Coaching the ADHD Client by framing the ADHD experience first
ADHD Coach Training – Earn 12 ICF Credits!
Framing the ADHD Experience Before One-on-One Coaching Begins is a model of coaching that was researched and published in the Journal of Attention Disorders in March 2010. It is based on KORS (Kubik Outcome Rating Scale) a 22-item rating scale I developed that covers the cognitive, behavioral and emotional areas of concern for those with ADHD.
Efficacy of ADHD Coaching for Adults With ADHD (Kubik, March 2010)
Abstract
Objective: This is perhaps the first outcome study on the efficacy of ADHD coaching for adults with ADHD and its long-term effect. Method: Forty-five adults (30 women, 15 men) rated 22 areas of concern before and after the coaching experience. Factor analysis of the 22 areas of concern revealed five factors. Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations were analyzed on the five factors.
Results: Test—retest reliabilities for each factor ranged from .44 to .61, all statistically significant at p < .01. In addition, there are many significant correlations between factors at similar times and factors at different time periods that provide preliminary research support for the efficacy of ADHD coaching. Repeated measures two-way analysis of variance was used to determine the effects of ADHD coaching alone as well as the combined effect with therapy or stimulants.
Conclusions: ADHD coaching had a positive impact on the lives of people with ADHD.
When ADHD is present, it presents a different challenge to the coaching model you may currently use. The workshop I offer, Framing the ADHD Experience Before One-On-One Coaching Begins, addresses that challenge by teaching you how to educate your clients about their ADHD first. This is done in small groups of 8 or less before one-on-one coaching begins. The purpose is to create a common ground for all coaches to begin with when working with the ADHD client and to place the coach through a mock version of the actual class while learning how to implement the process.
This course is currently offered through the ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO)
Materials
- 7×10 coil bound planner “Plan For Success” by Joyce Kubik that becomes the workbook for the class.
- Upon completion of the program and a written review of the course, clients will receive a CD of Plan For Success to be used with your clients.
- 1 copy of the rating Kubik’s ADHD Outcome Rating Scale (sold for $225)
- Miscellaneous articles and information
Workshop overview
The overall goal of the workshop is for each attendee to build a strong self-awareness of how ADHD affects their client personally while simultaneously learning to implement strategies and structures into daily life.
There are six consecutive 2-hour sessions and one follow-up session.
Attendees will be asked to put aside personal planners except work-related schedulers just as clients will be asked to do. The planning journal is used for notes, project planning skills, and provides a hands-on experience of the skills they will be teaching. Attendees will share their thoughts and observations each week. This allows attendees time to interact and share successes or difficulties.
Workshop sessions
- Session 1: The primary objective of the first session is to begin educating attendees on the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional outcomes that evolved over a lifetime of living with ADHD. Prior to starting the coaching process, they will take the Kubik ADHD Outcome Rating Scale just as their clients would. As this is a Teleclass, any overheads or narrations used will be drawn by the attendee. Attendees will be asked to do the same observations and skills/strategy building as their clients will.
- Session 2: The second session focuses on anxiety, communication, and perception. Attendees will learn how to encourage consistency when using a planner, by experience the daily check-ins by telephone or email.
- Session 3: The third session focuses on their interactions at home and in the work environment, as well as continued efforts to work on management of time. A discussion on the connection between ADHD and the use of blame, excuses, or defensive behavior as well as observations of the same with possible strategies.
- Session 4 & 5: The fourth and fifth session focuses on planning steps of long-term projects, and utilizing planning skills effectively to assure completion. Attendees will learn to simplify organization of paper in their environment. Attendees will plan projects in their planning journals— just as their clients will, and report the status of their projects in our weekly check-ins.
- Session 6: The sixth session focused on positive ways to be assertive using role-playing methods that develop appropriate responses to difficult situations. A review of the skills needed for personal discipline.Students will also learn to conduct a follow-up session one month after the sixth session to discuss their client’s progress and any need for further direction.
This training is an ACCE program of the ADHD Coaches Organization. The ADHD Coach Continuing Education (ACCE) program provides opportunities for coaches to learn up-to-date information and groundbreaking skills from top experts.
