ADD is a brain difference that some people have. It occurs about as often as being left handed. It’s not bad or good; it’s just the way your brain takes in information and uses it.
Unfortunately, school and most things in regular life are structured up for the non- ADD brain. So, those of us that have ADD brains need to adapt to lots and lots of things that happen in a day in order to do stuff that non-add brains do.
Sometimes it kind of stinks, like when you have to do you homework and it’s hard to focus, but other times it’s kind of cool like when you can paint awesome collages or come up with cool ideas for group projects. Teens and young adults with ADD have lots of talent! When we coach, I help you to identify your gifts and your talents and together we build on them!
Included with your private coaching:
• Unlimited e-mail check-in (for both students and parents)
• Unlimited voicemail check-in (for both students and parents)
• One 10 minute telephone check-in* (initiated by client and time kept by me) once a week
• One 10 minute parent check in* (initiated by parent and time kept by me) once a month
• Connection with Ed-line (or other student internet site)
The sessions will include:
• Periodic back pack checks
• Organizing notebooks and folders
• Looking at assignments on line(or paper syllabi)
• Structuring study/homework time
• Working with a calendar, planner, and/or organizer
• Planning for both long term and short term projects
• Finding out what gets in the way
Additional coaching on:
• Peer interactions
• Health and life balance (nutrition, exercise, sleep)
• Connecting with authority (teachers, professors, parents)
• Teaching the student to advocate for him/herself
