Sharon Saline – Alternative Learners and “Outside the Box” Thinkers: Innovative Interventions for Kids & Teens with ADHD, Autism, and Learning Differences
With remote and hybrid learning on the rise, students who are considered “alternative learners” – those with ADHD, Autism, and learning disabilities – are facing unprecedented challenges as they pivot to meet the demands of this new educational era.
Watch Dr. Sharon Saline in this recording that dives into practical, collaborative tools for addressing the educational and mental health concerns of kids who learn differently. Packed with insight and concrete strategies, this program will prepare you, your clients/students, and their families for a successful school year, including how to:
- Navigate remote, in-person, and hybrid learning models that aren’t designed with them in mind
- Increase motivation, goal-directed persistence, time management, and organizational skills
- Identify potential mental health issues related to learning challenges for non-neurotypical children and adolescents
- Support families — create effective daily routines, manage stress, and build connection
If you work with kids and teens, this training is a must!
Learning Objectives
- Assess for potential mental health issues related to learning challenges for non-neurotypical children and adolescents.
- Utilize interventions to help alternative learners improve motivation, goal-directed persistence, time management, and organizational skills.
- Determine appropriate levels of scaffolding to best aid student learning and improve engagement.
Course Modules
Who are Alternative Learners?
- “Outside the box” thinkers: So many strengths!
- Issues related to unequal access for services and learning.
- Co-existing conditions and how to intervene (especially anxiety)
- What the research tells us about alternative learners and related diagnoses
Executive Functioning (EF) Skills
- How to identify EF skill deficits
- Strategies to improve EF skills at home and school
- Motivation, procrastination, and disorganization
Hybrid Learning: Interventions for Virtual and In-Classroom Education
- Challenges specific to alternative learners and their families
- Parent v. student roles with homework, responsibility, and monitoring
- Reduce conflict and improve connection within families
- Tools for collaboration, consistency and communication
Who Will Get the Most Out of This Course
- Psychologists
- Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- School Psychologists
- Case Managers
- School Counselors
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Teachers/Educators
- Social Workers
- Psychotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
- School Social Workers
How This Course Will Benefit You?
Practical Strategies You Can Use Right Away – Gain concrete, easy-to-implement tools for helping kids and teens with ADHD, autism, and learning differences succeed in both school and home settings.
Stronger Executive Functioning Skills – Learn proven interventions to improve motivation, time management, organization, and goal-directed persistence.
Confidently Navigate Hybrid & Remote Learning – Discover effective ways to adapt to online, in-person, or blended education models that are often challenging for alternative learners.
Address Emotional & Mental Health Needs – Understand and identify potential issues like anxiety and stress, and support children with strategies that foster resilience and well-being.
Strengthen Family Connection & Reduce Conflict – Create smoother routines, manage daily struggles, and encourage collaboration between parents and students for a more harmonious home environment.
Expert Guidance from a Trusted Professional – Learn from Sharon Saline, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and international ADHD expert with decades of experience working with neurodiverse learners and their families.
About the Speaker
Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP
Sharon Saline, PsyD, ADHD-CCSP, clinical psychologist and author of the award-winning book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life and The ADHD Solution Deck, specializes in working with children, teens, and families living with ADHD, learning disabilities, twice exceptionality and mental health issues. With decades of experience as a clinical psychologist, educator and consultant, she guides people towards a greater understanding about neurodivergence and to live with more productivity and connection. She lectures and facilitates workshops internationally on topics such as ADHD ad neurodivergence, executive functioning, the anxiety spectrum, motivation, perfectionism and working with different kinds of learners. Dr. Saline is on the advisory panel, serves as a contributing editor at ADDitudemag.com and hosts their monthly Solve My Problem live webinar sessions. She is an instructor in the department of psychiatry, University of Massachusetts-Baystate, T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Springfield, MA. She also blogs for PsychologyToday.com, appears as a featured expert on MASS Appeal on WWLP-TV and is a part-time lecturer at the Smith School for Social Work. She has been featured in numerous online and print publications including The New York Times, MSN, The Washington Post, The Psychotherapy Networker, Smith College Studies in Social Work, Attention Magazine, Attitude Magazine and more.
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