Parent Guides & Toolkits
Practical ADHD and SEND resources for UK parents who want clear answers—not more confusion.
Every guide has been created from over 34 years of experience working in UK education, combined with the latest research into ADHD, SEND and child development.
Whether you're trying to understand emotional regulation, prepare for a school meeting, navigate an EHCP or simply make family life feel calmer, these guides are designed to give you practical knowledge you can use immediately.
No jargon.
No unrealistic parenting advice.
No twenty-page PDFs telling you to "just be more consistent."
Just clear, evidence-informed guidance that makes sense in real family life.
Why These Guides Are Different
Most parenting books tell you what children should do.
These guides help you understand why they're struggling in the first place.
Because once behaviour starts to make sense, everything else becomes easier.
Every guide combines:
✓ Over 34 years of education experience
✓ Former SENCo expertise
✓ ADHD coaching knowledge
✓ Practical SEND guidance
✓ Evidence-informed strategies
✓ Real-life examples
✓ Downloadable tools and templates
✓ Clear next steps you can use straight away
Free guides
Emotional regulation
A reset plan for parents whose child holds it together at school and explodes at home. If your child walks out of school looking “fine” and falls apart over shoes, snacks, homework, noise, questions or the wrong cup, this guide gives you a calm starting point for the first 30 minutes after school.
Inside you’ll get: what to do before pickup
Work out whether your child’s behaviour is demand overload, sensory overwhelm, transition panic, masking collapse, hunger, tiredness, anxiety or executive function overload — before everyone ends up crying in the hallway.
The 3:45pm Survival Guide is a practical, no-nonsense resource for parents of children with ADHD who seem to hold it together all day at school and then fall apart the moment they get home.
This guide covers the middle of primary school, roughly Year 4 to Year 5. It picks up where the early-years guide left off, because ADHD does not stay still. It changes shape as the demands change, and the demands change a great deal around now. Where a point rests on research, you will find a short note showing where it comes from.
What ADHD looks like and feels like
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What it looks like. At this age, ADHD often looks like the child who can't sit on the carpet, blurts out, bounces off the walls, or melts down over small things. Or the quiet one who drifts off and gets missed. It gets called naughty, immature or "a handful." It's usually none of those.
What it feels like. Inside, it's a brain with everything turned up at once and no off switch. Big feelings that arrive fast and hard. Knowing the rule but not being able to do it in the moment. Working twice as hard as everyone else, and still being told to try harder.
That gap, between how it looks and how it feels, is where so many little ones get missed.
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The exact words to use when you walk into that meeting, so you leave with a plan instead of a "we'll monitor it."
You've got the diagnosis. Now you need the school to actually do something with it. This is the word-for-word script for the support meeting: what to say, what to ask for, and how to handle "he seems fine in class" without losing your thread or your nerve.
Free example.
Other ADHD guides all totally free
ADHD and the School Day: What It Really Costs Your Child Aged 6–8 Your child comes home and falls apart. School says they're fine. You know something is wrong. Both of you are seeing something real. This guide draws on four voices —
Barkley's neuroscience, Dr Daniel Weisberg's UK clinical expertise, Hester Grainger's lived experience.
This guide is written for UK parents navigating the NHS ADHD assessment pathway. Everything in here is grounded in UK government guidance, the SEND Code of Practice 2015, and the Children and Families Act 2014.
Starting school series
A practical UK parent guide for understanding ADHD in children aged 4–5 as they start nursery, Reception or school.
This guide explains what may be happening beneath the behaviour — from big emotions, impulsivity and after-school meltdowns to turn-taking, transitions, tiredness, sensory overload and the difference between how ADHD can look in boys and girls.
Warm, clear and realistic, it helps parents make sense of the early school years without shame, blame or panic.
For parents who are terrified, hopeful, exhausted — and just trying to work out what on earth is happening.
I’m not weird! book series
The guide for parents who knew something was different long before anyone else did. 100 pages. Ages 6–8. Five expert voices. UK-specific throughout. Written by a SENCo, a parent, and a late-diagnosed ADHDer who spent thirty-four years on the wrong side of this conversation. You can start right now — before any diagnosis.
ADHD support guides
£9.99
A downloadable product straight to your computer, tablet or phone. The Mindfulness Toolkit for ADHD families gives you simple, realistic strategies to help your child calm their body, settle their mind and regulate emotions - without expecting stillness, silence or long meditaton sessions.
Designed for busy UK parents, this toolkit includes quick mindfulness exercises, sensory grounding tools, ADHD friendly breathing techniques and easy scripts you can use during meltdowns, transitions or after-school overwhelm. Every activity is short, playful and tailored to how ADHD brains regulate best.
Perfect for parents, carers, teachers and SENDCOs who want practical emotional regulation tools that work in real life - at home, in school or on the go. More products coming soon.
Parenting a child with ADHD can be rewarding, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming. The ADHD Parent Playbook offers practical tools, proven strategies, and compassionate guidance to help parents understand their child's unique needs, build stronger connections, and create a supportive home environment. From managing daily routines to encouraging confidence and resilience, this book provides actionable insights to help families thrive.
Your child is struggling. You can see it. School can see it. You’ve filled in the forms, chased the SENCO, spoken to the GP — and now you’re in the NHS referral queue. A queue nobody warned you about. A queue with no updates, no timeline, and no professional checking in. A queue where your child is expected to “cope” while you wait… and wait… and wait.
Waiting Well is the guide every parent wishes they had the moment the referral goes in.
Inside, you’ll find clear, practical, evidence‑based strategies to help your child thrive during the long months (or years) before assessment — plus the tools you need to stay calm, confident, and informed while navigating a system that often leaves families in the dark.
This book gives you:
A realistic timeline of what the NHS referral process actually looks like
What schools can do now (and how to ask for it)
How to support emotional regulation without a diagnosis
Scripts, templates and checklists for meetings, teachers and GPs
What to track, what to ignore, and what actually matters
How to advocate without burning out
How to prepare for assessment long before you get the appointment
If your child is stuck in the gap between needing help and getting help, this guide shows you exactly how to bridge it.
You don’t have to wait helplessly. You can wait well.