Home Educating your ADHD child

Home Educating Your Child with ADHD

A plain-English guide for parents on the home education journey

Is your child with ADHD struggling in school, or have you already taken the leap into home education? This guide cuts through the overwhelm and gives you practical, honest support for educating a child whose brain works differently.

Written in plain English by specialists in neurodivergent education, this guide covers everything you actually need to know, including one of the most important and most overlooked topics: why ADHD looks so different in boys and girls, and why girls are so often missed or misdiagnosed.

What is inside:

• What ADHD really is (and why the name is misleading)
• How ADHD presents differently in boys and girls, including masking
• The genuine strengths of the ADHD brain
• How to work with focus rather than fight against it
• Executive function explained in plain English: starting tasks, time blindness, transitions
• Emotional regulation and rejection sensitivity
• Structure and routine that actually works at home
• Exams, access arrangements, and rest breaks as a private candidate
• Looking after yourself as a parent (including if you have ADHD too)
• UK resources and support organisations

Who this is for: Parents who are home educating a child with ADHD, whether that was a planned choice or school stopped working and you ended up here. No teaching experience needed.

Part of the Alternative Learning Hub's home education guide series, alongside guides for autism and dyslexia.

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