Hello, introducing myself:))

[Joanna03]

Hello all, I realized I jumped on to this forum without properly introducing myself and making sure my presence here is ok. I am an ADHD coach and not a parent of a child with ADHD. I have, however, experienced parenting a child with some mental health challenges. Your support of one another is amazing, and as a coach, helps me understand the real day to day challenges. As I said, I don't want to intrude on a forum meant for parents, so please let me know if there are objections to my presence. Otherwise, thank you for letting me share in your journeys and if I have words of wisdom to pass along from my experience or work I am happy to do so. I would also welcome feedback and advice:))

[Onthemove1971]

Joanna03- thanks for the intro.. I have wondered about being a Coach and how you can touch lives and families of children with ADHD... is there a website or information on coaches? Also how are you paid ( if you don't mind me asking) I might need one for our son one day.

Thanks for jumping in..

[Joanna03]

Hi Onthemove1971. There are several different schools of coaching. I live in Canada and attended Adler, then did my specific coach training with Jodi Sleeper-Triplett. There are many different coach training schools and some that train specifically to ADHD. I think affiliation with the International Coaching Federation is important, for which you need a certain number of hours of training and mentor coaching. Regarding fees, I charge about $100 a session, which seems to be the going rate.

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Uh....HECK YEAH! I would love to have your input on so many different questions all of us have! Welcome!

[Joanna03]

Thanks camos1985!

[Onthemove1971]

One last question I am curious about... In Canada where are ADHD Coaches hired? I know private where parents pay per hour. But where else do they work?

Thanks so much for joining us.

[Joanna03 in reply to Onthemove1971]

At the moment coaches are hired privately, either through private ADHD clinics or in their own practices. I don't know of any non-private institution that hires coaches.

[Misky9]

So you can guide us free or

[Mmagusin]

Welcome! This site has been great for both support and sharing strategies to deal with challenges raising kids with ADHD. I think most will appreciate your ideas and I’m sure you will also learn from the stories from members of this community.