Training “ADHD at Work: Recognize and Support” : program, content and who it is for
At work, ADHD is rarely named. It shows up disguised in annual reviews and hallway discussions: “he has real potential but never finishes what he starts,” “she produces brilliant work, except she misses every other deadline,” “he interrupts in meetings, it annoys everyone.” Three observations that are often accurate, three interpretations that are almost always off the mark.
This page details the ADHD training at work from DYNSEO, « ADHD at work: recognize and support » : its content module by module, the professions and roles it targets, its actual duration, its price, its deployment methods in companies, schools, or institutions — and the scope it does not cover. The goal is not to make you a caregiver, but to provide you with reliable benchmarks to observe accurately and support without awkwardness.
The essentials in 30 seconds
100 % online training consisting of 6 modules and 20 lessons (approximately 4 hours), followed by a final quiz, aimed at professionals who supervise or support adults affected by ADHD : managers, HR, disability referents, teachers, healthcare professionals. Price : 150 €. Immediate and unlimited access.
- For whom — managers, HR managers, disability referents, teachers and trainers, occupational health professionals, leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Objective — to recognize the manifestations of ADHD at work, adapt one's posture, and implement simple and legal adjustments.
- What is covered — understanding adult ADHD, manager tools, team relations, career and evaluation, burnout prevention.
- What is not covered — diagnosis, which remains the exclusive domain of a healthcare professional.
- Organization — DYNSEO, certified Qualiopi (No. 11757351875), certificate of completion issued.
The problem it solves at work
Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity does not disappear in adulthood. The High Authority of Health reminds us that it often persists after childhood and remains largely underdiagnosed in adults. At work, this translates into situations that the professional environment misinterprets, due to a lack of benchmarks. The result : tensions, underestimations, sometimes departures that could have been avoided.
The starting point of the training is simple : most behaviors attributed to a lack of motivation, seriousness, or respect actually stem from attentional and executive mechanisms. Moving from observation to accurate interpretation, then to adjustment, changes everything — for the person concerned as well as for the team.
| What is observed at work | Frequent interpretation | What it often involves |
|---|---|---|
| Submits a report late even though competent | Lack of seriousness, nonchalance | Difficulty with initiation and planning (executive functions) |
| Gets distracted, opens ten tasks without finishing one | Disorganization, unwillingness | Attention and inhibition disorder |
| Interrupts, responds before the end of the question | Arrogance, rudeness | Verbal impulsivity, unintentional |
| Exhausted at the end of the day, less present in the afternoon | Fatigue from complacency | Cognitive cost of masking and sustained attentional effort |
| Forgets an instruction given orally the day before | Doesn't listen, doesn't care | Fragile working memory |
| Reacts strongly to a comment in a meeting | Susceptibility, difficult character | Emotional sensitivity and frequent dysregulation in ADHD |
Each line of this table represents, in practice, a posture adjustment that costs a manager a few seconds and can transform a collaboration. This is precisely the purpose of the training: to learn to distinguish behavior from judgment, and then to concretely adapt the work environment.
Who the ADHD training at work is for
This ADHD training at work is not primarily aimed at the individuals concerned themselves, but at those who supervise, support, or decide on their path. It is a deliberate choice: it is often on the side of the professional environment that the difference between a talent that flourishes and a talent that exhausts itself is played out.
Managers and team leaders
Those who manage daily, set priorities, give instructions, and conduct interviews. They are the ones who benefit the most from the concrete tools in modules 2 and 4.
HR managers and disability referents
To structure an accommodation policy, secure the legal framework, and support an employee without ever diagnosing in place of the doctor.
Occupational health professionals
Occupational doctors and nurses, psychologists, who link the needs of the person with the possibilities of the organization.
Teachers and trainers
In training centers, apprenticeships, higher education: supporting adults and young adults with ADHD in a demanding educational framework.
Leaders of small and medium enterprises
Without a dedicated HR service, often alone facing the issue. The training provides a clear framework and applicable reflexes right away.
Colleagues and mentors
Those who work in direct contact, train a newcomer, or lead a pair, and seek to better understand without stigmatizing.
Made for you / not made for you
| Your situation | This training… |
|---|---|
| You supervise a person whose behaviors confuse you without knowing how to interpret them | ✔ Perfectly suitable |
| You want to implement simple and legal adjustments in your team | ✔ Suitable — this is the most common usage |
| You are looking to raise awareness in a team without breaching confidentiality | ✔ Suitable — dedicated module 3 |
| You are looking to obtain or make a diagnosis of ADHD | ✘ No — the diagnosis is exclusively the responsibility of a healthcare professional |
| You are personally affected and seeking therapeutic follow-up | ✘ Rather see a specialized healthcare professional |
| You are looking for a state diploma or a regulated qualification | ✘ No — this is a certificate of completion |
The program : 6 modules, 20 lessons
The course consists of six modules : five content modules (twenty short video lessons, including a scenario sequence per module) and a final quiz that validates the knowledge acquired. The progression goes from understanding adult ADHD to preventing burnout and developing potential, covering management tools, team life, and career.
Understanding ADHD in adults
- Adult ADHD — what it really is
- The 3 profiles — inattentive, hyperactive, mixed — how it shows at work
- What ADHD costs the person — fatigue, shame, masking
- Scenarios — Module 1
Concrete tools for the manager
- Simple adjustments that change everything
- Giving clear instructions — the method that works
- Providing feedback and managing difficult episodes
- Scenarios — Module 2
ADHD and team relationships
- What colleagues see — and how they interpret it
- Raising awareness in the team without breaching confidentiality
- The strengths of the ADHD profile in a team — and how to mobilize them
- Scenarios — Module 3
ADHD and career
- Evaluations — what skews everything without us seeing it
- Promotions and advancements — the invisible ceiling
- Building a sustainable support plan
- Scenarios — Module 4
Burnout and prevention
- Burnout and prevention — recognizing warning signs
- Transitioning to remote work — adapting tools and support
- Crisis and emergency management — ADHD under pressure
- Developing ADHD leadership — preparing an employee to manage
Final quiz
- Quiz — ADHD at work : recognizing and supporting
« What ADHD costs the person — fatigue, shame, masking » (module 1), which explains why a talented employee may collapse in silence ; and « Giving clear instructions » (module 2), which alone resolves a large part of daily misunderstandings. These are two immediate levers, applicable from the next day.
The logic of the program deserves to be highlighted : we do not start with solutions, but with understanding. As long as a manager interprets a delay as a lack of respect, no adjustment will hold. That is why module 1 first establishes a framework for understanding, before the following modules provide tools. Each module ends with practical scenarios : we do not learn definitions there, we repeat professional gestures.
Give your managers the right reflexes in the face of ADHD
6 modules, 20 lessons, about 4 hours, unlimited access and personalized certificate. Tools applicable from the next day, without ever encroaching on the doctor's role.
Discover the training — 150 €Format and organization
| Criterion | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | 100 % online, short video lessons |
| Content | 6 modules · 20 lessons · final quiz |
| Duration | About 4 hours in total |
| Rhythm | Free, without imposed end date |
| Support | Computer, tablet, smartphone |
| Access | Immediate after registration, unlimited over time |
| Required level | All levels, no prerequisites |
| Languages | 8 languages, including French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese |
| Validation | Final quiz and certificate of completion |
| Price | 150 € per learner |
The asynchronous format meets a constraint specific to organizations : you cannot immobilize an entire team for a full day. The four hours are divided into sequences of ten to twenty minutes, taken during available times, without disrupting a schedule. The video lessons alternate explanations and practical scenarios, and unlimited access allows you to revisit a specific sequence when the situation actually arises at the office.
The training teaches to observe and support, never to diagnose. No lesson allows you to tell an employee « you have ADHD ». The role of the supervising professional stops at the observation of concrete difficulties and the orientation, if the person wishes, towards a healthcare professional.
What you will be able to do by the end
Recognize the manifestations
Distinguish the three profiles (inattentive, hyperactive, mixed, according to the reference classification of psychiatry) and identify how they concretely manifest at work.
Implement adjustments
Choose the simple adjustments that really change daily life : organization of instructions, time framework, sound environment, digital tools.
Give clear instructions
Formulate an instruction that can be utilized by a person whose working memory is fragile, and provide feedback that refocuses without hurting.
Manage team dynamics
Raise awareness among colleagues without revealing confidential information, defuse misunderstandings, and highlight the strengths of the profile.
Secure evaluation and career
Identify biases that distort an annual evaluation and build a sustainable support plan rather than a temporary fix.
Prevent burnout
Recognize the warning signs of burnout, adapt support for remote work, and know when to refer to a healthcare professional.
An example of what the training makes concrete. Faced with a colleague who has not started a task assigned orally the day before, the old reflex is to blame: “I told you yesterday, you never listen to me.” The new reflex, practiced in a situational exercise, is different. One says: “I confirm the priority in writing: file X for Thursday at 4 PM. Tell me the first step you plan to take today.” We secure the instruction, we anchor a starting point, we transform a reproach into support.
Never say “ make an effort ”, “ focus a little ” or “ everyone can do it, why not you ”. These phrases attribute the difficulty to a lack of will and fuel shame and masking. Never disclose to the team that a person is affected by ADHD without their explicit consent : it is health information, protected by confidentiality.
Qualiopi, certificate and funding
DYNSEO is a certified training organization Qualiopi, registered under the activity declaration number 11757351875. The certification focuses on the quality of the process : defined educational objectives, adaptation to audiences, qualification of trainers, collection of feedback and continuous improvement. It is a guarantee of seriousness for an HR service that must justify its training choices.
Each learner receives a certificate of completion in their name, to be added to the individual file and usable within the quality approach of the organization. It is neither a state diploma nor a regulated qualification : it is a certificate of participation in a training action, issued after following the lessons and passing the final quiz.
In terms of funding, the Qualiopi certification is the condition that allows an employer to consider coverage under the skills development plan or by their skills operator. The rules, ceilings, and procedures vary by country, sectors, and operators : the only reliable approach is to have the quote and program validated by the HR service or funding organization before the purchase. Never present coverage as guaranteed before this validation.
Deploying training in an organization
The online format facilitates collective deployment — in a company, school, or institution — provided that it is not limited to sending a link.
- Set an observable objective. For example : reduce misunderstandings around instructions and harmonize interview conduct within three months. Without an objective, training remains just a checked box.
- Block time. Two slots of twenty minutes per week scheduled are better than a directive of “ do it when you can ”.
- Designate a referent. Often the disability referent or an informed manager, who advances a module in advance and leads five minutes of recap in the team meeting.
- Ground each module in reality. After module 2, revisit a recent instruction that was misunderstood. After module 4, review the annual interview grid together to remove biases.
- Archive certificates as you go, in the training file, with the date of quiz completion.
- Plan a follow-up in three months. What has actually changed in practices ? This is what distinguishes useful training from consumed training.
One principle runs through this deployment : confidentiality. Training equips supervisors to improve a work environment for the benefit of all, without ever identifying or “ policing ” anyone. The adjustments that help a person with ADHD — written instructions, clear priorities, structured meetings — actually benefit the entire team.
Pricing and registration
The training is offered at €150 per learner. The price is displayed in the visitor's currency according to the country of connection.
- Open the training page and add it to the cart.
- Create the learner account, or log in, then confirm the payment.
- Access is immediate : the training appears in the learner's space and the first lesson starts right away.
For deployment on multiple positions or a quote for a company or institution, the contact page allows you to obtain a tailored proposal. The complete catalog of courses can be viewed on the our training page.
What this training is not
- It does not make any diagnosis. Recognizing manifestations is not diagnosing : the diagnosis of ADHD is exclusively the responsibility of a trained health professional.
- It does not replace therapeutic follow-up. Medical, psychological, or medication support for an affected person remains the responsibility of health professionals.
- It does not provide any medical competence. It teaches how to adjust a work environment, not to evaluate or treat a disorder.
- It is not a diploma. The certificate attests to participation, not to a regulated qualification.
- It is not an in-person training. There is no live trainer or group exchanges : it is an asynchronous video course.
If a colleague expresses significant suffering, severe exhaustion, or dark thoughts, do not stay alone with the situation: refer them to the occupational doctor, a healthcare professional, or in case of a vital emergency, to the emergency services in your country. Your role is to listen and guide, not to provide medical care.
To go further
Everyday SituationsADHD at work: 10 difficult situations and how to respond
ToolboxADHD at work: activities, resources, and concrete adjustments to implement
Professional PostureADHD at work: posture, teamwork, and skills development
Several free DYNSEO tools directly complement this training: the attention refocusing cards and the attention strategy cards to support concentration, the impulsivity management sheet and the ADHD emotional regulation sheet for tense moments, and the behavioral tracking chart to objectify observations. The complete catalog is freely accessible, the cognitive tests allow for initial non-medical identification, and the application CLINT serves as a training support for attention for adults.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to complete the training ?
About four hours in total for the 6 modules and 20 lessons, including the final quiz. Since the lessons are short, most professionals spread the course over two to four weeks, with two slots of twenty minutes per week. Access remains open afterwards : you can revisit a specific lesson when the situation arises in the field, before an annual review for example, or when a new colleague joins the team. The pace is entirely flexible, with no imposed end date.
Does this training allow for the diagnosis of ADHD ?
No, and this is a crucial point. The training teaches how to recognize manifestations of ADHD at work and how to adapt one's posture, but it does not provide any diagnostic skills. The diagnosis of ADHD is exclusively the responsibility of a healthcare professional trained for this purpose. Your role as a supervisor ends with the observation of concrete difficulties and, if the person wishes, with the referral to a healthcare professional. The training also emphasizes the phrases that should never be spoken and the importance of confidentiality.
Can the training be funded by the employer ?
This is possible : DYNSEO is a training organization certified Qualiopi, which is generally a requirement for funding under the skills development plan or by a skills operator. The rules, ceilings, and procedures vary by country, sector, and funders. The reliable approach is to have the program and the quote validated by your HR department or your funding organization before purchase. Never assume funding is guaranteed until it has been confirmed in writing.
Can an entire team or organization be registered ?
Yes. Each professional has their own learner account and their named certificate, which allows for the submission of supporting documents to individual files and contributes to quality assurance. For deployment across multiple positions or a quote at the scale of a company, school, or establishment, go through the contact page of the site : a proposal tailored to the number of learners can be established. Collective deployment benefits from being accompanied by an internal referent and team debriefing time.
Are prior knowledge of ADHD required ?
No. The training is classified at all levels and starts with an understanding of adult ADHD, explained simply, before moving on to the manager's tools and professional situations. It is suitable for both a manager discovering the subject and a disability referent or an occupational health professional wishing to structure and update their practices. The case studies present in each module help anchor the concepts in concrete situations, without unnecessary jargon or theoretical prerequisites.
This page describes the content of a training action. Funding conditions and training obligations vary by country and employer : check with your HR department or your funding organization. This content does not constitute medical advice and does not replace the evaluation of a healthcare professional.
Make your management an asset against ADHD at work
DYNSEO's ADHD training at work provides your managers, HR, and references with reliable benchmarks and immediately applicable tools: 6 modules, 20 lessons, approximately 4 hours, unlimited access, and a personalized certificate for each learner.
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