Neurodiversity Training Academy

ADHD Foundation Coach Certification

ADHD Coach is our six-month foundational programme for those new to coaching who want to become an NTA Certified ADHD Coach.

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It includes our 10-week CPD Accredited ADHD Fundamental certification, designed to make you stand out as an ADHD expert followed by 10 weeks of ICF Continuing Coach Education study to train you in the essential foundations of coaching, followed by four weeks of group coaching to help you create a solid coaching business.

You’ll master the foundations of ADHD coaching, including ethical practice, communication techniques, deep listening and powerful questioning. This module will also help you refine your approach to coaching neurodivergent clients, ensuring you create inclusive, empowering and strengths-focused coaching relationships.

By the end of these 10 weeks, you’ll not only understand how to apply professional coaching principles to ADHD clients, but you’ll also have a structured approach to values exploration, goal setting and executive functioning challenges. This phase ensures you are fully prepared to take the next step towards building a thriving ADHD coaching practice.

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Who’s It For?

Our ADHD Foundations Coach certification is designed for individuals seeking to become certified ADHD coaches and establish a solid foundation in evidence-based skills, as well as for professionals who wish to integrate ADHD coaching into their existing practices.

What’s Included?

ADHD Expertise (180-Hour CPD Accredited Training)
Start with our 10 ADHD Fundamentals modules, an in-depth training programme designed to set you apart as an ADHD specialist.

10-weeks of ICF-CCE accredited coaching study, worth 30 CCE units where you’ll learn the core principles of professional ADHD coaching and how to apply them to ADHD clients.

Business Coaching & Practical Application
6 Hours of business development group coaching, helping you build a strong, sustainable ADHD coaching practice.

Weekly Practice sessions
Gain extra confidence with our weekly practice sessions

Module 1
Introduction to Coaching 


Understand the fundamental differences between coaching, mentoring and therapy – and how each approach fits into ADHD support.

Explore the distinctions between traditional coaching and ADHD coaching, and discover The NTA Way, a unique coaching methodology designed for neurodivergent clients.

Module 2
Coaching Ethics & Inclusive Practice


Ethical coaching goes beyond the basics. This module explores confidentiality, integrity and autonomy, as well as the vital role of diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias in coaching.

Learn how to create a safe, empowering space for every client, starting from the very first session.

Module 3
Mastering Communication in ADHD Coaching


Effective communication is key to transformational coaching.

Learn how to adapt your style to neurodivergent communication preferences, navigate the unique challenges of coaching AuDHD, and refine verbal and non-verbal mirroring techniques to enhance trust and rapport.

Module 4
The Art of Deep Understanding

Active listening is more than just hearing words – it’s about understanding emotions, beliefs, fears and perspectives.

Discover how to use paraphrasing, silence and deep listening to connect with your clients on a profound level and facilitate meaningful breakthroughs.

Module 5
Asking Powerful Questions


Learn the art of questioning – how to ask the right questions at the right time to spark reflection, exploration and insight.

Master transformative questioning techniques that drive self awareness, challenge limiting beliefs and empower clients to move forward with clarity.

Module 6
Giving Feedback & Managing Important Conversations

Discover how to deliver constructive, sensitive & transformative feedback.
Learn how to confidently navigate difficult conversations, ensuring clarity, honesty and encouragement.

Module 7
Uncovering Client Values

Values drive decision making, motivation and long-term success.

Learn how to help clients unearth their core values, use the Value Mining Exercise for deeper clarity and navigate value conflicts to bring greater alignment and meaning to their lives.

Module 8
Strengths Based ADHD Coaching

ADHD coaching should amplify strengths, not just manage struggles.

Learn how to identify and leverage your clients’ physical, character and phasic strengths to build confidence, resilience and momentum in their personal and professional lives.

Module 9
Goal Setting & Executive Functioning

Traditional goal-setting methods often fail ADHD brains. This module introduces engaging, dopamine driven goal-setting strategies tailored to ADHD minds.

Learn how to work with executive functioning challenges, manage expectations and create realistic, motivating action plans that stick.

Module 10 Building a Thriving ADHD Coaching Business 

Coaching is your passion – but turning it into a business requires strategy.

This module guides you through attracting and signing your first five clients, identifying your ideal niche, crafting compelling coaching packages, pricing for profit and marketing yourself effectively.

Development Day & Celebration

We conclude with a special in-person Business Development Day – a powerful opportunity to cement your mindset, work through your business plans and step into the next phase of your journey with confidence.

YOUR CHANCE TO:
Get in person support to refine your business plans
Expand your network and connect with fellow ADHD coaches
Prepare for the future – feeling fully equipped to transform the lives of your ADHD and AuDHD clients

Pass Criteria

✔ Submission of a 30-minute coaching session for evaluation
✔ 80% live attendance requirement for CCE modules so you have the space to practice with peers
✔ Accreditation: 180 CPD hours + 30 ICF CCE hours

The Neurodiversity Training Academy is a recognised CPD and ICF approved training provider.

ICF CCE & CPD-Accredited Training

All our ADHD Fundamentals, ADHD Foundation Coach, and ADHD Advanced Coach programmes are accredited at the ICF Continuing Coach Education (CCE) and CPD levels.

This means you’re learning from a trusted and respected professional body and your training meets the highest standards, giving you credibility.

With ICF CCE accreditation, the hours of training you complete with us can count towards your ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) or Professional Certified Coach (PCC) application – helping you take the next step in your coaching career with confidence**

**Our training programmes focus on providing high-quality ADHD-specific coach education and the ICF-approved learning hours you need. Mentor coaching, a separate requirement of the ICF credentialing process, carries extra costs and is not included in this training, but can be arranged with us separately when you’re ready to apply for your full ICF credential.

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A Message From Our Founder

Kim Raine – ADHD Educator, Coach, Mentor, Author & Speaker

Hey, I’m Kim, the author of Square Pegs – A Book of Self Discovery For Women With ADHD, the Founder of the Neurodiversity Training Academy, home of ADHD & AuDHD focused CPD and ICF accredited certifications, and the creator of The ADHD Business Collective.

I have spent the last 20 years running successful coaching businesses whilst studying mindset, behaviour and physiology. In 2018, one of my highly successful clients told me she was being diagnosed with ADHD. 

My first reaction was utterly stereotypical.
“You can’t have ADHD. Only naughty boys have ADHD. You are far too successful!”

What followed was a journey that led to several of my and my own ADHD diagnoses! I wanted to study and consume everything I could about ADHD #hyperfocus. I was disappointed in the lack of UK accreditations and frustrated at having to look to the States for my certification.

With my coaching practice fully booked, no one to refer to and sick of people being offered little or no support other than medication when they finally did get diagnosed, I decided enough was enough. I already had coaches and therapists doing my programmes to help their clients, and so, in true ADHD style, I concluded I needed to be the change I wanted to see for my clients in the UK.

Hence, The Neurodiversity Training Academy. My first step towards a certified network of professionals able to empower and transform the lives of those living with ADHD.

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Next Steps Available To You & Your Development

You’ll explore the stories, beliefs and challenges shaped by years of undiagnosed or unmanaged ADHD, learning how to help clients unravel, reframe and rewrite their narratives in a way that empowers them to move forward with clarity, confidence and purpose.

This phase is about unlocking true transformation – guiding your clients to harness their unique strengths, passions and drive so they can step into their full potential.

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