Supporting Young People with ADHD through Traditional East Asian Medicine

Date(s): 17 June 2026

Time: 10am-5pm

Eligibility: Acupuncture graduates

Venue: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading

Many children find it difficult to pay attention, stay still, focus, process information and regulate their emotions. When these children come to the clinic, we often find that there are commonalities in the patterns of imbalances they display.

Acupuncture and related techniques can have a hugely positive impact on these children. It can reduce their suffering and striving, enabling them to begin to thrive, both at home and at school.    

During the day, we will look at factors that could be driving what is sometimes referred to as an ‘epidemic’ of ADHD in children.

We will look at how to identify the Chinese medicine patterns of imbalance that are often present and will suggest effective approaches to treatment, both acupuncture and non-needle techniques.   

Supporting children who are struggling in this way can be nothing short of life changing. It benefits not only their ability to learn but also to have better relationships. It can improve family dynamics and boost the child’s sense of self. 

When we treat a child, we are also treating the adult they are to become. Addressing these issues in childhood can have a lifelong positive impact.

Whether you treat children and teenagers in your clinic, or you want to learn more to support the young people in your life / at home, this course will give you more understanding and tools to help.

Rebecca teaches paediatrics both at undergraduate and post-graduate level, in the UK, online and internationally. Her clinical work is solely with children, both in her private paediatric practice and a low-cost community clinic for children. She is the author of the textbook Acupuncture for Babies, Children and Teenagers, which is now used in colleges all over the world.  She has also written a book for parents and practitioners called Chinese Medicine for Childhood Anxiety and Depression. Rebecca is also the founder of The Hub Of Paediatric Acupuncture – an online, worldwide community for paediatric acupuncturists. Rebecca is known for her clear and warm teaching, which is informed by her experience of working with hundreds of children and their families.