Well-Trained ADHD Coaches Desperately Needed

As I ponder the need for well-trained ADHD Coaches, I am reminded of why it is so important that this happens sooner than later. As an ADHD Coach Trainer, I understand the staggering numbers of people of all ages from preschool to top executives that are seriously looking for help to be better organized, focused, and communicative at work, at home, and at school. I am reminded of the low numbers of those equipped to provide it. This is why although I love my work with adults, students, and couples and helping them to transform their lives, training qualified people to provide exceptional ADHD coaching services is my number one mission.

My book, Your Innovator Brain – The Truth About ADHD, talks about how after almost 40 years in the field, I came to understand that innovation is the single most shared top-level skill that most ADDers possess. This is what an article from Phys.org titled “What is Innovation and how can we awaken its dormant traits and cultivate them?” by The University of South Florida (March 10, 2017), says about innovation:

“According to the authors, Innovation can be defined as “the introduction of something new and different” that is created by inspiration and creativity. Innovation, they said, is critical to improvements in “how we live” and provide “social value.” The beginning of the innovative process is usually associated with “a fragmented inspiration” that is further developed by “joining with other fragmented thoughts to finally arrive at a creative inspiration.”

To me, this describes well the thinking process of people mislabeled ADHD, and why many top executives and many new inventions and innovative companies are run by or conceived by people with the Innovator brain type.

Having said that, people with Innovator brains still need to go from the big picture clouds above to boots on the ground — and that is where good ADHD coaching comes into play. Helping people with good ideas function successfully in their everyday lives allows this innovation ability, creativity, and large-scale problem solving to happen.

According to a study by Ahmann, E., Tuttle, L.J., and Wright, S.D. titled “Emerging Evidence for the Efficacy of Coaching for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), “Extant research on outcomes for coaching for ADHD consistently shows positive findings. Of the 19 outcome studies, 17 demonstrated improvements in participant executive functioning and ADHD symptoms.

This study also shows that we need more studies on the value and benefits of coaching. However, anecdotal evidence exists everywhere through the growing number of happy outcomes of people who have been helped by well-trained ADHD Coaches. It is important to remember that diagnosis, medication, and/or therapy does not provide the necessary intentional step-by-step behavior change to transform lives that coaching offers.

If you are interested in looking into what it would take to become an ADHD Coach and:

• you want to learn how to begin a successful practice or build a successful business,
• you have ADHD or ADHD exists in your family of origin, or family you created,
• and you have compassion for people who are suffering unnecessarily,

We need you!

Learn more about our ADHD Coach Training Program. You will have an opportunity to fill out a contact form or make a calendar appointment to speak directly with me, the Head Trainer.

Here’s to creating a better life and future for all!