Introducing…
Welcome to ADDA Works and the ADHD in the Workplace Training Series. This series was designed to empower employees and managers to enhance the productivity and potential of all employees, including those with ADHD.
Are you an employee who thinks they may have ADHD or already knows they have ADHD? Or maybe you’re a manager who sees an employee struggling with the performance challenges associated with ADHD in the workplace? Or maybe you’re interested in trying to create a more ADHD-friendly workplace culture. Regardless of your role in your organization, this course will give you the knowledge and the methods to do just that!
Course Features
- Lectures 28
- Quizzes 17
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 525
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 9 Sections
- 28 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Module 1: An Introduction to ADHD in the WorkplaceIn this first module, you'll be introduced to ADHD, and how it can impact the workplace.3
- Module 2: Overcoming Barriers and ADHDIn this second module, you'll learn about the barriers to work success faced by ADHDers, and what can be done to combat them.7
- 3.1Lesson 1: Workplace Barriers
- 3.2Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 1: Workplace Barriers10 Minutes5 Questions
- 3.3Lesson 2: Task and Process Barriers
- 3.4Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 2: Task and Process Barriers10 Minutes5 Questions
- 3.5Lesson 3: Environment, Policy and Culture Barriers
- 3.6Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 3: Environment, Policy and Culture Barriers10 Minutes5 Questions
- 3.7Module 2 Links and Resources: Find What You Need
- Module 3: The Social Environment and Employees with ADHDIn this third module, you'll learn what the workplace social environment is, its effects on employees with ADHD and how it can be improved.3
- Module 4: Well-Being and Working with ADHDIn this fourth module, you'll learn about what it means to have well-being, and how to create a workplace that supports it.5
- Module 5: Workplace CultureIn this fifth module, you'll learn what workplace culture is, and how it affects employees, especially ADHDers.7
- 6.1Lesson 1: What is Workplace Culture?
- 6.2Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 1: What is Workplace Culture?10 Minutes4 Questions
- 6.3Lesson 2: Defining a Supportive Culture
- 6.4Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 2: Defining a Supportive Culture10 Minutes5 Questions
- 6.5Lesson 3: Measuring and Changing Culture
- 6.6Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 3: Measuring and Changing Culture10 Minutes5 Questions
- 6.7Module 5 Links and Resources: Find What You Need
- Module 6: Motivation and ADHDIn this sixth module, you'll learn what motivation is, and how to maintain it in the workplace.5
- Module 7: Working with Overwhelming EmotionsIn this seventh module, you'll learn the outsized role emotions play in your work. Understanding and working effectively with your emotions is especially important for ADHDers, whose thinking and feeling is interconnected.5
- 8.1Lesson 1: Working with Overwhelming Emotions
- 8.2Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 1: Working with Overwhelming Emotions10 Minutes6 Questions
- 8.3Lesson 2: Managing Difficult Emotions
- 8.4Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 2: Managing Difficult Emotions10 Minutes5 Questions
- 8.5Module 7 Links and Resources: Find What You Need
- Module 8: Working Together Effectively with ADHDIn this eighth module, you'll learn about the relationships between ADHDer employees and their supervisors, and how they can learn to work together more effectively.7
- 9.1Lesson 1: Working Together Effectively with ADHD
- 9.2Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 1: Working Together Effectively with ADHD10 Minutes6 Questions
- 9.3Lesson 2: Working Together Effectively with ADHD – A Supervisor’s Perspective
- 9.4Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 2: Working Together – A Supervisor’s Perspective10 Minutes5 Questions
- 9.5Lesson 3: Working Together Effectively with ADHD – An ADHDer’s Perspective
- 9.6Check Your Knowledge – Lesson 3: Working Together Effectively with ADHD – An ADHDer’s Perspective10 Minutes6 Questions
- 9.7Module 8 Links and Resources: Find What You Need
- Module 9: ADHD in the Workplace ConclusionIn this final module, we'll wrap up the course, and discuss next steps.3
6 Comments
is there a fee to be a member? id like to take the free online course but money is tight
Hi Christine, feel free to contact us about our discounted rate. Send a message to info@add.org and we’ll get you set up.
I am interested in this series but am having difficulties with you site
Hi Gary, sorry to hear. Would you send an email to info@add.org with the difficulties you are having with the site? Thank you.
How can I take this course?
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