COURSES
Parental Skills Courses
Our parenting courses teach connection-based techniques for parenting children with ADHD
Course 1: Parents of children aged 6 to 12 years old
Course 2: Parents of children aged 13+ years
Show your interest for future courses by sending an email to adhdmalta@gmail.com with your name, and the ages of your children
Starting Soon!
Parenting skills course "Fostering Good Family Connections" delivered in Maltese & English. Apply using this form.
This is course is aimed at parents or carers of children aged 6 to 12 years old, where the child, the parents, or both, have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Join trainer Jennifer Briffa Desjardins to learn parenting techniques based on "The Incredible Years", including how to:
- Better connect with their children and build more positive relationships
- Support children with their homework
- Set rules
- Work alongside teachers to promote children's academic, social and emotional skills
- Better understand how ADHD affects the person
Course Facilitator: Jennifer Briffa Desjardins MA (Sheff.) B.Psy. (UOM), an Early Intervention Educator, teacher and ADHD adult coach with 19 years experience working with families
Course dates: Every Saturday from 22nd March to 14th June 2025 excluding 12th April, 10th May, 7th June (10 sessions in total)
Course time: 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Course format: Online video call (maximum 14 adults)
Course cost: €8 / hour for 25 hours (€200 total). Members of ADHD Malta receive a 25% discount, paying €6 / hour for 25 hours (€150 total). A family lifetime membership costs €30 The trainer also follows up with the parents between sessions at no extra charge. Part of the course fee will be donated to ADHD Malta.
Course contents:
- 25 hours of online training with the course facilitator
- Watching short parenting videos as a group
- Discussing parenting scenarios with the group
- Learning parenting strategies and practicing them within the group
- Material provided by the trainer to take home
- Tasks to carry out between sessions
- Following up by the course facilitator between sessions
Apply using this form.
For questions please contact adhdmalta@gmail.com.
ADHD Coaching Courses
These courses are aimed at anyone who works with clients, students or patients who may have ADHD.
Coaching adults with ADHD is being applied internationally as a valuable tool for many professionals in their work, helping increase awareness of adult ADHD and its effect on personal and professional lives.
ADHD Malta works towards inclusion and organises these training courses, which are beneficial to both local professionals and the ADHD community.
The coaching skills learnt can be applied in current employment:
- Better communication with ADHD adults
- Identifying unique challenges and strengths of ADHD adults
- Exploring options for ADHD adults
- Putting strategies or models to use when working with ADHD adults
These skills will make participants more effective and supportive in their work with clients, students or patients, and enable them to learn how to work together more productively.
These courses are MFHEA accredited and delivered by ADHD Master Coach Marie Enbäck from Sweden, as well as an introduction lecture by Carola Stivala regarding the local historical situation of ADHD, activities of the support group ADHD Malta, and the current situation in Europe for people living with ADHD.
Level 1 – "The ADHD Adult Coaching Approach" (MQF 5, ECTS 5) cost: €1100 / duration 3-6 months
Level 2 – ADHD Adult Group Coaching (MQF 5, ECTS 10) cost TBA / duration 6-12 months
The Application, Registration & Payment process
- Participant: Applies for the course
- Course Organiser: Carries out selection process (to ensure participants are well suited for this course)
- Course Organiser: Sends acceptance message to participant if selected
- Participant: Carries out Registration process
- Participant: Pays deposit of €250 to book a place in the course
- Course Organiser: Sends confirmation that the course will take place (minimum 6 registered participants)
- Participant: Pays the balance of the course cost
- Course Organiser: Delivers the course
For more information, contact us via adhdcoachingcourse@gmail.com or SMS to 79059421.
Dates for the next course - April 2025 (provisional)
Important: these dates are provisional, and will only be confirmed if there are at least 6 participants per course.
Level 1 (Peer Coaching): 7th to 11th April, 21st to 25th April 2025 (10 days in total) - Apply using this form
- Option 1: Morning Classes 9am-12pm
- Option 2: Afternoon Classes 3pm-6pm
The course includes:
- 10 days of lectures, interactive workshops and contact hours at STC Higher Education, Pembroke
- Self-service tea & coffee provided at break time
- Group social activity: pizza & drink at Luxol Sports Bar on the last day of lectures (included in course cost)
- Self-study of course material (included in course cost) and compulsory literature books
- Written assignments
- Peer coaching practice sessions
- Complimentary journal / notebook
- Complimentary 'professional' membership of ADHD Malta
Participants who successfully complete the course assignments and have at least 85% attendance will obtain an "Award in The ADHD Adult Coaching Approach".
Apply using this form
Level 2 (Group Coaching): Date to be announced
For more information, contact us via adhdcoachingcourse@gmail.com or SMS to 79059421.