Adhd Coach

**ADHD Coach (Remote)**

Evoke Learning is seeking an ADHD coach with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) certification to join the team. This is a part-time independent contractor position.

The ADHD coach plays a crucial role in helping high school and postsecondary studentsovercome their challenges and reach their full potential by addressing the disorder's symptoms and supporting them in shifting from frustration to empowerment. This role is a unique hybrid model that combines the principles of CBT and the elements of ADHD and EF coaching to help foster the development of time management, organizational, and planning skills in students with ADHD and executive dysfunction.

In this role, the ADHD coach brings expertise in the principles and strategies of CBT and a strong understanding of ADHD and executive dysfunction to their work with students. The ADHD coach has a well-informed understanding of how CBT can target executive dysfunction, overcome emotional obstacles, and build essential skills.

**Position Title**:ADHD Coach

**Location**:Remote

**About Evoke Learning**

Evoke is a learning and wellness centre that supports students striving to achieve their full academic potential and enhance their social-emotional well-being. Our tutors, academic strategists, and coaches are dedicated to creating a student-centred support model using holistic approaches informed by current cognitive science. We understand that everyone’s learning journey is unique, and we consider the student to be the expert in their own life. The Evoke network is a community that puts students first.

**Evoke Works with Many Types of Students, Including**:

- Those who are struggling academically.
- Individuals diagnosed with learning disabilities, ADHD, ASD, and/or giftedness.
- Students who are underperforming and have much greater potential to achieve their goals.
- Learners who require intensive instruction or additional time to process information without feeling stigmatized in the classroom.
- Students who can complete academic work must acquire strategies and time management skills to increase their success.
- Students who struggle with self
- and emotional dysregulation that affects their academic achievement.
- Students with extraordinary goals.

**The Role**

The ADHD coach supports high school (Grades 9‑12) and postsecondary students in setting and achieving personal and academic goals. By using the cognitive-behavioural model, the coach helps the student to overcome barriers to achievement by:

- Labelling and addressing cognitive distortions and emotional obstacles.
- Teaching evidence-based strategies for helping students with ADHD and executive dysfunction build essential skills for time management, prioritizing work, sustaining motivation, time management, and organization.
- Helping students to challenge and correct automatic thoughts and manage emotional distracted.
- Addressing the principal executive function deficits that characterize ADHD and help students to manage their disorder more effectively.
- Encouraging students to commit to growth.

The ADHD coach works virtually and one-to-one with students to provide a safe and nurturing support system to help reduce and improve ADHD symptoms, strengthen student self-regulation and executive functioning skills, develop learning skills, optimize their learning experience, and improve their academic performance and overall well-being.

The role requires a reliable and professional individual who can work independently and demonstrate excellent judgement, initiative, patience, organization, strong English communication skills, and theory of mind.
- Have formal training (at least 40 hours) and certification in CBT
- Have recent and substantial experience in CBT as an independent professional
- Possess a strong understanding of establishing rapport and a relationship with a student.
- Have a professional understanding of the CBT model and interventions to help address ADHD symptoms and executive dysfunctions that impair students' performance.
- Have experience in using evidence-based CBT strategies to target executive dysfunction and build essential skills for time management, emotional regulation, organization, planning, and self-regulation.
- Understand cognitive assessments.
- Demonstrate excellent English verbal and written communication skills, including proficiency with the grammar and mechanics of writing.
- Have expertise/experience and demonstrated proficiency in coaching, counselling, teaching, mentoring, and/or delivering programming and/or curricula to youth and young adults.
- Have a solid knowledge of, and comfort level with, the use of technology to support learning and to access the curriculum.
- Have strong problem-solving skills and can communicate clearly and diplomatically with diverse populations, including parents, students, teachers, and other professionals.
- Follow a framework for care rooted in principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, an