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Staff Information |
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Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ph.D., Director |
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Elizabeth Ahmann, ScD, RN ADHD and Life Coach (Child, Teen, Adult) |
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Lise Becker, Ph.D. |
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Anne Busse, ADD Coach & Professional Organizer |
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Veronica Chang, M.A. |
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Kim Collins, ADD Coach |
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Colette de Marneffe, Ph.D. |
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Marcia Gilroy , Ph.D. |
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Judith M. Glasser, Ph.D. |
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Kara Goobic, Psy.D. |
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Donna Henderson, Psy.D. |
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Gina Jadwisiak, LCSW-C |
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Melanie Patt-Corner, Professional Organizer |
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Lauren Quinn, Adolescent & Teen ADHD Coach |
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Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D. |
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Susy Thomas, Ph.D. |
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Emily Wells, Psy.D. |
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Administrative Staff |
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To contact Dr. Ahmann, please call our main office at 301-562-8448.
What is Coaching?
AD/HD coaching consists of a partnership between client and coach that assists clients to live more effective and satisfying lives through encouragement, new learning, goal identification, accountability, and forward action.
AD/HD Coaching can supplement therapy or stand alone as a support service to an individual managing life with AD/HD. AD/HD coaching is not therapy.
For young clients, I work with the family to set up a supportive environment including clear routines and structure that can encourage success for the child and ease for the family.
For clients in middle school, I combine working with the child and the family to achieve the best results.
Teens, college students, and adults with AD/HD work directly with me on challenges they face managing school, work, personal health and wellness, and relationships.
I also coach parents of teens and young adults in re-defining their parenting role(s) as their child is getting older.
What does coaching accomplish?
Coaching can accomplish as much or as little as the client wants to achieve. Here is a sampling of the types of challenges I assist individuals with:
- Understanding AD/HD and its impact on a one's own life
- Becoming aware of one's own learning style and understanding one's own learning challenges
- Discovering and appreciating one's own strengths
- Addressing challenges related to executive functioning
- Identifying and implementing personal approaches to time-management and organization
- Identifying strategies to manage with short-term memory challenges
- Using motivational strategies that work
- Implementing actions to forward growth
- Providing accountability to support desired action steps
- Finding strategies for success with goal setting and follow-through
- Improving self-awareness and self-esteem
- Developing self-advocacy skills
- Exploring other avenues of individual interest
I also coach parents of challenging children on finding balance at home, and I coach and consult with families interested in homeschooling their children on how to get started or how to balance homeschooling and a parent's own needs. I have an adopted child diagnosed with attachment disorder and can work with families facing this challenge, in conjunction with a therapist, on exploring resources and setting up helpful structures and strategies at home.
Structure of Coaching
- Complimentary 30-minute phone information session with student (and parents if client is young, a middle school or a high school student)
- Two-hour intake session (in person when possible, by phone if necessary)
- 30 minute meetings once/week, typically via telephone are most common
- Complimentary email/text contact between sessions
- Additional meetings with parent(s) as needed can be arranged
- Monthly contracts are most typical, with payment made at the beginning of the month
- Note: some individuals may need a different arrangement, such as shorter more frequent sessions, or only periodic "tune up" sessions. These can be arranged individually
Coach Training
- Life Coaching - Fast Track Coaching Institute, ICF Approved
- Coaching Teens & College Students with AD/HD - JST Coaching, ICF Approved
- Coaching Children with AD/HD- JST Coaching
- Parent-Coach Training
- Continuing education through AD/HD Coaches Organization and the AD/HD Special Interest Group of the International Coaching Federation
Prior Education
- ScD, Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, The Johns Hopkins University
- Community Nursing Internship (children with disabilities), Georgetown University
- MS, Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner, Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University
- BGS (self-designed course of studies), University of Michigan & Oberlin College
Professional Experience
- Professional Coach (Life, Teen, AD/HD)
- Editor, "Family Matters" section, Pediatric Nursing (currently Co-Editor with a parent advocate)
- Writing instructor/tutor
- Consultant, family-centered health care
- Conference presenter, pediatric nursing & family topics
- Author, pediatric nursing and family topics (books, chapters, articles)
- Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing
- Instructor, Public Health Issues, Catholic University School of Nursing
- Nurse Practitioner, women's health
- Home Care Nurse, member of multi-disciplinary team, Children's National Medical Center
- Pediatric Nurse, Children's National Medical Center
Other Relevant Experience
- Parent of gifted/highly gifted children
- Parent of children with AD/HD and multiple learning challenges
- Parent of an older adopted child
- Home-educator for 15+ years
- Well- networked in DC Metro area
- Curriculum development for children with varied learning styles
- Instructor of small group classes from pre-K through 12th grade: literature, social studies, science, writing
Associations / Organizations
- International Coach Federation
, Associate Certified Coach
- AD/HD Coaches Organization
- CHADD (Children and Adults with AD/HD), professional member
Personal Interests …family, hiking/backpacking, sewing/quilting, reading, chocolate!
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