Introduction
Date Course Created: May 2026
This practical, skills-heavy course offers a new perspective on treating adult ADHD through a trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming lens. Many adults with ADHD enter therapy with a history of feeling like they have “underperformed,” often alongside co-occurring anxiety, depression, and trauma from chronic misattunement or stress. This training moves beyond surface-level strategies to address the deep-seated shame, threat physiology, and learned avoidance that can accompany executive function challenges.
The course provides a clear framework for differentiating ADHD-related impairments from trauma responses and other common comorbidities, allowing for a more accurate and compassionate case conceptualization. You will learn to reframe damaging narratives around laziness or a lack of motivation, instead focusing on the neurological and developmental impacts of ADHD. The training emphasizes practical interventions that can be used immediately with clients to help them get unstuck and create meaningful change.
With a focus on tangible application, this webinar equips you with specific strategies to build client motivation, improve emotional regulation, and implement effective executive function supports. You will explore how to integrate techniques from motivational interviewing, ACT, IFS, and DBT to address core challenges like rejection sensitivity, perfectionism, and overwhelm. You’ll leave with a robust toolkit of concrete scaffolds and strategies to empower your clients on their path to healing and growth!
This is a 2.5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform.
Agenda
00:00 – 00:40 → Introduction, ADHD Beyond the DSM, Diagnostic Criteria, Common Comorbidities with ADHD
00:40 – 01:15 → Impact on Daily Life, Connection Between Trauma and ADHD, Metacognition and Lying, ADHD and PTSD
01:15 – 01:45 → Comorbidities and Trauma History, Identifying Strengths, Challenges in Treatment
01:45 – 02:15 → Strategies for Executive Functioning, Procrastination, Building Consistency, Integrating Self-Care
02:15 – 02:43 → Identifying Behavioral Patterns, Recognizing Hypoarousal, Client Empowerment, Holistic Approaches
Objectives
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
After completing this training, participants will be able to differentiate ADHD-related executive-function impairments from trauma responses and mood/anxiety disorders, and screen for common comorbidities.- After completing this training, participants will be able to formulate a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming case conceptualization that identifies drivers of avoidance, shame, and emotional dysregulation.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to apply at least three engagement and motivation strategies tailored to adults with ADHD.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to teach and customize three executive function supports to reduce avoidance and procrastination and increase focus and perseverance on tasks.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to implement three emotion-regulation approaches for rejection sensitivity, perfectionism, and overwhelm.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to collaborate effectively with prescribers and clients on medication and therapy plans.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, and Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Amanda Good, LICSW
Material Author(s): Amanda Good, LICSW
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course Materials – The course is composed of a recorded presentation and written materials (e.g. a slide deck and/or other worksheets, manuals, or handouts as provided by the instructor). The slide deck and any additional worksheets or handouts (as provided by the instructor) are made available inside the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
- Delivery Method – This course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2025 – July 23, 2028. Social workers completing this course receive 2.5 clinical continuing education credits.
Other Helpful Information:
Refund & Cancellation Policy – You may review this policy at any time by clicking here.- Accessibility Accommodations – If you require a reasonable accommodation for any reason, please email your request to cc@onlinececredits.com.
- Course Completion Requirements – 1.) View the entire Lesson module (accessible from the main course page), to include the embedded and/or linked presentation video(s), slide deck, additional materials, and/or links to any shared video clip(s) that may have been edited from the presentation video(s) to comply with copyright laws. 2.) Click into the Quiz module accessible from either the main course page or the Lesson page and complete the Quiz with an 80% or better pass rate. 3.) Complete the Course Evaluation – you’ll be sent to the Evaluation automatically once you successfully pass the Quiz.
- Posttest Requirements – You must answer 80% or more of the Quiz questions correctly to pass. If you fail to pass the first time, you may attempt the quiz again until you are able to pass with a score of 80% or better. Quizzes are graded instantly and automatically by the learning management system once your attempt is submitted.
- Certificate of Completion – Certificates of Completion are automatically generated – downloadable from your Dashboard and emailed to you – once you view the Lesson Materials and complete the Quiz and the Course Evaluation.
- How to Enroll – Login to the website first if you already have a user account. If not, you will create your permanent user account login information during course enrollment. Select the appropriate course library using the top menu of the website. Once inside your chosen course library, find and select your desired course to be taken to the main course page. Click the button on the top banner to enroll. When the order window pops up, enter your details and place your order. You will be emailed an enrollment confirmation message, and you’ll be sent to a landing page instructing you how to begin your newly enrolled course.
- System Requirements:
- Recommended Devices: Desktop, Laptop, or Tablet computer. (Note: Our platform is mobile responsive and may be fully accessed from a connected smartphone).
- Suggested Browsers: Updated version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Apple Safari.
- Recommended Network: Home wi-fi, ethernet, or a public wi-fi with VPN (Note: agency or corporate networks are often equipped with restrictive firewalls that may adversely impact your experience on our platform).
- Recommended speed/bandwidth: Minimum download speed > 20Mbps and minimum upload speed > 6Mbps.