ADHD coaching is a rapidly growing field.  At the Edge Foundation, we have been on the leading edge of developing ADHD coaching standards and curriculum designed to produce ADHD coaches that are ready to work with the unique needs of high school and college students with ADHD.  Some of the field’s top experts have been involved in developing our program including Nancy Ratey, Patricia Quinn and Jodi Sleeper-Triplett.

ADHD Coach Enrollment Qualifications

If you are an experienced life coach with a passion for helping the next generation excel, then we want you to sign up to be an Edge ADHD Coach!  To participate in this Edge Foundation ADHD coach training candidates must have:

• Documentation you have completed at least one of the following:

                  IAAC certification (SCAC or CAC)

                  ICF certification (ACC, PCC, or MCC)

                  Graduation from an ICF-certified school with at least 60 hours of training, or

                  Taken and passed at least 60 hours of ICF-approved training

• a minimum of 2 years of experience as a coach and
• coached a minimum of 10 clients.

If you don’t yet have at least two years and ten clients worth of experience, you may still be eligible for our Associate Coach Program.. Please contact us to find out more.

ADHD coach training begins January 28, 2009

The next Edge Coach Training is filling up fast. It will be taught by Jodi Sleeper-Triplett, the world’s renowned expert on coaching ADHD high school and college students.

In this class there will be a maximum of 20 participants. It will meet weekly for ten weeks starting on Wednesday January 28, 2009 and running through Wednesday April 1, 2009. Classes will meet for two hours on the phone from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. There will also be a six month follow up period where you will meet once a month for an hour with your trainer and a handful of other new coaches to ensure you are all getting off to a good start. The course includes a complete coarse manual, an extended reading list, and over 60 pages of copyright-free material and templates for use with your clients.

The fee for all of this is $800.

20 hours of ICF-certified training

Additionally, for those who are applying for or interested in renewing their ICF credentials, the Edge Coach Training and mentoring is ICF-certified. You get 20 hours of ICF-certified training plus 6 hours of ICF-approved mentoring. If you’ve looked into other ICF trainings, this is a tremendous bargain.

Here’s everything you need to know about Edge ADHD Coach Training:  http://www.edgefoundation.org/coaches/certification-training.php

Prices will be going up for the next training offered in the 2^nd quarter of 2009, so if you’re thinking about getting ADHD coach training, now’s the time to join the Edge team!�

The article titled, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about AD/HD Coaching (But Were Too Busy to Ask) provides a helpful summary of the role that ADHD coaching can play in the lives of those living with ADHD.

In addition to citing the Edge Foundation as a resource for youth with ADHD, the article also listed “Nancy Ratey’s Seven Coaching Tips” and books which further explore ADHD coaching.

Congratulations to Nancy for her outstanding work on behalf of all people with ADHD.  We are honored to have her on our board!