Professional Development

Workshops & Presentations for Schools, Clinicians, and Businesses

As a long-time workshop presenter, I visit schools, businesses, universities, conference sites and other speaking venues to deliver presentations for a wide variety of groups. I am often hired by Human Resources Coordinators, event planners as well as academic institutions, mental health clinics and other corporate organizations.

Below you will find a small sample of the presentations I regularly offer. All of my workshops are tailored to your audience, so they are customized for your needs. I meet with everyone who is interested in hiring me so I can understand your organization and assess your goals. My aim is to collaborate on putting together an experience that works best for your group.  I am always open to new ideas and brainstorming.

Please explore what’s below and when you’re ready, contact me to discuss one-on-one what you need and your budget. Together, we’ll create something magical for your group.

Workshop Topics To Explore

Supporting Different Brains at Work: Helping adults with ADHD and more maximize performance, build connections and nurture self-confidence

Do you ever wonder what is going on in the minds of neurodivergent coworkers with ADHD, depression, anxiety, or other learning differences? Why do they struggle to manage time, focus, organization, motivation and planning? In this webinar, I explain ADHD and other conditions like anxiety and learning disabilities and how they can show up at the workplace.

I offer innovative strategies to help all colleagues, not just those who are neurodivergent learners, to improve focus, organization, emotional regulation, planning and motivation. I also share strategies for how to seek support if you are an outside the box thinker.

You will leave with greater knowledge about how to foster a professional environment of compassion, acceptance and productivity for everybody.

“Dr. Saline gave an incredibly informative and captivating presentation for our staff on Neurodiversity in the workplace. Her information was valuable and she answered questions with candor. The presentation sparked great ongoing conversations about accommodating and encouraging different strategies for working with different brains.” Emily Engelhard, Feeding America

Building Better Brains: How to improve executive functioning skills in neurodiverse children and adolescents

In this dynamic and interactive workshop designed for clinicians or educators, participants will learn concrete strategies to meet different learners and thinkers where they are, improve their performance and build self-esteem.

With current research on the developing brain and real-life case examples, I will lead you through the “how and why” of executive functioning skills, going in-depth with your audience to understand the various learning processes for all students. This workshop includes discussion on innovative tools to improve focus, organization, planning and motivation will also be covered.

Exercises designed to improve participants’ understanding of living with learning differences, engaging young people with these challenges and brainstorming solutions to specific challenges are threaded throughout the workshop. I also share practical tools for building social-emotional resources, increasing social relationships and reducing toxic perfectionism. You will leave this workshop with practical, tangible strategies for identifying and nurturing cognitive and emotional strengths in your practice or your classroom.

“I enjoyed Sharon’s faculty workshop on teenage brains and improving executive functioning skills in our students. It was very informative and was presented, as usual, with humor and energy. She is clearly interested in kids and how they learn, and she knows her stuff. Teachers walked away with take-home points they could use immediately. Sharon is a tremendous resource.”

You’ve Got This: Motivating Children, Teens and Adults with ADHD to do the Hard Stuff 

Do you know people with ADHD who have a tough time starting and completing things they have to do? Successfully motivating and supporting these folks, regardless of their age, relies on a strength-based, collaborative approach that includes compassion, consistency and practice.

In this workshop I explore the inherent challenges of motivation that are part of living with ADHD. Children, teens and adults with ADHD all seem to struggle with knowing where to begin a task, breaking it down, dealing with distractions and setting realistic goals about their productivity. I will share effective strategies for reducing procrastination, disorganization and distractibility that keep people from performing successfully at school and at work.

I also offer tools for limiting perfectionism and imposter syndrome and show you how to build self-confidence and personal insights instead. You’ll learn how to help students, clients and colleagues develop personal accountability, stronger executive functioning skills and increased levels of resilience.

“Sharon Saline’s trainings have the perfect combination of expertise and a compassionate, caring approach that reassures and informs teachers and administrators. She has generously shared her vast knowledge of ADHD, child development and behavioral issues with our faculty. In doing so, she has reassured them, encouraged them, and given them hope as well as many useful interventions.”

What Kids with ADHD Wish You Knew and How You Can Help: Understanding ADHD and executive functioning in children and teens

This training provides clinicians with the tools they need to work comfortably and competently with children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD and their families. After reviewing biological, psychological and social factors related to ADHD and common coexisting mental health issues, I share innovative, strength-based strategies to teach much-needed executive functioning skills and reduce conflict between kids and parents.

Along with the material, I also integrate opinions and reflections from children and teens with ADHD about what pulls them through. This presentation is both didactic and experiential in nature.

“I would highly recommend Dr. Sharon Saline as a speaker. She presented to our clinical staff on the topic of ADHD and disorders of executive functioning. She was well-organized and demonstrated a breadth of knowledge about her topics. While she conveyed confidence in her work, she did not present herself as sole expert. Instead, she presented with collegiality, encouraging us to interact with her, ask questions and make suggestions.”

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Additional Praise from Educators,  Clinicians & Professionals On Working With Dr. Sharon Saline

“Dr. Saline gave me what I needed to plan for next school year and to return to fight the battles I have fought for years on behalf of children and families. What she does is so meaningful and helpful. I believe in empowering parents to fight for their children by giving them information and sending them to sources of information. In one day, Dr. Saline gave me many insights and tools to do this.”

“Dr. Saline shared a thorough overview of adolescence which connected brain development to environmental, social and emotional development. She’s an engaging instructor who used videos, breakout sessions and relevant slides to teach. She facilitated engaging discussions, used humor and kept a steady, quick pace. I learned a lot and the time flew by! It was so great to attend a workshop that delivered what it said it would.”