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ADHD IN PRACTICE · UK FAMILY RESOURCES
Find what helps, at your child's stage
Practical ADHD and SEND guides, printable resources and individual support for parents, carers and grandparents. Start with an age, a concern or a free resource.
You don't need a diagnosis to begin understanding what your child needs or to ask school for help.
Janine M Nesbitt · Former SENCo · Dyslexia specialist · 34 years in education
CHOOSE AN AGE
Start with your child's age
Age ranges overlap. Children develop differently, so a resource for a neighbouring age range may still help.
These links open age-specific guidance below. For the complete and growing product catalogue, use the Squarespace shop beneath this directory.
FIND HELP FOR A CONCERN
What's difficult right now?
Choose what sounds familiar. Each route opens guidance that addresses that concern.
Understanding ADHD
ADHD symptoms, different presentations and assessment
Explore understanding adhd →Masking and after-school exhaustion
Quiet coping, emotional release and home-school differences
Explore masking and after-school exhaustion →Big emotions and meltdowns
Regulation, emotional needs and after-school difficulties
Explore big emotions and meltdowns →Friendships and belonging
Friendship fallouts, social anxiety and group chats
Explore friendships and belonging →Learning and homework
Reading, writing, organisation and homework
Explore learning and homework →School attendance and anxiety
Understand barriers and seek joined-up school support
Explore school attendance and anxiety →EHCP and school support
Evidence, SEN Support and school conversations
Explore ehcp and school support →Year 7 transition
Before September, the first term and beyond
Explore year 7 transition →AGES 4–7
Early years and starting school
For early ADHD concerns, big emotions, masking and settling into school.
AGES 8–11
Later primary school
Find guidance about learning, masking, emotions, friendship changes and preparing for secondary school.
AGES 12–16
Secondary school
Support for increasing independence, school anxiety, friendships, attendance and emotional exhaustion.
FREE GUIDES & CHECKLISTS
Free resources you can start with
Downloadable guidance for understanding your child, recording patterns and starting constructive conversations.
Parent Pattern Snapshot
Record changes, pressures and the support that helps.
Open free guide →ADHD Evidence Checklist
Gather examples of needs, impact and adjustments.
Browse free collection →School Says They’re Fine: Five-Day Toolkit
Compare what school observes with life after school.
Browse free collection →ADHD in Children Aged 5–7
Understand early needs and what to ask school.
Browse free collection →Masking at School: Ages 5–7
Recognise children whose effort may be overlooked.
Browse free collection →ADHD and the School Day: Ages 6–8
Explore why school can leave a child depleted.
Browse free collection →The Coming Home Meltdown
Explore what happens when children hold it together at school.
Browse free collection →Masking: Key Stage 2
Understand hidden struggles in later primary school.
Browse free collection →Masking: Year 6 and Secondary
Prepare for changing expectations and social demands.
Browse free collection →The Year 7 Checklist
Prepare for Year 7 and follow changes across the first term.
Browse free collection →The Friendship Fallout Decoder
Make sense of friendship fallouts and group chats.
Browse free collection →ADHD Girls Friendship Toolkit
Help girls understand friendships, emotions and support.
Browse free collection →What Evidence Do I Need? EHCP Guide
Understand evidence to gather and questions to ask.
Browse free collection →The Wait-and-See Survival Guide
Take practical steps while waiting for assessment.
Browse free collection →PAID GUIDES & TOOLKITS
More structured support
Longer explanations, planning resources and practical tools for particular difficulties. Prices and purchases are managed by Squarespace.
Year 7: The First Six Weeks Guide
Explore organisation, exhaustion and friendship changes.
Browse paid collection →Year 7 Transition Toolkit
Printable trackers and scripts for school conversations.
Browse paid collection →Year 7 Complete Pack
The First Six Weeks Guide and Transition Toolkit together.
View complete pack →I’m Not Weird, I’m Just Me
A strengths-led guide for children feeling different.
Browse paid collection →Waiting Well: Your 18-Month Survival Guide
A more structured guide to navigating long assessment waits.
Browse paid collection →The ADHD Parent Playbook
Practical approaches to routines and everyday challenges.
Browse paid collection →The Mindfulness Toolkit
Short calming, grounding and regulation activities.
Browse paid collection →ONE-TO-ONE SUPPORT
When a guide isn't enough
Choose support that fits the difficulty rather than booking a session that isn't right for your family.
Parent consultations
Work through one defined concern or several connected difficulties, with practical next steps.
Explore parent sessionsSchool support
Prepare conversations, record concerns and explore appropriate support in school.
Explore school supportEHCP support
Understand evidence, needs, school provision and the process in England.
Explore EHCP supportCommunication and scripts
Practical support to prepare what to say to teachers and professionals.
Explore parent scriptsNot sure where to begin?
A free 15-minute introductory call can help you explain your concern and work out whether ADHD in Practice is the right support. It isn't a full consultation or assessment.
Book your free 15-minute callWhy parents work with me
You don't need another person telling you what your child should be doing. You need someone who will help you understand why things are difficult and what you can actually do about it.
Whether you're worried about ADHD or wider SEND, facing another school meeting, waiting for an assessment, considering an EHCP, or simply thinking, “Something isn't adding up,” I can help you make sense of what is happening.
Together, we look at the whole picture: what you see at home, what school is seeing, where your child is struggling and what may be getting missed.
Then we turn that understanding into clear, practical next steps for home, school and everyday life.
No jargon. No judgement. No one-size-fits-all advice.
Just experienced, practical support centred around your child and your family.
Not sure where to start? Ask me directly.
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