Date and time
Understanding ADHD and autism assessment pathways can often feel confusing and overwhelming for families, schools and professionals. This webinar will provide clear, practical guidance around recognising neurodevelopmental differences, understanding referral and assessment pathways, and navigating the support available for children and young people.
The session will also explore co-occurring presentations, combined ADHD and autism assessments, and how schools and professionals can better support children throughout the process.
- Early signs of ADHD and autism in children
- How presentations can differ across age, gender and environments
- Understanding combined ADHD and autism assessments
- NHS and private assessment pathways explained
- What happens during an assessment process
- Common misconceptions around diagnosis
- Supporting children while awaiting assessment
- The role of schools, SENCOs and professionals
- Post-diagnostic support and next steps
- Parents and carers
- SENCOs
- Teachers and school staff
- Independent schools
- Educational psychologists
- Therapists and healthcare professionals
- SEND and local authority teams
- University disability and wellbeing teams
Organised by
The ADHD Centre
Speakers of the event
Alexandra Loewe, BMus, MA, DipTCA
ADHD & Mindfulness Coach at The ADHD Centre
Alexandra Loewe brings 30 years of experience in education and mentoring, having worked with diverse groups across ages and abilities. She has guided young people in building social and creative skills, supported elderly individuals with dementia in singing programmes to reconnect communication pathways, and now works as a qualified ADHD coach with adults and children on the autism and ADHD spectrum. Alexandra has trained as a mindfulness practitioner for children and adults and has an online Essential Mindfulness for ADHD course via the ADHD Centre website. She is the Wellness Lead at the ADHD Centre.
In addition to her work in ADHD coaching, Alexandra leads workshops on: unpacking ADHD for schools and universities, sharing strategies to increase emotional intelligence and mental resilience, and on: accommodations in the workplace, alongside personalised one-to-one coaching.
She also offers bespoke parenting courses to support parents who have children recently diagnosed with ADHD and Autism. This is a highly specialised programme to strengthen executive functions, combining mindfulness exercises with brain-training games to support focus, organisation, and resilience for parents and their children. She has also created an online Essential Parenting Course accessible to any parent, with or without an assessment from the
Dr. Catherine Muyeba, BScHB MB ChB MRCPsych MSc
Regional Lead Consultant Psychiatrist & Certified Lifestyle Physician at The ADHD Centre
Dr Catherine Muyeba is a Regional Lead Consultant Psychiatrist based in the North West of England. She is a specialist in general adult and addiction psychiatry with extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of mental health and substance misuse disorders in adults and young persons in the community, in-patient units and in prisons.
She is particularly interested in dual diagnosis relating to Adult ADHD, and the importance of treating the conditions concurrently.
