ADHD/Executive functioning coaching can be applied across the lifespan from middle school through adult years.
ADHD/Executive Function Coaching focuses on the skills that you need to function in your daily life activities as well as the skills required to reach your goals. While daily life demands differ depending on your age, the skills to reach your goals are the same: planning, organizing, following through and completing tasks are the same.
ADHD / Executive Functioning coaching to improve daily life management
- How to change daily patterns in order to get adequate sleep
- The importance of daily exercise to improve cognitive functioning
- The role of good nutrition in daily functioning
- Improving time awareness – how long things take, how to remain aware of time when involved in activities, how to arrive on time, and complete tasks on time
- Stress management strategies – when you are chronically stressed, as many with ADHD are, your brain cannot function well
- Decision-making abilities – avoiding getting caught in indecision or perfectionism
- Skills to moderate emotional reactivity that is so common among those with ADHD so that your brain can function on the task at hand.
Coaches use real-life situations from school or work as vehicles to build these Executive Function skills.
Coaching can be used to complete a challenging multi-step task or developing sustanable organization structure:
- College applications
- Completion of a writing project or assignment
- Conducting a job search
- Reduce over commitment
- Develop organizing systems
- Prioritize and schedule daily activities
- Identify ways to make the workplace more ADD-friendly
- Collaborate and problem-solve with their spouse to streamline household responsibilities
- Reduce over commitment
- Develop organizing systems
- Prioritize and schedule daily activities
- Identify ways to make the workplace more ADD-friendly
Frequently Asked Questions:
Who benefits from EF coaching?
We engage in EF coaching with high school students, college students, and adults. Many are struggling with the demands of school, work or household management due to ADHD. We do not require a formal ADHD or learning disorder diagnosis to engage in EF coaching, however, if you are an adult that feels frustrated and often struggles to meet the demands of your daily life or career, EF coaching can be very helpful. Our coaches provide the tools to achieve success, but also help teens and adults become more self-reliant and confident through encouragement and support.
How long does the coaching process typically take?
EF coaching focuses on real transformation, a process that can take from six months to a year to reach full effect. Our coaches help clients to become more self-aware of patterns that sabotage their goals, to build daily habits that make daily life run more smoothly, and to increase motivation and self-confidence. Your progress in coaching depends upon your goals as well as your challenges. An adult that is highly motivated, but disorganized may need only a few months to develop habits that allow them to better manage their daily life. Those with ADHD, however, typically need coaching for a year or more in order to function independently and to develop and internalize the habits they need to reach long-term goals.
What is the frequency and length of EF coaching sessions?
We tailor coaching to suit the needs of each individual client. Weekly sessions are an expectation in all coaching partnerships, however, in the case of someone that is more challenged, brief reminder emails and/or brief phone calls between weekly sessions may be needed until new habits are firmly established.