ADHD & Life Coach Training FAQs
Each of our programs are divided into distinct courses. Each course requires different time requirements. See below for an approximate breakdown.
- Simply ADHD Course: 2-4 hours/week
- Personal Transformation Course: 5-7 hours/week
- Basic Coaching Skills Course: 7-9 hours/week
- Advanced Coaching Skills Course : 8-10 hours/week
- Fundamentals of ADHD Coaching for Families Course: 5-7 hours/week
Note: For Professional Advanced Students - Additional Prep Work - Self-Study: 9 hour
* Reading/fieldwork time varies significantly from person to person. Knowing yourself, you might want to reduce or add hours for this.
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We have many health care professionals, including therapists, psychologists, social workers, etc., who come into our program. They all follow the same coach-training curriculum unless they have prior basic coach-specific training from another accredited International Coach Federation (ICF) training organization. If this is the case, they may be eligible for the Professional Advanced Certification Training Program.
In terms of the ADHD training, we work from a strengths-based model, as opposed to a medical model. Our Simply ADHD course gives you the foundational models and language we use throughout ADDCA. Past students with a great deal of ADHD experience have come to us at the end of the course and told us how much they had learned. Therefore, we want everyone coming into ADDCA to have this prerequisite training as their foundation.
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All students in ADDCA training are assigned into learning partner groups and asked to meet weekly to complete their learning partner fieldwork.
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Client coaching is a requirement for each certification level at ADDCA, just as it is for PAAC and/or ICF certification. Each certification level has a required amount of clients and client coaching hours.
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All ADDCA faculty are Certified Coaches – either PCC/PCAC or MCC/MCAC– with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and/or the Professional Association of ADHD Coaches (PAAC), the governing bodies of the Life Coaching and ADHD Coaching profession. Our faculty members are seasoned Coaches, trained Leaders and Mentor Coaches with a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience. Each has successfully completed extensive leader training.
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ADHD Education FAQ's
- Those who want to learn more about ADHD for themselves or someone they care about
- Those who want to become certified ADHD coaches (Simply ADHD and Personal Transformation are the first two courses needed for Coach Training)
- Existing Coaches who are looking to further their training and receive ICF or PAAC Credits for recertification
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Each of our programs are divided into distinct courses. Each course requires different time requirements. See below for an approximate breakdown.
- Simply ADHD Course: 2-4 hours/week
- Personal Transformation Course: 5-7 hours/week
- Basic Coaching Skills Course: 7-9 hours/week
- Advanced Coaching Skills Course : 8-10 hours/week
- Fundamentals of ADHD Coaching for Families Course: 5-7 hours/week
Note: For Professional Advanced Students - Additional Prep Work - Self-Study: 9 hour
* Reading/fieldwork time varies significantly from person to person. Knowing yourself, you might want to reduce or add hours for this.
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All ADDCA faculty are Certified Coaches – either PCC/PCAC or MCC/MCAC– with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and/or the Professional Association of ADHD Coaches (PAAC), the governing bodies of the Life Coaching and ADHD Coaching profession. Our faculty members are seasoned Coaches, trained Leaders and Mentor Coaches with a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience. Each has successfully completed extensive leader training.
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Registration FAQ's
We are happy to assist you in any way. Please contact us!
Phone: (800) 915-7702
Email: info@addca.com
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Fundamentals of ADHD in Families Course
Fundamentals of ADHD Coaching for Families Course (M-501-504)
- Two 90-minute classes per week: 3 hours/week
- Meet with learning partner(s): 1-2 hours/week
- Outside reading/fieldwork: 1-2 hours/week
- Total Time: 5-7 hours/week
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For ADDCA-trained Coaches*:
- Attendance: 80% live attendance (Modules S1, PT1, B1-B4)
- Module Reviews: Achieve 80% or Above (Modules S1, PT1, B1-B4)
- Coaching Skills Practicum (CSP): Completion of Basic CSP requirements
- Project: Basic project
Please note: ADDCA students must successfully complete the Advanced Coaching Skills Course to apply for Advanced Certification.
For Non-ADDCA-trained Coaches (Professional Track)*:
- Proof of ACC Certification through ICF
OR
- Documentation of successful completion 65 hours of coach-specific training from an ICF-accredited coach training program
- Documentation of successful completion of 5 hours of mentor coaching
- Be able to attest to successful completion of 20 coaching client hours
Please email the documentation to ADDCA Student Services (student@addca.com) for approval.
AND
- Successful completion of Simply ADHD, Personal Transformation (PT) courses
*Registration includes a Self-Study prep to familiarize you with the ADDCA Models. Self Study to be completed before Family course begins.
*For those who have not yet met the minimal requirements but wish to secure a spot, please contact Student Services to complete an Enrollment Agreement.
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