Parent Course – Six online sessions relating to parenting autistic children - Tusla Dublin South, West Kildare, West Wicklow and Co. Wicklow Children and Young People's Services
Course in ‘Executive function and Neurodiverse Teenagers’ Five online webinars - Toys, Technology and Training Programme, Kildare County Council
Parent Course – Six in person sessions relating to parenting neurodivergent children - Lorna Byrne Children's Foundation and Tusla Child and Family Agency.
Pre-school teachers’ course: Working with autistic children in the preschool setting (Six online webinars) West Kildare, West Wicklow and Co. Wicklow Children and Young People's Services
Executive Function and ADHD (one webinar) ADHD Ireland
Helping Neurodiverse primary school children prepare to transition to secondary school – two webinars - Toys, Technology and Training Programme. Kildare County Council; Mayo County Council.
Helping your Neurodiverse Child manage puberty (one webinar) - Toys, Technology and Training Programme. Kildare County Council
Sensory Processing Disorder – Understanding, Including and Affirming those with sensory processing differences (Three webinars) - Toys, Technology and Training Programme. Kildare County Council; South Dublin County Council; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Mindfulness and relaxation for Neurodiverse Children and Teenagers (one webinar) -
Toys, Technology and Training
Programme. Kildare County Council
Processing Speed – What is it and how can we help? (one webinar) - Toys, Technology and Training Programme. Kildare County Council
An introduction to Occupational Therapy and the Neurodiverse Person and promoting inclusion (one webinar) - UCD School of Medicine
Helping Children with Handwriting difficulties (one webinar) - Mayo County Council
Helping Neuro-Diverse teenagers who struggle with Organisation, Time-Management, Decision Making, Working Memory and Managing feelings. (one webinar) - South County Dublin County Council
Helping your child manage anxiety - Parent led Autism Network
Public Lectures -
A sample of the lectures and workshops given by Dr Dorothy Armstrong:
Helping primary school children with issues such as Dyspraxia, Asperger's, ADHD, ADD prepare to transition to secondary school
Helping children with special needs transition into primary school
Study Skills for children and teenagers with Dyslexia and/or Dyspraxia
Helping Children and Teens with Asperger’s make friends
Helping your child deal with anxiety
Dealing with Handwriting Issues
Managing Sensory Processing Disorder
Bully-Proofing for children and adolescents with issues such as Dyspraxia, Asperger's, ADHD, ADD
Asperger's Syndrome in Girls
Selective Mutism in Children
Helping Children and Teenagers with Anxiety
Smart but Scattered: Executive Disfunction in Children and Teenagers
Assertiveness for Teenagers and Young Adults with Asperger's Syndrome
Workshop for primary school children on acceptance of difference and anti-bullying. (this has been done with each class year from Junior infants to sixth class)
Building self-esteem in your child
Anger management and Strategies for managing and preventing out of control behaviours (meltdowns) in children with conditions such as Asperger's syndrome, high functioning autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Self-care for Carers
Helping your child to sleep
Transitioning to Third Level and beyond
Conference Presentations
Dr Dorothy Armstrong has presented the following at professional conferences:
2022 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Advocacy and Inclusion for Neurodiverse Children.
Equipping staff in the 'Parent and Kids Together' Community Programme.
2021 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Engaging Communities: The Sense-Ability Library
Project.
2010 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Developmental Co-ordination Disorder - Capturing the Complexity
2009 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Occupational Therapy with children with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder. What's best practice?
2008 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Workshop on using the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance in clinical practice
2007 '17th Biennial Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children University of Warwick, UK' Education, inclusion and academically gifted children in the Irish Republic
2003 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Workshop on Research Skills for Occupational Therapists
1999 'British Association of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference Liverpool, UK' Paper presenting the results of my M. Sc. research entitled: Are we trying to stop a haemorrhage with a Band-Aid? Use of Clients' Environments by Occupational Therapists working in Ireland in Mental Health
1999 'The Association of Occupational Therapists in Mental Health - 3rd Annual Conference Oxford, UK' Workshop on Practical Research for Occupational Therapists in Mental Health
1997 'Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Annual Conference' Workshop on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
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