Functional Impact of ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) impacts all areas of life. If you're new to exploring ADHD coaching, you may wonder what areas coaching can support. Below are some of the areas that ADHD coaching can help address:
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Ourselves
Emotional Regulation
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Attention Regulation
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Energy Regulation
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Flexibility
Being able to adapt to changing conditions. Adjusting to changes in plans, opposing thoughts, new information or challenges.
Organization
The ability to create and maintain systems to keep track of things (whether this is time, information or physical items)
Planning & Prioritizing
The ability to create a roadmap to reach a goal or to complete a task. Deciding what’s important to focus on and what’s not important.
Task Initiation
The ability to "get going" when you want or need to; to begin projects without procrastinating.
Time Management
Being able to estimate how much time you have, how much time tasks take, the passing of time, and how to allocate time.
Working Memory
This is our "shortest term" memory; the information we hold in our minds while performing complex tasks. It impacts our ability to draw on past learning or experiences when trying to project into the future.
Metacognition
The ability to stand back and take a birds-eye view of oneself in a situation. It is an ability to observe how you're performing, how you problem solve, and to be able to "think about your thinking".
Emotional Control
Managing emotions in order to achieve goals, complete tasks, or control and direct behavior.
Sustained Attention
The capacity to maintain attention to a situation or task in spite of distractibility, fatigue, or boredom.
Goal Directed Persistence
The capacity to have a goal, follow through to the completion of the goal, and not be put off by or distracted by competing interests.
