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Upcoming Live Online CPD Workshops

Interactive • Recorded • Certificate of Attendance Included 

All workshops are delivered live on Zoom and include access to the recording for a limited period. 

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) 

Date: 14th October 2026 NB SEPTEMBER Workshop is FULLY BOOKED
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm 
Format: Live online (Zoom), recorded 
Certificate: Included

 

This 3-hour session explores the PDA profile through a neuro-affirmative lens, offering practical strategies for supporting autonomy, reducing overwhelm, and fostering safety and connection. 

 

This 3-hour workshop offers a clear and compassionate understanding of the PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance / Persistent Drive for Autonomy) profile. We explore the impact of anxiety, autonomy needs, and nervous system overwhelm on everyday functioning.

Using a neuro-affirmative, trauma-informed lens, participants will learn how to reduce stressors, adapt expectations, and co-create environments that feel safe, predictable, and empowering.

The session provides practical strategies for communication, transitions, emotional regulation, and relationship-based support across home, education, and care settings. Ideal for parents, carers, educators, and professionals seeking deeper insight and real-world tools. 

Understanding & Supporting ADHD 

Dates: TBC 2026
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm each evening 
Format: Live online (Zoom), recorded 
Certificate: Included 

A two-part workshop examining ADHD presentation, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and real-world strategies for home, school, and support settings. 

Delivered over two evenings, this workshop provides an accessible and up-to-date understanding of ADHD across children and young people. We explore executive functioning, emotional regulation, sensory needs, motivation, and the lived experience of ADHD, including masking, overwhelm, and societal expectations.

Participants will learn practical supports for attention, organisation, transitions, routines, and learning environments, alongside strengths-based approaches that promote confidence and autonomy. This session is suitable for parents, SNAs, teachers, youth workers, and anyone supporting young people with ADHD in daily life. 

Responding to Distressed Behaviours in Adult with an ID and/or Autism


Date: TBC 2026 
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm 
Format: Live online (Zoom), recorded 
Certificate: Included

 

A practical, family-focused workshop offering neuro-affirmative approaches for communication, regulation, sensory needs, routines, and strengthening connection at home. 

 

This workshop, although designed specifically for parents and carers supporting autistic adult children with higher support needs, will also be relevant for children and young people. With sensitivity and practical insight, we explore communication, sensory processing, co-regulation, daily living skills, and the emotional landscape of supporting an autistic adult at home.

The session focuses on creating predictable, low-demand environments that respect autonomy while meeting support needs. Participants will come away with neuro-affirmative strategies for reducing distress, improving connection, and enhancing wellbeing within the family home. This is an ideal workshop for families seeking compassionate, realistic, and sustainable support approaches. 

Neurodivergence, Trauma, & Substance Use 

Date: tba 

Building Trust, Engagement and Retention in Practice Proposed for:

Therapists & Support Workers in Homelessness & Substance Use Services

Delivery format:

• 3 × half-day workshops (recommended) or

• 1 full day and 1 half day

Group size:

10–20 participants

This training responds directly to these challenges by equipping practitioners with practical, skills-based strategies to recognise neurodivergent presentations, adapt engagement approaches, and build trust over time. The workshop is grounded in neuro-affirmative, trauma-informed practice, with Motivational Interviewing principles embedded throughout to support autonomy, collaboration and sustained engagement.

Overall Aim

To enhance practitioners’ capacity to engage, support and retain neurodivergent clients within substance use services through practical, neuro-affirmative, trauma-informed and MI-consistent practice.

Outcomes for the Service

Following this training, staff will:

• Feel more confident recognising and responding to neurodivergent needs

• Have practical tools to improve engagement and retention

• Reduce unintentional harm caused by language, pacing or regulation strategies

• Strengthen trust and safety for neurodivergent people accessing the service

• Be better equipped to work with complexity at the intersection of trauma, substance use and neurodivergence

Investment

The cost of this training is €180** per participant, with a minimum of 10 participants per delivery.

This pricing reflects the specialist nature of the training while recognising the realities of frontline work within substance use services.

**For larger teams or service-wide rollout, pricing can be reviewed to support accessibility while maintaining quality and sustainability.

The per-person rate is the same regardless of whether it’s delivered as one and half full days or three half days.

• Accreditation – Certificate comes with 12 CPD credits from Addiction Counselors of Ireland (ACI)

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