UNDERSTANDING AuDHD: Teaching & Supporting Students with Autism and ADHD Co-occurrence
✅ 2 Hours, 8 Lessons
✅ 6 Weeks to Complete 🎁 Bonus 6 Months Access (available until 28 Oct 25)
✅ Certificate of Completion
✅ Lesson Transcripts
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UNDERSTANDING AuDHD
The course explains how AuADHD students experience unique challenges when both autism and ADHD co-occur, discussing the impact of monotropic flow interruptions, rejection sensitivity, and competing sensory needs on learning and behaviour.
Through evidence-based strategies, the course offers actionable techniques for supporting everything from executive functioning challenges and anxiety management to sensory accommodations and crisis response.
You will learn how to create supportive environments that honour both conditions simultaneously. Understanding that the same student may need routine one day and novelty the next, you’ll discover practical accommodations like providing structured routines with predictable variations, recognising when hyperfocus meets task-switching demands, and supporting students through delayed processing during overwhelm.
In this AuDHD training you will learn:
Understand AuDHD Fundamentals
Discover why autism and ADHD co-occur in 50-70% of cases and learn that individual needs vary daily. Understand how environment determines when differences become disabilities.
Master Monotropism and Task-Switching
Learn how monotropic flow creates intense focus but makes task-switching challenging. Understand why literal interpretation requires specific, detailed instructions.
Create Sensory-Smart Environments
Recognise how sensory needs fluctuate daily between seeking and avoiding stimulation. Discover simple modifications that dramatically improve learning capacity.
Lesson Outline
Lesson 1: Understanding AuADHD Fundamentals
- Understand that autism and ADHD frequently co-occur creating unique dual challenges
- Discover how individual needs vary daily – the same student presents differently depending on which condition dominates
- Learn that environment determines when differences become disabilities
- Explore the multidimensional autism spectrum beyond linear functioning labels
Lesson 2: Monotropism and Communication
- Understand monotropic flow interruptions – when hyperfocus meets task-switching demands it’s like forcing a bike from smooth road onto rough uphill terrain
- Discover how literal interpretation requires specific, detailed instructions without vague language
- Learn the difference between receptive and expressive communication abilities
- Explore how central coherence challenges create intense focus on details while missing bigger pictures
Lesson 3: Sensory Environment and Daily Fluctuations
- Understand that sensory needs fluctuate daily between seeking stimulation and avoiding overload
- Discover how school environments contain overwhelming challenges often unnoticed by others
- Learn to recognize competing sensory requirements within the same student
- Explore simple environmental modifications that dramatically improve learning capacity
Lesson 4: ADHD Features and Executive Challenges
- Understand how double executive function challenges require breaking everything into micro-steps
- Discover contradictory attention patterns – intense hyperfocus on interests but struggle with non-preferred tasks
- Learn about dopamine-seeking behavior and the craving for novelty
- Explore how 20,000 more negative messages by age 12 impact self-esteem
Lesson 5: Rejection Sensitivity and Emotional Impact
- Understand how rejection sensitivity in literal thinkers creates devastating reactions to casual comments
- Discover that 98% of ADHD individuals experience genuine physical and emotional pain from criticism
- Learn how perfectionism and people-pleasing develop as protective mechanisms
- Explore how masking both conditions amplifies exhaustion and creates double mental load
Lesson 6: Anxiety and Contradictory Needs
- Understand the anxiety bucket model and how neurodivergent buckets lack natural drainage
- Discover the novelty versus routine contradiction – ADHD craves novelty while autism needs familiarity
- Learn how anxiety directly impacts demand tolerance and compliance ability
- Explore how social communication confusion occurs when ADHD impulsivity meets autism’s difficulty reading cues
Lesson 7: Practical Support Strategies
- Understand how to provide structured routines with small, predictable variations
- Discover strategic environmental accommodations and movement integration
- Learn to use names first to break monotropic focus before giving instructions
- Explore the importance of distinguishing high-priority safety demands from low-priority preferences
Lesson 8: Behavior Support and Crisis Response
- Understand that all behavior communicates unmet needs for connection, autonomy, or space
- Discover how delayed processing during overwhelm requires patience and processing time
- Learn crisis recovery patterns – minimum 4-5 minutes needed like a boiling kettle cooling down
- Explore positive language frameworks that provide solutions without triggering rejection sensitivity
Support Executive Function and ADHD Features
Understand how to break down overwhelming tasks effectively. Learn about dopamine-seeking behaviors and counteract the negative messaging ADHD students receive.
Address Rejection Sensitivity and Build Self-Esteem
Master the art of observing what truly interests each student and using their special interests – no matter how unusual – as powerful rewards and motivators.
Manage the Anxiety Bucket and Competing Needs
Understand why neurodivergent anxiety accumulates without natural release. Learn to navigate AuDHD’s competing needs and how anxiety impacts demand tolerance.
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UNDERSTANDING AuDHD: Teaching & Supporting Students with Autism and ADHD Co-occurrence
✅ 2 Hours, 8 Lessons
✅ 6 Weeks to Complete 🎁 Bonus 6 Months Access (available until 28 Oct 25)
✅ Certificate of Completion
✅ Email questions directly to Sue Larkey
✅ Lesson Transcripts
✅ 100% Money back – if, after the first two lessons, you decide the course is not for you
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UNDERSTANDING AuDHD: Teaching & Supporting Students with Autism and ADHD Co-occurrence
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For groups of 6 or more please email support@suelarkey.com.au to receive the discounted price. Payment can be made online using a code you will receive of via an invoice we can provide.
Course Price for a group of 6 or more: $79 per person
Meet Laura Kerbey
Laura Kerbey is a best-selling author and a highly respected educator with over 21 years of experience working with young people who have a range of learning difficulties, with a particular passion for supporting and teaching individuals on the autism spectrum. Holding qualifications including MBPsS, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGCE (Autism), and NPQH, Laura has spent much of her career in schools and colleges, working closely with students, their families, and staff to address the unique barriers to learning that autism can present. She is deeply attuned to the frustration and anxiety that these challenges often cause for students, parents, and educators alike.
Laura’s empathetic and tailored approach has enabled her to work effectively with young people and empower educators and staff with the skills they need to do the same. She offers accredited Autism training at Level 2 and Level 3, as well as Level 2 training on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) accredited by The London Region Open College Network.
Meet Sue Larkey
Sue Larkey is a highly respected educator, author, and speaker with extensive experience in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She has taught students in both mainstream and special education settings, combining practical experience with extensive research. Sue holds a Master’s in Special Education and has completed the research sections of her Doctorate in Education.
Sue’s podcast, the “Sue Larkey Podcast,” has over 1.3 million downloads across more than 200 episodes and is the #1 ranked Apple Podcast in Australia in the Course category. Her podcast resources are used by leading universities, including Monash University and Canberra University, to train teachers. She also has a global following, with over 135,000 subscribers to her weekly e-newsletter in more than 30 countries and a community of 130,000 Facebook followers.
Sue has authored over 18 books aimed at educators, teacher assistants, and parents/carers, and is a former winner of the Naturally Autistic International Award for Community Contribution. She has delivered hundreds of speeches at both international and national conferences, earning recognition as a trusted source of knowledge, compassion, and inspiration for educators, support workers, and families.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- When do we get the certificate?
Immediately upon completion of the course.
- Can this Course Count towards my Professional Development?
Yes. Completing UNDERSTANDING AuDHD: Teaching & Supporting Students with Autism and ADHD Co-occurrence addressing Standard Descriptor(s) 1.2 and 1.5 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
- What age is the course appropriate for?
The course is appropriate for supporting ALL ages and stages.
- Can the course be watched as a group?
Yes, the course can be watched together as a group, however each person participating needs to be individually registered.
- How long do I have to do the course
The initial access period is set to 6 months but we will always extend this if you need longer to complete the course.
- Can I rewatch the course?
Yes, you can rewatch the course as much as you like during the 6 months that the course is available to you.
- I am having technical issues, what do I do?
Contact our team on support@suelarkey.com.au
- When is the course on?
It is an online On-demand course, so it can be watched whenever it suits you.