BOOST ADHD

If you’re a clinician, educator, or parent who supports a child with ADHD, you already know how complex things can get. Big emotions. School struggles. Overwhelm! And this is despite each person in the child's life working really hard - but not always together... That’s why we created BOOST ADHD—a practical, neuro-affirming program that brings everyone onto the same page.

What is BOOST ADHD?

For Clinicians

For Educators

For Parents/Carers

BOOST is a structured, flexible framework designed to help ADHD children thrive by connecting the people around them – parents, teachers, and therapists – in a shared understanding and coordinated approach.

Each part of the program is tailored to its audience:

Clinicians are trained to guide and coach families and schools through the framework
Parents/Carers learn how to tune into their child’s needs, strengths, and challenges, and respond with meaningful understanding, not just generic ADHD strategies
Educators are equipped with tools to reduce stress in the classroom, support regulation, and strengthen relationships

Together, we focus on what’s most important: helping the child feel safe, understood, and supported.

How it works

BOOST follows a simple, step-by-step approach that starts by understanding each child’s:

Strengths, interests, and preferences
Challenges and sensitivities
Environment (home + school)
Individual needs and goals

From there, the framework helps teams work together to:

Adjust environments before expecting behavioural change
Build helpful systems of support
Strengthen the child’s own skills and sense of self over time

Clinicians receive training in the full model, and then guide parents/carers and educators through the process – using shared language, helpful worksheets, video content, and tailored planning tools.

What you’ll gain

Parents/Carers: Confidence, clarity, and support in responding to your child’s unique brain and emotional/behavioural expressions
Educators: Practical tools and real insight into how ADHD shows up in the classroom and what really helps
Clinicians: A clear framework to structure therapy, reduce session overload, and foster better collaboration with families and schools
ADHD Child: A felt sense of being heard, understood, and accepted for who they are, with support systems to scaffold healthy development

Why it matters

BOOST was created by Dr Nick Marsden, a clinical psychologist who’s worked with ADHD kids for over 15 years and is both an ADHD parent and an adult who lives unapologetically with ADHD. He has poured his heart and soul into the development of BOOST using his lived experience, clinical insight, and deeply held belief in connection over correction.

Nick believes that when everyone around an ADHD child understands why things are hard and how to help, that child has a much better chance of thriving throughout their development.