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The Flex Toolkit is a collection of strategies teachers can use to help children cope better in primary school. The flex toolkit is designed for children who have traits of ADHD, regardless of whether they qualify for a diagnosis, and should be useful for a broad range of children. The project was funded by UKRI at the University of Exeter and has worked with teachers and parents to develop this project. The toolkit included educational videos about ADHD traits, neurodiversity and the science behind challenges with attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity, advice on setting goals and targets, and collaborating with parents and carers, and over 40 strategies that can be used to support individual students, small groups or your whole class.
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Who is this resource designed for?

This resource is suitable for children with: ADHD

Age Group: None - None

Intended outcome(s): Provide a bank of resources for teachers to support individual students, small groups, or your whole classes with a range of struggles related to impulsivity, hyperactivity, or difficulty paying attention. As well as educating about ADHD traits, neurodiversity and the science behind challenges with attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity

Does this resource also support student health/wellbeing? Yes

Developed by: University of Exeter

This resource is: PAID FOR

Resource Delivery

Resource type: Education/information for staff, Communication Aid, Practical training for staff, Worksheets/printables, Practical strategies

Resource delivered by: Teacher/Teaching Assisstant

Training required: Course

Notes on training: Provides training and development for teachers on ADHD traits, neurodiversity and the science behind challenges with attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity (including a training webinar that can be watched by all staff in a training session)

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Has this resource been co-developed with the community? Yes

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The flex toolkit was produced at the University of Exeter, in a UKRI-funded project, in collaboration with a planning group of 33 adults and children with lived experience of ADHD or specialist knowledge of schools or ADHD. The current evidence shows that the toolkit improves a range of outcomes that relate to mental health and school-based impairment, and is acceptable for teachers to use in schools; however, the current study has a small sample size.