--- title: ADHD Coaching Practitioner url: https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/adhd-coaching-practitioner type: programme published: 2026-08-13 last_reviewed: 2026-08-13 reviewed_by: leila-okonkwo publisher: The Study Guild --- # ADHD Coaching Practitioner An 8-week live ADHD-coaching programme with marked recordings, taught by a coach who has worked with diagnosed adults for nine years. ## Programme facts - Price: £449 (payment plans available, never discounted) - Format: Live online + self-paced - Live contact hours: 16 - Expected self-study hours: 32 - Duration: 8 weeks - Level: All levels - Tutor: leila-okonkwo ## Learning outcomes - Contract ADHD coaching without implying diagnosis or a clinical second opinion - Run a session that works with attention, time and task initiation rather than against them - Adapt tools when medication, sleep or mood is the actual constraint - Refer to GP, ADHD clinic or crisis services and document it - Work with a client's existing diagnosis rather than speculating about one - Price a package that does not depend on 'curing' ADHD ## Curriculum 1. **Diagnosis is not your job** — The clinical pathway, the waiting lists, and the sentence you will use instead of speculating. Topics: What a diagnosis is; What coaches must not say; Working while someone is waiting; Insurance and advertising 2. **Contracting with ADHD in the room** — Session length, reminders, cancellation and what 'accountability' is allowed to mean. Topics: Reasonable adjustments in coaching; Shame and history of being managed; Who pays, who consents; Notes 3. **Executive function as coaching, not parenting** — Time, initiation, working memory and emotion — tools that respect an adult client. Topics: Externalising systems; Body doubling without surveillance; What fails after week two; Practice triads 4. **Medication, sleep and mood — stay in lane** — Enough knowledge to refer well, and a hard stop on advice you are not qualified to give. Topics: Questions that belong with a prescriber; Sleep as a coaching target, not a diagnosis; Crisis presentations; Recorded session one 5. **Work, study and relationships** — Coaching the environment and the request, not 'trying harder'. Topics: Workplace adjustments conversations; Study without becoming a tutor; Partners and family, with consent; When couples work is the wrong frame 6. **Children, schools and why this is not that** — Adult coaching versus SEND roles, SENCOs and diagnosis in childhood. Topics: The SEND Code of Practice is a different job; What parents actually need signposted; Why we will not train SENCOs here; Referral map 7. **The offer and the ethics of 'ADHD coach'** — Naming the service so a clinic, an employer and a client all hear the same thing. Topics: Directory listings; Social media claims; Packages versus open-ended rescue; Pricing 8. **Assessment clinic** — Live review of recordings and the written protocol. Topics: Common boundary fails; Resubmission; Supervision after the programme; Your first ten clients ## Assessment Two recorded coaching sessions and a written referral protocol, marked by Leila Okonkwo against a published rubric covering contracting, executive-function coaching and diagnostic boundary. Written feedback with one free resubmission. A pass does not licence diagnosis. ## Upcoming cohorts - 2026-10-27 to 2026-12-15 — Tuesdays 19:00–21:00 UK, 8 weeks (open, cap 18) - 2027-02-16 to 2027-04-06 — Tuesdays 19:00–21:00 UK, 8 weeks (open, cap 18) ## What is ADHD coaching? ADHD coaching is structured support for adults who already have a diagnosis, or who are on a clinical pathway, to work with attention, time, tasks and environment. It is not diagnosis, not prescribing, and not a replacement for an ADHD clinic. The coach's job is contracts, tools and referral — not a second opinion on whether they 'really have it'. ## Do you need a qualification to be an ADHD coach in the UK? No. ADHD coach is not a protected title, so no qualification is legally required. Diagnosis of ADHD is clinical. Training that skips that line is how coaches end up implying a diagnostic right they do not have. Assessed recordings and a written referral protocol are the commercial filter informed clients actually use. Sources: - [Regulated professions and their regulators](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulated-professions-and-their-regulators) — GOV.UK ## Is this SENCO or autism-practitioner training? No. School SEND roles, teaching-assistant posts and the designated SENCO award sit in education employment law. This programme coaches adults. An autism-awareness diploma is not this either. If a job specification names QTS or the national SENCO award, buy that pathway — we do not sell a substitute. ## How is this different from a self-paced ADHD diploma? Someone watches you coach and can fail you for diagnostic drift. The certificate states that you are not licensed to diagnose. A self-paced diploma can list executive-function tips. It cannot tell a buyer whether you stayed in scope when a client asked you to confirm they have ADHD. ## Common questions **Can I coach someone who is waiting for an assessment?** Yes, if the contract says you are not assessing them and you know where to signpost. Speculating about a diagnosis in the meantime is how this work goes wrong. **Do I need ADHD myself to enrol?** No. Lived experience can help and is not a credential. Assessed practice is the credential this programme awards. **Will this let me work in schools as a SEND practitioner?** No. Read the school or trust's person spec. This is adult coaching, not a teaching qualification. **Can I pay in instalments?** Yes. Interest-free plans total exactly £449. --- Source: https://thestudyguild.com/programmes/adhd-coaching-practitioner · The Study Guild