ADHD TOOLKIT SESSIONS

STUDENTS

ADHD: How to Manage Your Dopamine

Students with ADHD often have lower baseline levels of Dopamine—a key brain chemical that drives motivation, attention, memory, emotional regulation and behaviour.

This session helps both ADHD and neurotypical students understand how their brain works at its best. It explores the strong and wide-ranging influence dopamine has, and how students can better align with what naturally activates and stimulates their brain.

We also unpack the impact of “cheap dopamine” in the modern world—quick, easy hits that can paradoxically lead to dopamine crashes, low motivation, reduced focus and many other ADHD like impairments…

Students will reflect on their own experiences - both positive and negative - and leave with practical tools and strategies to manage their dopamine more consciously and supporting better focus, stronger motivation, and improved wellbeing.

SUPPORTIVE ADULTS

Teachers / LSO’s / Parents

ADHD: How to Manage Their Dopamine

Young people with ADHD thrive when the adults around them understand not just ADHD—but their individual experience of it.

This session explores how Dopamine interacts with stress chemicals like Cortisol and Adrenaline, and how this balance directly impacts focus, behaviour, and emotional regulation.

We unpack the common sources of stress and perceived threat for secondary school students with ADHD—and how these can amplify challenges at school and at home.

The session also examines the “fight or flight” response many ADHDers can experience when they feel isolated or misunderstood—and how supportive adults can help them avoid this through connection and a sense of safety.

Parents, teachers, and LSOs will leave with a clearer understanding of what drains and depletes an ADHD student and how to help create the conditions that support stronger brain function and mental health.