Applied Behavior Analysis in ADHD coaching

As an ADHD Coach I help identify your barriers, both in the home and mentally, and provide the right tools and modification suggestions that help you set your environment up for success. First, I conduct an assessment of your home that allows me to see what types of changes we can make to ensure you have the ideal environment to succeed.  Improving your ADHD and reducing symptoms includes learning self awareness and self monitoring practices that will bring light to the triggers and cues of your behavior, and the consequences that maintain them. This allows us to identify the changes that need to be made so we can put in place small, actionable, steps towards the larger habit change goal.  Small actionable steps also means understanding behavior change takes time and respecting the process of only working on one to two habits at a time. Having more on your plate doesn't always mean success.  Improving nutrition and increasing movement will always be one of the first 3 steps. It allows for the production of neurotransmitters and important vitamins and minerals ADHDers are low in, as well as a change in the gut microbiome, thus, a change in brain chemistry.  An alteration in brain chemistry makes all the other tasks a bit easier. I then help you identify the what your dopamine seeking behaviors are, and use them to create motivation and reinforcement to complete each of the steps in the process towards successfully changing your habits. During this time we work on generalizing the habit practice to different environments and situations, generalization is important for maintenance. ADHDer's sometimes aren't good with change, takes us a while to adjust. Practicing generalization with accountability helps reduce the likelihood of overwhelm when completing a habit or engaging in a behavior, while in a new environment or with a new person.