​​​​​​​FAQs for staff at tertiary organisations

Thanks for your interest in ADHD and for providing more support to your learners with ADHD.

How it works

Q: Who can use this?

A: These e-learning modules aim to support staff in tertiary education organisations including lecturers, learning advisors, tutors, disability and well-being advisors and other roles within tertiary education organisations that interact with learners.

Tertiary education organisations in New Zealand include universities, wanangas, Te Pukenga and other private training establishments.

Staff from overseas tertiary education organisations are also welcome to view these e-learning modules. If this matches your situation, please be aware that New Zealand's ADHD medical and legal guidelines at the time of writing may differ from your country's guidelines.

Q: What will you learn?

​​​​​​​A: Our four e-learning modules aim to provide you with;

  • a basic understanding of how ADHD can impact learners in your class
  • effective ways of engaging and maintaining the attention of learners with ADHD
  • ways to optimise the educational outcomes of learners with ADHD, and
  • support to include learners with ADHD within your classroom and lecture structure.

Q: What will you need to do?

​Each section contains not more than six pages of information and includes a mixture of media, such as reading and watching videos.

You'll also have the opportunity to download and print our cheat sheets:

  • Quick tips for supporting learners with ADHD
  • Quick facts about ADHD, and
  • summary for each module.

When you've completed all four sections, we'll invite you to provide some feedback to us and send you a certificate of achievement. 

Feel free to print your certificate out and put it on your wall. Learners with ADHD will then know that your office is a safe space for them.

Q: How long does each e-learning module take to complete?

A: The feedback we have received is that if you're able to focus on completing a module (without distractions), it's likely each module will take 30 minutes.​There are four e-learning modules that you can complete:

  • 1. Understanding learners with ADHD.
  • 2. Effectively engaging learners with ADHD.
  • 3. Optimising outcomes for learners with ADHD.
  • 4. Developing inclusive lessons and integrated learning strategies.

Each module contains four to six web pages of short videos (or transcripts, if you prefer) plus other insights, strategies and tips. 

Q: Do you have to pay to access the information?

A: No. ADHD New Zealand was fortunate to develop these e-learning modules with the support of the Tertiary Education Commission.

Q: What will you do with my details?

A: Unless you request other information from us or sign up to our newsletter, the only emails you'll receive from us are:

  • if you provide feedback to us that we need some clarity on, if you also provided your email address, we may contact you about this, or
  • when you complete all four sections, we will send you a certificate of achievement.

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