Living with ADHD can be frustrating, but this class is here to help!  

In this class, we:
✔️learn how having ADHD can be an asset
✔️develop executive functioning tools for dealing with anger, improving focus, and developing more effective communication
✔️learn to reframe the way we think about ADHD with fun activities and lessons for creating a morning routine, making a homework chart, coping with emotions, and more!

The lesson topics include:

My Strengths and Weaknesses:
Feb. 25 Lesson 1: Look at the bright side of ADHD
March 3 Lesson 2: How do people see me?
March 10 Lesson 3: Creative self-portrait
March 17 Lesson 4: Self-Collage
March 24 Lesson 5: From failure to success
March 31 Lesson 6: Famous after flops
April 7 Lesson 7: Building self-esteem

Managing Emotions: Skills for Anger, Frustration, and Outbursts
April 14 Lesson 8: I spy my triggers
April 21 Lesson 9: Anger true and false
April 28 Lesson 10: Recognizing emotions
May 5 Lesson 11: Elevator breathing
May 12 Lesson 12: "I" statements
May 19 Lesson 13: Bendable thinking
May 26 Lesson 14: Empathy checks

Skills for Focus, Attention, and Listening
June 2 Lesson 15: Private investigator
June 9 Lesson 16: Anchor down
June 16 Lesson 17: Break time activities
June 23 Lesson 18: Emergency focus cards
June 30 Lesson 19: Homework jar
July 7 Lesson 20: Helpful or harmful?

ADHD and Me in the Word: Success and Home, School, and with Friends
July 14 Lesson 21: Night before list
July 21 Lesson 22: Morning map
July 28 Lesson 23: Notes to self
August 4 Lesson 24: Picture it
August 11 Lesson 25: FLOAT: A bedtime unwinding ritual

Friends, Communication, and Speaking Up:
August 18 Lesson 26: Empathy drawing
August 25 Lesson 27: Friendship
September 1 Lesson 28: 3 True, 1 false
September 8 Lesson 29: Positive vs. demanding
September 15 Lesson 30: Feel-good actions
September 22 Lesson 31: How to ask for what I need
September 29 Lesson 32: Sandwich method

A Plan for Making Plans: Homework, Projects, and Long-Term Plans
October 6 Lesson 33: What type of learner am I?
October 13 Lesson 34: Weekly homework chart
October 20 Lesson 35: Rocking my priorities
October 27 Lesson 36: Picture this
November 3 Lesson 37: 3 step planning
November 10 Lesson 38: Obstacle maze

I Am Prepared:
November 17 Lesson 39: My positive future
November 24 Lesson 40: Recipe for success
December 1 Lesson 41: Leaping Hurdles


*Leaves of Learning Academy is an organization on Outschool with about 18 teachers. Occasionally, the teacher/counselor for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher/counselor from the organization will take her place. Only teachers/counselors who are licensed and trained to teach this materials will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. I am happy to offer a refund to any learner who prefers not to attend the class with a substitute. Please send a message through Outschool in that event and I will issue a refund. Thank you!

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Outschool policies regarding refunds for classes:

✅If your learner misses a class meeting, you are not entitled to a refund. Your teacher may, however, transfer your learner to another available section, or provide a class recording, at their discretion.
✅If your learner has not joined the meeting 10 minutes after the class’s start time, the meeting may be cancelled, at the teacher’s discretion. This is considered a missed meeting and you are not entitled to a refund.
✅Refunds are not guaranteed in the event that your learner misses a past or future class meeting due to a schedule conflict, and will depend on the class-specific refund policy.
✅If your learner’s meeting time changes because of daylight saving time starting or ending for several world regions, you are not entitled to a refund if they’re unable to attend. Please review your learner’s schedule ahead of time to ensure you know when classes are meeting.