ADHD Parenting: Harnessing Your Child with ADHD’s SMARTS with Olwen Forker

Our April speaker is Olwen Forker who will be talking about ADHD Parenting: Harnessing your child with ADHD’s SMARTS on Wednesday 9th April 2025 @ 7pm AEST.

Olwen Forker, clinical director of The BackChat Clinic, brings over 26 years of expertise as a specialised paediatric Speech Pathologist, deeply experienced in supporting ADHD and neurodivergent children. Combining clinical insights with real-world parenting experiences as a mother of three, Olwen offers practical, proven strategies designed to nurture your child's unique strengths and SMARTS.

In this insightful session, attendees will learn:

• How to identify and cultivate your child's natural strengths, interests, and talents, creating a foundation for confidence and lifelong success.
• Effective strategies for addressing common ADHD-related challenges, such as reading difficulties, attention management, and executive functioning skills.
• Practical communication techniques to build stronger, more positive relationships and enhance emotional resilience in your child.
• Ways to integrate your child's passions and interests into everyday learning, reducing resistance and increasing engagement.
• Real-life parenting tips drawn from Olwen's extensive experience both professionally and personally, providing actionable tools to apply immediately at home.

This event promises empowering insights and invaluable guidance for any parent seeking to transform their child's ADHD journey into one marked by confidence, curiosity, and achievement.Reserve your spot today and discover how to effectively harness your child's SMARTS!

Her experience as a Mum has shaped her clinical knowledge and the intervention that she has tailored for the little BackChatters at The BackChat Clinic.

Olwen is heavily focused on the SMARTS of her little BackChatters and as well as working on areas they struggle with, e.g. Reading acquisition, she also looks for their early interests, and harnesses these.

In her own life, Olwen has found this to be incredibly useful and successful in terms of raising her own children.

Professionals attending will receive a Certificate of Attendance to help them keep track of their professional development.

To find out more/book tickets visit the website: www.adhdsupportaustralia.com.au/events

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The talk commences 7:00pm AEST (Sydney time) so if you are not in this time zone please check using this link what time this will be for you.  

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I look forward to seeing you there – Vivian