Advanced ADHD/Neurodiversity
Coach Credentials
Play a vital role in helping clients increase self-awareness and reclaim a sense of direction and control.
Level 2 Coaching Credentials
What are Advanced ADHD/Neurodiversity
Coach Credentials?
It’s no surprise that people with ADHD—diagnosed or not—frequently seek out coaching, organizing, and productivity professionals for answers to their dilemmas and stuck spots. ADHD-related executive functioning challenges can disrupt everything from work and relationships to managing the everyday flow of life. Beyond ADHD, other neurodivergence, health issues, or life stressors can also disrupt executive functioning. Trained ADHD coaches play a vital role in increasing self-awareness and helping clients reclaim a sense of direction and control.
The Certified ADHD Organizer Coach, Certified ADHD Productivity Coach, and Professional Certified Neurodiversity Coach™ credentials represent highly trained professionals who help clients navigate executive functioning challenges with a holistic approach. It’s a powerful combination of ICF-defined coaching techniques with ADHD knowledge and expertise. Each credential reflects a unique focus:
- Productivity coaches often specialize in helping clients thrive in business or professional settings, and would likely pursue a CAPC.
- Organizing coaches guide clients in managing home, family, or self-employment dynamics, leading them to the CAOC.
- Neurodiversity specialists bring expertise in advocacy, education, or neurodivergence-focused coaching, ideal for a PCNC™.
These professionals help clients identify strengths, clarify passions, and develop personalized systems to create A Life That Fits—a life designed around their unique needs, abilities, and aspirations. Through increased self-awareness, supported experimentation, and the creation of sustainable habits, clients build resilience in areas like activation, boundaries, communication, and environment management.
Credentialed ADHD and neurodiversity coaches do more than just provide support—they partner with their clients to break through discouragement, strengthen performance and mindset, and unlock their creativity and potential. They’re advocates for progress, guiding clients to embrace their strengths and achieve meaningful, lasting change.
125 hours of coach training
10 mentor hours
500 client coaching hours
All Level 2 Coaching Credentials:
The Path to Becoming an Advanced ADHD/Neurodiversity Coach
Certified ADHD Organizer Coach (CAOC), Certified ADHD Productivity Coach (CAPC), and Professional Certified Neurodiversity Coach (PCNC)
Foundation Training
- Complete and graduate from Coach Approach Training Institute’s Foundation Training program or
- 60+ hours of ICF-accredited training and 100+ client hours
Coaches transferring from other programs should Schedule a meeting with Sara Skillen, Director of Education, to determine the best starting point and answer questions.
Additional Advanced Training - 125 Hours
Completion of these graduate-level required courses:
And then:
| Certified ADHD Organizer Coach (CAOC) | Certified ADHD Productivity Coach (CAPC) | Professional Certified Neurodiversity Coach (PCNC) |
Approximately 18 additional hours of coach training will be required to reach 125 hours. Coaches transferring from other ICF programs must also take Distinguishing ADHD Coaching.
Mentor Coaching - 10 Hours
- Completion of 10 mentor coaching hours
- All 10 required hours may be individual mentoring hours with a qualified Coach Approach Training Institute mentor coach
- Up to 7 hours may be from the Core Competency Intensive: ADHD course (no fewer than 3 hours must be individual mentor coaching hours)
- The 10 mentor coaching hours must extend over no fewer than 12 weeks
- The mentoring (group or individual) must be with an ICF-credentialed coach who has been trained and designated as a Coach Approach Training Institute Mentor Coach
- Mentoring sessions must address the applicant’s coaching skills and competence in support of a strong certification recording (not marketing, for example)
Coaching Experience - 500 Client Hours
These client hours must include at least:
- 450 paid hours;
- At least 25 clients;
- 400 hours with non-Coach Approach colleagues; and
- 50 hours must be from the last 18 months
- CAOC, CAPC and PCNC applications must document at least 250 hours with clients coached in part on awareness of their unique neurotype (executive functioning, sensitivity qualities, and best strategies).
Coaching Proficiency
Two (2) 30-60-minute audio recordings, demonstrating PCC-level coaching competency and a verbatim transcription. At least one of the coaching recordings submitted with these particular applications must demonstrate coaching that addresses the specific specialty (i.e., productivity and ADHD)
Additional Qualifications
The application requests documentation of personal and/or professional experience which is relevant to and supports the credential focus. Examples include (as relevant) organizer, productivity or neurodiversity education, training or advocacy; summaries of client hours and/or associated business start-up date; and/or life experience, personal or family history, parenting, etc.
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