SPARK

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SPARK

What is SPARK?

SPARK is a collaborative group therapy program developed by ADHD WA to support parents/carers, children and adolescents in their ADHD journey. The SPARK Program aims to increase understanding, equip parents and carers with supportive strategies and provide primary and secondary school aged children with practical skills to support them to thrive at home, school and in the community.

SPARK has 3 different programs areas split between primary school age and secondary school age groups. The 3 programs each run for 6-weeks and are facilitated by the ADHD WA clinical team consisting of Neuropsychologists and Psychologists.

The program format resembles a small interactive and engaging classroom, including workbooks, breaks, and activities.

Who are the different SPARK Programs for?

  • SPARK Your Support
    for Parents/Carers to learn skills to support their child.
  • SPARK Your Potential
    Parent/Carer and child attend together and collaborate together to develop executive function skills (eg organisation and time management).
  • SPARK Your Resilience
    Parent/Carer and child attend together and collaborate together to better understand emotions and friendships to help build resilience and social skills.

Each SPARK Program runs at least twice a year for both age groups (primary and secondary).

Tell me more about the 3 programs

We would love to! Click the headings below:

🟣 SPARK Your Support (Parent/Carer)

🟣 SPARK Your Support
This 6-week program focuses on equipping the parents and carers of primary and secondary school-aged children with strategies on how to support those in their care with ADHD.

Weekly Focus Areas for the SPARK Your Support Program:

  1. Understanding ADHD, parenting, and behaviour
  2. Family relationships, values, and health/wellness
  3. Emotion regulation, shared expectations, supports, and rewards
  4. Behaviour agreements and consequences 1: increasing positive behaviours
  5. Behaviour agreements and consequences 2: decreasing problem behaviours
  6. Trouble shooting; further tips and tricks for an ADHD household

Following the SPARK Your Support Program, Parents/Carers will be equipped to:

  • Understand the link between ADHD and behaviour difficulties
  • Use connection and quality time to improve your relationship with your child
  • Scaffold and support to increase the likelihood of your child carrying out daily tasks
  • Problem solve collaboratively with your child to reach a shared understanding
  • Help your child to manage strong emotions when things don’t go their way
  • Agree on natural consequences with your child and follow through on these calmly
🟢 SPARK Your Potential (Parent/Carer + Child)

🟢 SPARK Your Potential
This 6-week program focuses on developing executive function skills (eg organisation and time management) for primary and secondary school-aged children together with a parent/carer.

Weekly Focus Areas for the SPARK Your Potential Program:

  1. Understanding ADHD and executive function, goal setting
  2. Maximising wellness, working together
  3. Getting a system in place for homework
  4. Managing barriers to application and follow through
  5. Prioritising, deadlines, and getting down to work
  6. Projects, tests, making notes, and study sessions

Following the SPARK Your Support Potential Program, attendees will be equipped to:

  • Set goals collaboratively (parent/carer + child)
  • Improve motivation and wellness for both parent/carer and child
  • Develop a clear system for tracking homework tasks
  • Use scaffolding and support to ensure there is a clear framework for organisation tasks
  • Address blocks to completion of homework and organisation tasks
  • Complete homework sessions by prioritising, breaking tasks down, and checking in at the end
🔵 SPARK Your Resilience (Parent/Carer + Child)

🔵 SPARK Your Resilience
This 6-week program focuses on better understanding emotions and friendships to help build resilience and social skills for primary and secondary school-aged children together with a parent/carer.

Weekly Focus Areas for the SPARK Your Resilience Program:

  1. Understanding stress, triggers, and emotions
  2. Managing difficult emotions, enhancing wellness
  3. Unhelpful and helpful thinking patterns, and problem solving
  4. Resilient thinking styles, values, and character strengths
  5. Positive friendship behaviours: empathy, reading the room, chatting, compromising
  6. Handling social difficulties: disagreements, teasing/belittling

Following the SPARK Your Support Resilience Program, participants will be equipped to:

  • Understand and recognise stress, triggers, and emotions
  • Manage difficult emotions, enhancing wellness
  • Recognise unhelpful and helpful thinking patterns
  • Use resilient thinking styles, values, and character strengths
  • Implement positive friendship behaviours: empathy, reading the room, chatting, compromising
  • Better handle social difficulties: disagreements, teasing/belittling

What Parents Have Said About SPARK:

“The SPARK program was helpful to our family and the support materials were more helpful than standard parenting tips which often fall flat. We have seen positive changes in homework application and perseverance and an enthusiasm for high school which we never anticipated prior.”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed this workshop and have got an incredible amount of knowledge, support, and advice. I have found every section / session incredibly useful. A very professionally run workshop with extremely knowledgeable leaders. I have recommended it to many families and look forward to the other SPARK workshops. I reward and use positive praise more often since the workshop. Thank you!”

“Having both parent and child attend the SPARK program together has made a huge difference in terms of its effectiveness. I would highly recommend SPARK to other families navigating ADHD. Thanks again for what has been an extremely valuable experience.”

Term 1 2025 – Bookings Open!

Click here to complete a SPARK EOI form to be informed of future 2025 dates

🟣 SPARK Your Support – Primary (Year 1-6)
Parent/Carer only for Week 1 to 6.
🗓️ Tuesdays starting 11 February ending 18 March | ⏰ Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: ADHD WA Hub – 109 Montgomery Ave, Mount Claremont
💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate available using code 80122 – read more in the FAQ below.
Cost with medicare rebate (if eligible): approx $95 per session / $570 for the full program
⭐️ Book Your Spot:
(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

🟢 SPARK Your Potential – Upper Primary (Year 4-6)
Parent/Carer for Week 1, then Parent/Carer and child for Week 2 to 6.
🗓️ Wednesdays starting 12 February ending 19 March | ⏰ Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: ADHD WA Hub – 109 Montgomery Ave, Mount Claremont
💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate available using code 80122 – read more in the FAQ below.
Cost with medicare rebate (if eligible): approx $95 per session / $570 for the full program
⭐️ Book Your Spot:
(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

🔵 SPARK Your Resilience – Lower Primary (Year 1-3)
Parent/Carer for Week 1, then Parent/Carer and child for Week 2 to 6.
🗓️ Thursdays starting 13 February ending 20 March | ⏰ Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
📍 Location: ADHD WA Hub – 109 Montgomery Ave, Mount Claremont
💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate available using code 80122 – read more in the FAQ below.
Cost with medicare rebate (if eligible): approx $95 per session / $570 for the full program
⭐️ Book Your Spot:
(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

🟣 SPARK Your Support – Secondary (Year 7-12)
Parent/Carer only for Week 1 to 6.
🗓️ Saturdays starting 15 February ending 22 March | ⏰ Time: 9:00am – 10:30am
📍 Location: ADHD WA Hub – 109 Montgomery Ave, Mount Claremont
💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate available using code 80022 – read more in the FAQ below.
Cost with medicare rebate (if eligible): approx $95 per session / $570 for the full program
⭐️ Book Your Spot:
(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

🔵 SPARK Your Resilience – Secondary (Year 7-12)
Parent/Carer and adolescent for Week 1 to 6.
🗓️ Saturdays starting 15 February ending 22 March | ⏰ Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm
📍 Location: ADHD WA Hub – 109 Montgomery Ave, Mount Claremont
💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate not available
⭐️ Book Your Spot:
(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

🟢 SPARK Your Potential – Secondary (Year 7-12)
Parent/Carer and adolescent for Week 1 to 6.
🗓️ Saturdays starting 15 February ending 22 March | ⏰ Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
📍 Location: ADHD WA Hub – 109 Montgomery Ave, Mount Claremont
💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate not available
⭐️ Book Your Spot:
(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

Complete a SPARK EOI form to be informed of future 2025 dates

Telethon Subsidy

ADHD WA is thrilled to have received a Telethon grant which enables us to offer the three SPARK Programs at a subsidised cost to more families in the community.

Check Eligibility for Telethon Subsidy and Submit an Application

If your application is accepted, the SPARK Program Coordinator will contact you and offer you a position in the relevant program.
If not accepted, you will be invited to register for a non subsidised position.

Group Therapy Program FAQ

What is the Medicate rebate and how do I access it?

For participants who are eligible, ADHD WA Group Therapy Programs are offered under Medicare’s Better Access Initiative, namely Group Therapy. To obtain the rebate, participants who are eligible need to provide ADHD WA with specialist referral to the program from their psychiatrist, paediatrician, or a Mental Health Plan and referral from their GP stating the Group Therapy Item Number.

How much is the rebate?
If eligible, the rebate should be a minimum of approx $31 per session attended.
You must supply your referral and Mental Health Care Plan prior to the commencement of the program in order to receive the Medicare Rebate.

A referral must:
1. Include Group Therapy Item Number listed in the course details above
2. Dated before the start date of the program
Note: you do not need a referral to book or participate.

How do I claim the rebate?
For those who have an eligible referral, a receipt per session attended will be emailed to them following attendance at a session. These receipts can be used to claim the Medicare rebate.

Please note that Medicare rebates cannot be claimed for sessions which the member does not attend and it is a Medicare requirement that a minimum of 4 participants attend in order for any participants to get the rebate. We cannot guarantee the rebate due to participant non-attendance should total numbers fall below the minimum requirement of 4.

Private Health Care

If you wish to access your private healthcare cover, please check with your provider if you are entitled to a rebate from your private health insurance policy.

Who facilitates and runs the group therapy programs?

At ADHD WA we have an excellent team of clinicians who run and facilitate group therapy programs.
The team consists of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Clinical Neuropsychologist Registrars and Clinical Psychologists Registrar.
Click here to meet the team 

Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis to attend a Group Therapy Program?

No.
ADHD WA Group Therapy Programs and services are for people with or without formal ADHD diagnosis.

What Group Therapy Medicare Item Number do I include in my referral?

Emotional Regulation – 80122
SPARK Your Support Primary Term 1 2025 – 80122
SPARK Your Potential Primary Term 1 2025 – 80122
SPARK Your Resilience Primary Term 1 2025 – 80122
SPARK Your Support Secondary Term 1 2025 – 80022

Although it is recommended to put down “80122/80022”

Expression of Interest (EOI):

Be informed of future dates: Complete a SPARK EOI form

Questions?

For any questions regarding SPARK please contact the SPARK Program Coordinator:
📧 Email: spark@adhdwa.org
📞 Telephone: (08) 6255 8880

For general inquiries please contact our friendly team at the ADHD WA Hub:
📧 Email: hello@adhdwa.org
📞 Telephone: (08) 6255 8880