Complete Foundation Training with Coach Integration
Bring it all together and define your future as a coach.
The Final Leg of Your Foundation Training Journey
This four-session, four-week course is a focused learning and integration experience. It draws together the many coaching skills, models and strategies taught in the foundation training.
The Coach Integration (CI) curriculum brings together everything you’ve learned so far and provides a pause for emerging coaches to reflect on and clarify the focus for your coaching services.
It also offers closure and celebration for the community cohort (the trainers and student colleagues who have learned together for a year), as completing CI culminates in the Coach Approach Training Institute Foundation Training Program Graduation, when you can claim your title as a trained coach.
The Coach Integration course provides a structure for emerging coaches to integrate the multifaceted coaching methodologies they’ve been taught. The pre-requisites are Coaching Essentials, Strengths-Based Coaching, Brain-Based Coaching, and Life & ADHD Coaching.
Foundation Training Curriculum
The training
What You’ll Learn in Coach Integration
The Coach Integration course provides a structure for emerging coaches to integrate the multifaceted coaching methodologies they’ve been taught throughout the Foundation program. This integration may be into existing organizing, productivity, education, or other work, or may lead to evolving into coaching as a new career.
Design Your Practice
Define your services and how to assimilate them into your coaching, consulting, or onsite work
Graduate Projects
Deep Review
Ongoing labs, small group discussion, and a consolidated review of coaching and consulting opportunities
Next Steps
Support in determining if/when/how/where to pursue a coaching credential
Coach Integration
Class Details & Frequently Asked Questions
To learn more about the Coach Integration course, explore scheduling information here along with responses to frequently asked questions below.
Class Format
Online, live sessions with interactive discussions, breakout rooms, and exercises. Additional outside-of-class 2-person Skills Building Group meetings to practice coaching with members of your cohort.
Time Commitment
4 weeks with 90 minutes/week of in-class time; SBG meetings; some outside of class assignments. Plan for 2 hours for the last week for a special Graduation experience.
Course Schedule
FALL 2026
Dates: October 29 – November 19, 2026 on Thursdays
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm ET
Register by: October 15, 2026
SPRING 2027 (for 2026 cohorts)
Dates: March 18 – April 8, 2027 on Thursdays
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm ET
Register by: March 4, 2027
FALL 2027
Dates: September 30 – October 21, 2027 on Thursdays
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm ET
Register by: September 16, 2027
Continuing Education Hours
Number of credit hours earned by completing this course:
- 8 Continuing Education Units (CEU)
- 10 Continuing Coach Education (CCE) Hours or Approved Coach Specific Training Hours (ACSTH)
Course Fee
$500 – includes all course materials, resources, and trainer support
Class Schedules
2025-2026 Foundation Training Schedule
To complete the entire Foundation Training program, you must complete five sequential required courses. Elective courses are optional.
Coaching Essentials
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
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| 01 | Coaching Essentials | Tuesdays | January 12 - March 2, 2027 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | December 8, 2026 | Enroll Here |
| 02 | Coaching Essentials | Wednesdays | April 7 - May 26, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 4:00 - 5:30 pm ET | March 10, 2027 | Enroll Here |
| 03 | Coaching Essentials | Tuesdays | September 28 - November 16, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 4:00 - 5:30 pm ET | August 31, 2027 | Enroll Here |
Coaching Essentials is the pre-requisite course for the four other courses that make up the Foundation Training program. It may also be taken as a stand-alone class as a comprehensive introduction and understanding of coaching skills and methodologies.
Register for this course individually or as part of the two-course intro training package.
Strengths-Based Coaching Schedule
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Strengths Based Coaching | Tuesdays | March 30 - April 27, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | March 16, 2027 | Register for Spring SBC |
| 02 | Tuesdays | July 27 - August 24, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (if needed) | July 13, 2027 | Register for Summer SBC |
Strengths-Based Coaching is the second of the five foundation courses. It reinforces and builds on the coaching skills taught in Coaching Essentials. Registration includes access to the SBC Coaches Learning Lab (on-line learning center for forums, trainer communication, access to training materials and participant profiles) and a copy of the e-book: The Processing Modalities Guide: Identify and Use Specific Strengths for Better Functioning.
Register for this course individually or as part of the four-course package.
Brain-Based Coaching Schedule
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Brain Based Coaching | Tuesdays | May 25 - June 29, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (if needed) | May 11, 2027 | Register for Summer BBC |
| Tuesdays | September 21 - October 26, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (if needed) | September 2, 2027 | Register for Fall BBC 2027 |
Brain-Based Coaching is the third of the five required foundation courses which must be taken in order. It builds on the coaching skills and strategies taught in Coaching Essentials and Strengths-Based Coaching. Registration includes access to the Brain-Based Coaches Learning Lab (on-line learning center for forums, trainer communications, access to training materials, and participant profiles).
Register for this course individually or as part of the three-course package.
Life & ADHD Coaching Schedule
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Life and ADHD Coaching | Thursdays | January 14 - February 18, 2027 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | January 1, 2027 | Register for Winter LAC 2027 |
| 02 | Life and ADHD Coaching | Thursdays | July 29 - September 2, 2027 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | July 15, 2027 | Register for Summer LAC 2027 |
Life & ADHD Coaching is the fourth of the five foundation program courses. The pre-requisites are Coaching Essentials, Strengths-Based Coaching, and Brain-Based Coaching. Registration includes access to the LAC Coaches Learning Lab (on-line learning center for forums, trainer communications, access to training materials, and participant profiles), and the ebook, Curious Accountabtility by Cameron Gott, PCC, and Casey Moore, PCC, CPLC, CPO®.
Register for this course individually (or previously as part of the three-course package or the four-course package).
Coach Integration Schedule
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach Integration | Thursdays | October 29 - November 19, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm ET | October 15, 2026 | Register for CI Fall 2026 | |
| Coach Integration | Thursdays | March 18 - April 8, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm pm ET | March 4, 2027 | Register for CI Spring 2027 |
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| Thursdays | September 30 - October 21, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm pm ET | September 16, 2027 | Register for CI Fall 2027 |
Coach Integration is the fifth and last required foundation course. The pre-requisites are Coaching Essentials, Strengths-Based Coaching, Brain-Based Coaching, and Life & ADHD Coaching. Registration includes access to the Coach Integration Coaches Learning Lab (on-line learning center for forums, trainer communication, access to training materials and participant profiles).
You may register for this course individually or after Strenths-Based Coaching as part of the three-course foundation package.
Foundation Training Electives Schedule
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Coaching Skills Lab | Inquire if interested - scheduled 1-2x/year | N/A | |||
| Client Enrollment Best Practices | Wednesdays | June 16 and 30, July 14, 2027 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET | June 2, 2027 | Register for Summer 2027 |
Full Schedule of Foundation Training Courses
| # | Course name | Weekday | Dates | Time | Register by | Register (Square) Links |
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| 01 | Coaching Essentials | Tuesdays | January 12 - March 2, 2027 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | December 8, 2026 | Enroll Now |
| Wednesdays | April 7 - May 26, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 4:00 - 5:30 pm ET | March 10, 2027 | Enroll Now | ||
| Tuesdays | September 28 - November 16, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 4:00 - 5:30 pm ET | August 31, 2027 | Enroll Now | ||
| 02 | Strengths Based Coaching | Tuesdays | March 30 - April 27, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | March 16, 2027 | Enroll Now |
| Tuesdays | July 27 - August 24, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (if needed) | July 13, 2027 | Enroll Now | ||
| 03 | Brain Based Coaching | Tuesdays | May 25 - June 29, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (if needed) | May 11, 2027 | Enroll Now |
| Tuesdays | September 21 - October 26, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET; or 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (if needed) | September 2, 2027 | Enroll Now | ||
| 04 | Life and ADHD Coaching | Thursdays | January 14 - February 18, 2027 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | January 1, 2027 | Enroll Now |
| Thursdays | July 29 - September 2, 2027 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET | July 15, 2027 | Enroll Now | ||
| 05 | Coach Integration | Thursdays | October 29 - November 19, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm ET | October 15, 2026 | Register for CI Fall 2026 |
| Thursdays | March 18 - April 8, 2026 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm pm ET | March 4, 2027 | Enroll NowF | ||
| Thursdays | September 30 - October 21, 2027 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm pm ET | September 16, 2027 | |||
| Elective | Coaching Skills Lab | Inquire if interested - scheduled 1-2x/year | N/A | |||
| Client Enrollment Best Practices | Wednesdays | June 16 and 30, July 14, 2027 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET | June 2, 2027 | Enroll NowF | |
| 06 | Coaching Ethics and Integrity | Wednesdays | February 3, 10, 17, 2027 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET | January 20, 2027 | Enroll Now |
| Wednesdays | June 17, 24, July 8, 2027 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET | June 3, 2027 | Enroll Now |
Learn From the Best in the Field
Our instructors bring proven experience and expertise in coaching, productivity, and understanding neurodiversity, ensuring that you receive industry best training. Your Coach Integration trainers are committed to teaching the skills that set our students apart; ensuring that every lesson is grounded in practical, real-world insights; and providing unwavering support to help you build a fulfilling coaching career.
Diane Thomson, PCC, PCNC®
Trainer
Diane Thomson
Diane is a seasoned coach with a strong background in both professional organizing and mental health. She is a 2013 graduate of the Coach Approach Training Foundation Program and earned certifications in Certified Organizer Coaching (2014), Certified ADHD Productivity Coaching (2020, 2024), and Professional Certified Coach (ICF).
Elizabeth Brink, PCC, PCNC®, SEP
Trainer
Elizabeth Brink
A graduate of the Coach Approach Foundation Training program, Elizabeth is an ICF-credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a Certified Neurodiversity Coach. She also holds certificates in somatic trauma healing and somatic attachment modalities. Prior to this training she was mentored by some of the ADHD coaching greats: Nancy Ratey and Linda Roggli.
Trainers & Staff
Our Team
Our instructors are not only seasoned coaches, but also authors, content creators, award-winners, and trailblazers in their respective fields. They balance leading with a deep commitment to and knowledge of our rigorous curriculum with supportive and inclusive learning environments.
Testimonials
Success Stories from Our Students
Hear from students who’ve transformed their careers and clients’ lives through Coach Approach Training Institute’s Coach Integration class.
