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Coaching for College Students

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​College Students With ADHD Experience Unique Educational Challenges

Succeeding academically demands strong executive function skills such as:

  • Being able to organize

  • Managing time and prioritizing

  • Initiating tasks

  • Trouble problem solving

  • Breaking down projects or papers

  • Issues listening and follow direction

  • Remember what is read, memorize and study for tests

A student may be intelligent but still underachieving. Students with ADHD experience a performance deficit that is often situational. 

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​How does an ADHD Coach help?

Coaches look at what is getting in the way of school and whole life success such as:

  • Partnering with students to reach their goals and optimize their potential

  • Teaching and developing skills is important to experiencing success as a person with ADHD

  • Pinpointing where their ADHD presents itself and learning the exact tools to manage it

  • Empowering the young person to start feeling a sense of control in their life

Skill building may include how to:

  • Organize

  • Plan time effectively

  • Create routines

  • Use a daily, weekly and 3-month calendar

  • Break down long and short term projects

  • Pace homework and study for tests

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Transitional Support Through Life

​An important way coaches can support young adults is in making the transition from high school to college or the workforce.

Preparing for college and college itself can be daunting especially for the person who has struggled in high school. Suddenly the young person is on their own, without their parents to keep them on track.

ADHD impacts every area of life so the development of reinforcement of skills is essential to long-term success. Whether it be study skills in an academic setting or life skills, such as finding a job, finding a place to live, money management, taking care of one's laundry, getting along with roommates, eating properly, or managing one's medication. When young adults put supports in place and utilize their strengths they can be among the most successful.

A coach can be an invaluable, non-judgmental accountability partner, who together with the young adult, creates a daily customized plan for success!

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