Coming Home with ADHD is an 8-week educational mindfulness class designed for adults with ADHD. The program teaches mindfulness, self-awareness, self-compassion, and practical skills for working with attention, emotions, stress, and everyday life.

By enrolling in the class, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agree to the following information and expectations.

1. This Is an Educational Class, Not Psychotherapy
·      Coming Home with ADHD is an educational and skills-based program. Participation in the class does not establish a therapist-patient relationship between you and the instructor.
 
·      The class is not intended to diagnose or treat mental health conditions and is not a substitute for individual psychotherapy, psychiatric care, medical care, or crisis services.
 
 
·      Although the instructor is a licensed psychologist, the instructor is serving in the role of educator and group facilitator during this program.
 
·      Participants should continue working with their own healthcare or mental health providers as appropriate.

·      If concerns arise during the class that appear to require individualized treatment or a higher level of care, the instructor may recommend that a participant seek additional professional support.

2. Course Format
·      Coming Home with ADHD consists of eight live online classes.

·      Classes are approximately 90 minutes in length and are conducted by secure videoconferencing.

·      Participants are encouraged to attend all eight sessions whenever possible because each week builds upon concepts and practices introduced previously.

The program may include:

• Educational material about ADHD and mindfulness
• Guided mindfulness exercises
• Breathing and body-awareness practice
• Group discussion
• Reflection exercises
• Optional home practices
• Use of the Coming Home with ADHD workbook and recorded mindfulness practices.

Participation in every exercise is encouraged but not required. Participants may choose to modify or discontinue an exercise if they become uncomfortable.

3. Participant Goals
Participants may enter the program with different goals.

These may include:

• Developing greater awareness of attention and distraction
• Learning ways to respond differently to stress
• Improving emotional awareness and regulation
• Building self-compassion
• Becoming more present in relationships
• Developing realistic mindfulness practices that work with an ADHD brain
• Reducing shame or frustration associated with ADHD
• Learning to return attention more intentionally

The instructor cannot guarantee any particular outcome from participation.

Progress will differ from person to person.

4. Group Participation and Behavioral Expectations

Coming Home is intended to be a respectful and supportive learning environment.

Participants agree to:

• Treat other participants with respect.
• Allow others to speak without interruption.
• Avoid dominating group discussion.
• Avoid criticizing, correcting, diagnosing, or attempting to treat other participants.
• Listen without trying to “fix” another participant’s experience.
• Avoid discriminatory, threatening, harassing, sexually inappropriate, or hostile behavior.
• Participate from a private location whenever reasonably possible.
• Avoid attending while significantly impaired by alcohol or other substances.
• Avoid recording sessions.
• Follow reasonable directions from the instructor related to group safety and participation.

Participants are encouraged to speak from their own experience rather than giving advice to other group members.

The instructor may redirect discussion, interrupt a participant, limit participation, or remove a participant from the program if behavior substantially interferes with the safety, privacy, or functioning of the group.

5. Cameras and Participation

Because this is an interactive online class, participants are generally expected to have their cameras on during class.

Visual participation helps the instructor monitor engagement and helps create a more connected and responsive group environment.

Participants may briefly turn off their camera when needed for practical or personal reasons.

If a participant anticipates needing to participate without video for a substantial portion of the program, they should discuss this with the instructor in advance.

6. Confidentiality and Group Privacy

The instructor will make reasonable efforts to protect participant privacy and confidentiality.

However, group programs have limits to confidentiality because information is shared in the presence of other participants.

All participants agree that they will not disclose identifying or personal information shared by other group members outside of the class.

• Participants agree not to:
• Record sessions in any form
• Take screenshots of other participants
• Photograph the screen
• Share names or identifying details of participants
• Repeat another participant’s personal story in a way that could identify them
• Post information about another participant on social media or elsewhere

Participants may discuss their own experience in the class but should protect the identity and privacy of others.

Because the instructor cannot control the behavior of every group member, complete confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.

7. Online Privacy

Participants are responsible for participating from a location that provides reasonable privacy.

The use of headphones is recommended when other people may be nearby.

Participants should make reasonable efforts to prevent family members, coworkers, roommates, or others from overhearing group discussion.

Participants should not participate from a public location where group discussion can easily be overheard.
 
8. Emotional Discomfort and Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness practices can sometimes bring increased awareness of uncomfortable thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, or memories.
Temporary discomfort, frustration, restlessness, boredom, sadness, anxiety, or emotional activation can occur.

Participants are encouraged to modify or stop any practice that feels overwhelming.

Participants may:

• Open their eyes
• Change posture
• Stand or move
• Focus on sounds or another neutral sensory anchor
• Take a brief break
• Choose not to participate in a particular exercise

Participants are responsible for monitoring their own emotional and physical wellbeing and seeking additional support when needed.
 
9. First-Session Satisfaction and Withdrawal Option

Participants are encouraged to attend the first class before deciding whether the program is a good fit.

If, after attending the first session, a participant believes the class is not appropriate for them or has had a significantly negative experience, they may withdraw from the program.

To receive a refund for the remaining sessions, the participant must notify the instructor or program administrator within 48 hours following the first class.

The cost of the first session is nonrefundable.

Any remaining prepaid tuition will be refunded.

After this initial withdrawal period, tuition is generally nonrefundable because the participant’s space has been reserved for the full eight-week program.

Exceptions may be considered in unusual circumstances at the discretion of the program.
 
10. Fees and Payment

The fee for the complete eight-week Coming Home with ADHD course is:
$400 total.  This is equivalent to $50 per class.

Payment is due before the beginning of the course unless another arrangement has been approved in advance.

The course fee includes access to the Coming Home with ADHD workbook and associated audio practices.

The class is an educational program and is not billed as psychotherapy.

Participants will not receive psychotherapy billing codes for class participation.

The program does not guarantee that health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, or other benefit plans will reimburse the cost.

Participants are responsible for determining whether their own plan permits reimbursement for educational programs.
 
11. Missed Classes

Enrollment reserves a participant’s space for the full eight-week program.

No refund or credit is provided for individual missed classes.
Participants are encouraged to review the workbook material and complete the corresponding mindfulness practice when they are unable to attend.

Sessions are not recorded for later viewing because doing so could compromise participant privacy.
 
12. Cancellation by the Instructor

If the instructor must cancel a session, reasonable efforts will be made to reschedule the class.

If a canceled session cannot reasonably be rescheduled, participants will receive an appropriate prorated refund or credit.
 
13. Communication Outside of Class
Participants may contact the program regarding scheduling, billing, technical problems, or other administrative matters.

Because Coming Home is not psychotherapy, the instructor is not available through the program for ongoing individual clinical consultation, crisis management, or emergency mental health support.

Participants should direct individual treatment needs to their own healthcare providers.
 
14. Emergencies and Crisis Situations

Coming Home with ADHD is not an emergency or crisis service.

If you are experiencing an immediate mental health or medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
In the United States, you may also call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Participants experiencing significant psychological distress should seek appropriate individual professional care.

15. Instructor Discretion Regarding Participation

The instructor may determine that the class is not an appropriate setting for a participant.

Reasons may include, but are not limited to:

• Behavior that disrupts the group
• Repeated violations of confidentiality expectations
• Threatening or harassing behavior
• Participation while significantly impaired
• Clinical needs that appear to exceed the scope of an educational class
• Repeated inability to follow group expectations

 

When reasonably possible, concerns will be discussed with the participant before removal from the program.

If participation is ended by the instructor, any refund for remaining sessions will be determined based on the circumstances.

16. Voluntary Participation

Participation in Coming Home with ADHD is voluntary.

Participants may choose whether to participate in discussions or individual mindfulness exercises.

Participants are encouraged to stretch themselves gently while also respecting their own limits.

The purpose of the course is not to perform mindfulness correctly.

The central practice is: Notice • Allow • Return

Participants are encouraged to notice what is happening, allow their present experience without immediate judgment, and return their attention again and again.

 

17.  Privacy and Confidentiality of Other Participants
Because Coming Home with ADHD is a group-based class, participants may hear personal information shared by other class members.

By participating, you agree that you will not disclose information about other class participants outside of the class.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Another participant’s name or identity
• Personal stories or experiences they share
• Mental health, medical, family, relationship, employment, or other personal information
• Comments made during group discussion
• Information that could reasonably identify another participant
• You may discuss your own experience in the class, but you agree to protect the privacy of all other participants.

You also agree not to record sessions, take screenshots, photograph the screen, or share class discussions through social media, email, text messages, or other forms of communication.

Because confidentiality in a group setting depends in part on the behavior of all participants, the instructor cannot guarantee that another participant will maintain confidentiality. However, maintaining the privacy of other group members is an expectation of participation in the course.

You always have the choice regarding what you share and/or if you want to share infomation.

 
Participant Acknowledgment

By signing below, I acknowledge that:

I have read and understand this Participant Informed Consent and Class Agreement.

I understand that Coming Home with ADHD is an educational class and not psychotherapy.

I understand the fees, refund policy, and attendance expectations.

I understand the limits of confidentiality in a group setting.

I agree to protect the privacy of other participants.

I agree not to record, photograph, or take screenshots of class sessions.

I agree to follow the behavioral expectations described above.

I understand that mindfulness practices may occasionally produce emotional discomfort.

I understand that I may decline or modify an exercise.

I understand that participation does not guarantee a particular outcome.

I understand the withdrawal policy following the first session.

I have had an opportunity to ask questions before participating.