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Coaching Helps ADHD Students Learn, Succeed and Thrive

Coaching Helps ADHD Students Learn, Succeed and Thrive. Edge Foundation Research Brief. ADHD Students are At-Risk Students. Plus ADHD students are more likely to be suspended (60%), held back (42%) and are less likely to enter college (22%). ADHD medication isn’t the miracle cure.

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Coaching Helps ADHD Students Learn, Succeed and Thrive

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  1. Coaching Helps ADHD Students Learn, Succeed and Thrive Edge Foundation Research Brief

  2. ADHD Students are At-Risk Students Plus ADHD students are more likely to be suspended (60%), held back (42%) and are less likely to enter college (22%)

  3. ADHD medication isn’t the miracle cure. • ADHD coaching boosts the skills medication can’t touch!

  4. Now There’s Help and Hope for ADHD Students • Edge Foundation has proof that ADHD coaching works. • Our 2010 study demonstrated that students who received Edge coaching showed substantial gains in their overall approach to learning. • The study showed that students who received Edge coaching services showed significant improvement in their ability to organize, direct and manage cognitive activities, emotional responses and overt behaviors.

  5. CNN covers Edge’s coaching model A coach to help with ADHD, CNN Headline News, 1/26/2011 and ADHD kids benefit from coaching, CNN, The Chart, 11/12/10

  6. ADHD coaches boost 7 major life skills:

  7. Coaches help students… • Teaching them to assess their environments • Helping them identify needs • Work on effective goal setting • Offering suggestions and guidance • Monitoring student progress • Providing daily check-ins for structure and accountability

  8. Quantifying the Effectiveness of Coaching for College Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Study Details Findings • Students who received Edge coaching showed substantial gains in their overall approach to learning. • ADHD students who participated in Edge coaching sessions demonstrated statistically significant, higher executive functioning than ADHD students who did not receive coaching.  According to the study, “The magnitude of the effect size for self regulation was more than double the typical educational intervention, and executive functioning was quadruple. Findings with effect sizes that large are rare.” Study Details • 2 year, 3 phase, $1 million study completed August 2010 • Research team: Wayne State University research team from the College of Education’s Center for Self-Determination and Transition • Study goal: Measure the effectiveness of the Edge coaching strategies on the academic, professional, and social achievements of students with ADHD in college and university settings. Other facts: • Longest largest and longest such study ever conducted on ADHD coaching • First study to provide quantitative data on the effects of ADHD Coaching • Controlled study with randomly selected experimental and control groups, specifically designed data collection instruments and protocols, and use of standard scientific statistical methodologies.

  9. Get more information!! If you don't risk anything, you risk even more." Erica Jong

  10. References • Edge Foundation Coaching Study Executive Summary • Edge Foundation Coaching Study Full Report • ADHD and College Success: A free guide • UC Davis Study:  Dropout risks: ADHD, conduct disorder, smoking • ADHD and Executive Functioning • Executive Function, ADHD and  Academic Outcomes Edge Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit serving the United States and Canada Questions? info@edgefoundation.org

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