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You will learn how to deliver the 1-2-3 Magic programme to help parents you work with have more peaceful homes, more enjoyable kids and better self-esteem, all within a few weeks.

You will learn how to teach the three simple steps and get results quickly.

Step 1: Control Obnoxious Behaviour. Learn a simple technique to get kids to STOP doing what you don’t want them to do (whining, arguing, tantrums, sibling rivalry, etc.).

Step 2: Encourage Good Behaviour. Learn several effective methods to get kids to START doing what you do want them to do (cleaning rooms, going to bed, homework, etc.).

Step 3: Strengthen Relationships. Learn four powerful techniques that reinforce the bond between parents and children.

You will also learn how to teach parents to manage the Six Kinds of Testing  and Manipulation, how to handle misbehaviour in public and how to avoid the Talk-Persuade-Argue-Yell-Hit Syndrome.

The trainer will provide you with all the tools you need to plan, deliver and evaluate the programme and includes the theory behind the programme.

ADDISS is the only UK license holder for 1-2-3 Magic and have been delivering Practitioner Training courses since 2009.

The CEO of ADDISS Andrea Bilbow, OBE and former president of ADHD Europe founded ADDISS in 1995 and is herself an expert in ADHD with over 25 years’ experience both first hand and professionally so any advice and support that you will receive post training will be of the highest standard.

The entry requirements to do this course are that you are either a professional clinician and/or work under an organisation who will provide the necessary professional liability/indemnity insurances as well as provide quality assurance.  You will need to have a proven track record of working with parents and a qualification for working with parents. You will also need to have a reasonable knowledge and understanding about neurodevelopmental disorders and child development.

Our practitioner course runs for 2 days. It can be held either at our office in NW London or at another location, depending on where most of the trainees are based.

The competitive course cost, for which you are given all the materials, including one copy of the book 1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan and one copy of 1-2-3 Magic for Kids, Three DVDs 1-2-3 Magic and More 1-2-3 Magic and Dr Phelan’s Three Minute Parenting Tips, Quick reference Guide Collection Pack with 9 laminated photocopiable topics, training manual and PowerPoints, and printable material for your parents.

You will also be offered lunch and refreshments on both days.

The fee includes the initial 2-year licence, which allows you to deliver the 1-2-3 Magic programme to groups of parents and/or families.  This licence must be renewed after 2 years.

After your training you will be required to submit evaluation forms, completed by the parents, so that we can monitor your progress in delivering the course.  Once you have met your quota of evaluations, you will be required to take a multiple choice test.  Once passed, you will qualify as a 1-2-3 Magic Practitioner.  You have two years to complete the process, though many do it in one.

After qualifying you will pay an annual fee to cover for admin, access to our resources and our continued support.

After completing the steps below, you will have the right to refer to yourself as a “Certified 1-2-3 Magic Practitioner”. Trained in the specialist ADHD behaviour modification programme.

In order to become fully accredited, you will need to deliver at least three 1-2-3 Magic parenting  courses and you will need to accumulate 30 evaluations alternatively. Following this you will be required to complete a test to evidence your learning. To successfully acquire your accreditation, you can also use 1-2-3 Magic with 6 individual families in a clinical or home setting and submit you evaluations and complete your test in this way.

Once you have become accredited in the 1-2-3 Magic course, you will be able to independently advertise and deliver specialist ADHD parenting programmes for families.

As your training provider ADDISS are be available to answer any questions that you might have regarding delivery of the programme.