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“Which ADHD course should I do?” is the question we are asked most, and the honest answer is that it depends on something only you can see: the gap in your own service.
This page sets the options out plainly, with what each costs and who each is for, so you can match them against that gap rather than guess.
Before comparing syllabuses, answer one question: what can your service not currently do?
Most people arrive having chosen the course first. It is worth ten minutes doing it the other way round.
£795, one day, live. For clinicians moving into adult ADHD assessment. It covers the diagnostic framework, the structured interview, differential diagnosis and what a report has to evidence to survive scrutiny from a GP, a tribunal or a second opinion.
This is the starting point for most people and the one that feeds everything else, because the reasoning it teaches applies whichever instrument you go on to use. Full detail, including what it does not authorise, is in our guide to ADHD assessor training in the UK.
£895, two days. For clinicians who already assess, or who work alongside those who do, and who need to manage medication: choosing a first drug, running titration, monitoring physical health and handing over to primary care.
One thing to be clear about, because it causes real confusion: this course does not make you a prescriber. Prescribing requires its own qualification, which for nurses and pharmacists is usually the V300 taken at a university. We set out how the two fit together, and the order to do them in, in ADHD prescribing training for nurses and pharmacists.
£1,295, two days, 14 hours. Structured observational assessment for autism, taught live with coded examples rather than as recorded modules.
It is a restricted instrument, so eligibility is set by the publisher rather than by us. Check that before booking, because the restriction covers buying the materials as well as attending the course.
£1,235, two days, 8 hours CPD. The structured caregiver interview covering developmental history, used alongside the ADOS-2 rather than instead of it.
Which of the two you need first depends on what your team already does well, and that is a genuine question rather than a sales one. We compare them directly, including total cost once materials are included, in ADOS-2 and ADI-R training compared.
£495 half day, £895 full day. One-to-one remote observation of real assessments, with a structured debrief afterwards where the reasoning gets unpicked.
This is the one most people skip and then find they need. It is also the step almost no other UK provider offers at all, which matters a great deal when your service asks for evidence of supervised practice before letting you assess alone.
A different audience: education and care settings rather than diagnosing clinicians. If you are a clinician moving into autism assessment, the instruments above are what you need instead.
There are plenty, and some are fine for general awareness. What they do not provide is anything a service will accept as evidence of diagnostic competence.
The test is simple: does it state its CPD hours as a number, name its trainer, and say what the certificate does not authorise? If not, treat it as reading rather than training.
Often, yes. NHS services hold CPD budgets, and training that closes a service gap is usually an easier case to make than training that benefits only you.
If it helps, we can provide a short outline of the course and its learning outcomes to attach to a funding request. Just ask.
The course is the quick part. Assessor training is a single day, and the instrument courses are two days each. What follows is the slower half: arranging supervised assessments, agreeing scope with your service, and confirming your indemnity covers the new activity.
Clinicians who plan those three things alongside the course rather than afterwards tend to be assessing independently within a few months. Those who treat the certificate as the finish line are often still waiting a year later, which is a frustrating way to spend a training budget.
Thinking about training with us? Our ADHD Assessor Training runs as a one-day live course, CPD and CME certified, from £795. The Observership Academy adds observed practice with real patients.
See dates and book on the ADHD Assessor Training page, or email info@globaladhdnetwork.com and we will tell you honestly whether it is the right course for your role.
There is no single best ADHD course, only the one that closes the gap you actually have. For most clinicians that is assessor training followed by observed practice; for autism work it is the instruments; for prescribing it is a separate qualification entirely.
If you are not sure which applies, tell us what your service does now and what it cannot do yet, and we will tell you which course fits - including when the answer is none of them yet.
