This is a HYBRID event hosted by Richmond Wellness with two options to attend:
📍 Attend in-person @ 53 Railroad St, Richmond, VT 05477
💻 Attend virtually via Zoom (link shared after registration)
This workshop is FREE to attend. Registration required → click to register.
Standard parenting tips work great on imaginary children in catalog houses. They tend to fall apart on real kids—the ones hanging off the furniture, dissolving over the wrong color cup, or taking 47 years to put on one sock.
If that’s your house, this workshop is for you.
Behind the Behavior: Parenting the ADHD Brain is a 90‑minute workshop where we unpack what may be happening in an ADHD‑style brain (yours and your child’s) and why everyday moments like bedtime, getting dressed, leaving the playground, or starting homework can feel like a full‑contact sport.
You’ll walk away with:
a clearer picture of what’s going on under the surface,
a way to think about your child’s behavior that doesn’t require you to become a drill sergeant, and
three small tools you can actually remember to use on a Tuesday night.
What we’ll cover:
🧠 The ADHD Brain + Nervous System
How executive function lag, sensory load, and rejection sensitivity shape behavior in real family life (yours and your child’s), and why “simple” directions like “get ready” or “go brush your teeth” explode so easily.
🎢 Felt Experience
A short exercise so you can feel in your own body what “just try harder” actually lands like for an ADHD‑style brain—and why the usual “be more consistent” advice backfires.
🛠️ Real‑life Tools
Three practical tools that fit actual family life:
Previewing — how to narrate what’s coming so transitions don’t blindside everybody.
The 1% Rule — how to shrink a task until a stuck brain can finally start.
Unpack the Ask — how to spot the hidden steps inside “easy” requests and scaffold without doing everything yourself.
👩👧 Support for ADHD Parents
Space for the parents who also have ADHD (or strongly suspect it), and how to use these tools on your own nervous system first, so you’re not trying to scaffold from empty.