ADHD, Autism & Education: What Works?
The SEND Crisis, the playground-to-prison pipeline, system inequalities, and the supportive role of food & nutrition
A FAB Research Live Webinar and Q&A session
with Dr. Rachel Gow
Friday, 6th February 2026
6.00 - 7.30 pm (GMT)
This event will be recorded - so whether or not you can attend live, your booking will allow you to access the full video and handouts afterwards.
Part of FAB's 'ADHD & What Else?' webinar series
Neurodiversity is not a deficit but a difference. With the right support and environment, neurodiverse individuals can thrive. Many innovators, entrepreneurs, and creatives attribute their success to the very traits often labelled as challenges.
This session explores how education systems can better support children and young people with ADHD and autism in the face of growing pressures.
Reforming Systems & Current Challenges:
- Education inequality
- advocacy for inclusivity and new models
- home-schooling
- playground-to-prison-pipeline
- strategies to address the growing NEETS
You will gain a science-based understanding of how diet influences:
- Attention, memory, and learning speed
- Emotional regulation and behaviour
- Brain development across childhood and adolescence
- Neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin
- Long-term mental health outcomes
What You’ll Learn
- The science linking nutrition and neurodiversity
- Why girls and women are often underdiagnosed
- How hormonal transitions can influence symptoms
- The impact of inflammation and gut health on the brain
- Practical nutrition strategies for children and adults
- How lifestyle habits can enhance neuroplasticity
- The strengths and creative potential of neurodiverse minds
Practical guidance you can use immediately
You will leave with evidence-based strategies, including:
- Dietary approaches that support attention and mood
- How to identify common nutrient gaps
- What to look for on food labels
- Simple nutrition changes that support learning and behaviour
- When supplements may be helpful and when they are not
Who Should Attend
- Parents/healthcare provides seeking real world solutions
- Healthcare professionals seeking evidence-based guidance on nutrition and developmental conditions
- Researchers and students in neuroscience, psychiatry, or nutrition science
- Clinicians looking to apply the latest evidence in practice
- Anyone concerned about ADHD and ASD and its impact on learning, mood and behaviour.
About the Speaker
Dr Rachel V. Gow Ph.D is a Nutritional Neuroscientist, Neuropsychologist and Neurodevelopmental specialist with expertise in a range of mental health conditions and associative learning and behaviour differences. In addition, Dr. Gow is a Registered Nutritionist (under the category of Science).
Dr. Gow’s son, who has ADHD and Dyslexia, is the driving force behind all her endeavours in the neurodiverse arena.
Dr. Gow has approximately 18 years of research and experience in psychological research in child/adolescent and adult clinical populations.
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Speaker
Dr Rachel V. Gow Ph.D
Child neuropsychologist, nutritionist, nutritional neuroscientist & author
Founder of Nutritious Minds Consulting and Nutritious Minds Trust
(not-for-profit)
Chairing Q&A & discussion
Dr Alex Richardson
DPhil (Oxon), PGCE, FRSA
World-renowned researcher, educator, speaker and published author; and Founder Director of the UK-based charity, Food and Behaviour (FAB) Research.