic |
| Excellent | Yes | provides a clearer understanding of events that take place in the classroom |
| Excellent | Yes | Really useful info to apply in the classroom |
| Excellent | Yes | That it was full of useful and informative information |
| Excellent | Yes | That there is a need to understand Adhd and austism but also AuDhd |
| Very Good | Yes | the course gives better understanding of students’ behaviour/reactions in various situations. Overall, better understanding of neurodiversity. |
| Very Good | Yes | The course has many examples and tips that are useful to use in the classroom. It also is encouraging to see that the strategies I am using already are on the right track. |
| Excellent | Yes | The course is easy to participate in and contains valuable and practical ideas to use in the classroom |
| Excellent | Yes | The course is practical and gives you ideas and suggestions on how to support the children |
| Excellent | Yes | The PD was a great use of my time and very appropriate for my work. The presentation was very clear, easily digestible, relevant, respectful, relatable and positive. I really enjoyed it! 🙂 |
| Excellent | Yes | The Teaching and Supporting Students with Autism and ADHD course gives educators the insight they need to understand their students’ behaviour and provide more meaningful, compassionate support. |
| Very Good | Yes | There are useful tips in understanding and great strategies in supporting students |
| Good | Yes | these lessons provide you with great examples and advice on how to work and support children with autism and ADHD. |
| Excellent | Yes | This course gives you an insight into how our ASD students can also be ADHD and how their brains and bodies work. |
| Excellent | Yes | This course is a MUST for all people supporting neurodivergent students. |
| Very Good | Yes | This course is helpful to provide understanding on how autism and ADHD interact, it gives insights and strategies on helping students with needs. |
| Very Good | Yes | This course is very informative with useful strategies |
| Excellent | Yes | This course provides key foundational knowledge for supporting teachers with AuDHD children in their class. |
| Yes | This explains the overlap in ways easy to understand and gives excellent advice on how to work with children experiencing these difficulties in the classroom. | |
| Excellent | Yes | This is such a wonderful course with lots of practical/actionable solutions! |
| Good | Yes | This will give you a clearer outlook on AuADHD and how to help students navigate through a school day. |
| Good | Yes | This would be suitable for people who need a general introduction to AuDHD, and how to support children in the classroom space. |
| Very Good | Yes | this would be very useful for beginners |
| Excellent | Yes | to do it it covers the basics on ADHD |
| Excellent | Yes | To understand and know how to work with neurodivergent students better . |
| Excellent | Yes | to understand the behaviours of AuDHD and the helpful strategies to put in place in the classroom. |
| Excellent | Yes | understanding the intersection between Autism and ADHD & Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria |
| Excellent | Yes | Understanding the overlap of ASD and ADHD was really useful but more so understanding that the two conditions can be contradictory to each other, which has made some situations difficult to read and understand for me in the past. |
| Excellent | Yes | very helpful tips to use in a classroom. |
| Excellent | Yes | Very informative, lots of good ideas on what you can do to improve the environment using empathy and understanding. |
| Excellent | Yes | Very informative, makes you think about things differently with more empathy and understanding on how you can help. |
| Excellent | Yes | Very informative. I listened to it on the drive to and from work. There were problems accessing the website on my phone at times as the screen was so tiny, but set it up before the drive and then didn’t have to touch it. The lessons are divided into chunks which made the listening sessions easy. |
| Excellent | Yes | Very interesting and helpful tips on working with students with Autism and ADHD |
| Excellent | Yes | very interesting and lots of helpful ideas. |
| Very Good | Yes | Very interesting how AuDHD symptoms can contradict each other and can be challenging for a young person |
| Excellent | Yes | Very well presented. |
| Satisfactory | No | While I didn’t find the course all that helpful with new information or strategies (it was a good refresher though), it would be great for new teachers who are developing their classroom management skills and styles. |
| Very Good | Yes | Work colleagues |
| Very Good | Yes | Yes, I would recommend this course to others as there are many practical examples and explanation given on the topics being discussed. |
| Very Good | Yes | YES. I really loved that the presenter has shared her personal experiences and spoke with such passion. |
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