EF Coaching Support Network
A Unique Community of Executive Function Coaches
Are you looking to enhance your executive function coaching skills?
Join us for this exciting journey as we pilot four sessions to kickoff our professional coaching support network.
With access to a team of three experienced coaches, our members will receive targeted support and skills to improve their coaching techniques. The sessions will encourage connection, discussion and networking and will provide a forum for questions to be answered.
There are countless things we want to share with you but we will start with the following four topics:
Goals and Goal Setting
- A wish vs. a goal
How do you actually create a SMART goal?
Deciding where to start
Goal-Tracking Strategies
- Deciding what to track
- What does tracking look like?
- Why is it important?
Strategies for Client Accountability
- Creative ways to foster accountability
- How do you get buy in?
Case Studies
- Real-life examples
- Collaborative problem solving
We believe in the power of community
Feeling connected and supported by other professionals in your field makes you a better coach and provides improved outcomes for your clients
What we offer:
- Access to Three Professional Coaches: Gain insights and guidance from our team of expert coaches, each with their own unique skills and experiences.
- Networking Meetings: Join our regularly scheduled sessions to connect with other members, share experiences and learn from each other.
- Flexible Scheduling: We understand the demands of your busy schedule. That’s why we offer access to recorded meetings.
- Exclusive Resources: Get access to strategy lessons, useful tools and takeaways designed to enhance your executive function coaching.
How will it work?
**POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL** The Support Network will meet for four online sessions. Each meeting will begin with a brief strategy lesson and provide time for an extensive Q and A and discussion. The Zoom sessions will be video-recorded and made available to participants unable to attend the sessions.
Who is this for?
- Anyone who works with students/clients on executive functions
- Anyone who wants to enhance their EF Coaching skills
- Anyone who runs their own EF Coaching Business
Price: $199
Your Hosts
Carol-Anne Bush
Carol’s work is grounded in K-12 education experience spanning three continents and over three decades. After a long teaching career in the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, she served in various leadership roles, including multiple assistant headships. Carol’s expertise includes student, teacher, and parent mentorship; stakeholder communication; curriculum design; and whole-school strategy and steering.
Carol partnered with Laurie Faith and Peg Dawson to co-author Executive Function Skills in the Classroom: Overcoming Barriers, Building Strategies (Guilford Press, 2022). She is currently working with Drs. Adele Diamond and Laurie Faith on another teacher-facing resource for the early years – a practical book that will help to explain the developing EFs at the root of common behaviors and provide research-based suggestions for how to support optimal learning. In addition to her writing endeavors, Carol is an executive function coach in San Francisco, California. She holds an MA and is a certified ADHD educator from the Professional Education Systems Institute and has undergone coach training from Peg Dawson & Richard Guare. Carol continuously works with adults, children, and other coaches to learn about the impact of EFs on performance and develop supportive and compensatory approaches. Her website is www.mulberrycoaching.com.
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University in 1997. Prior, Lisa earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1994. Lisa is the parent of one active teenager and two college students! She is an LMFT in the states of CO and CA, and is a certified ADHD-CCSP and EF Coach, having trained with Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. She is an involved Volunteer with both National Charity League and Young Men’s Service League, and is a dedicated Volunteer for her local community and community schools. Lisa has an extensive background working with individuals with ADHD and family systems where the diagnosis or behaviors have made an impact. She loves helping students and adults achieve their true and full innate potential. Lisa has incorporated Executive Function Coaching into her private practice and enjoys the work profoundly. Lisa currently works with high school and college students, as well as adults to explore their strengths and weaknesses in EF. She also offers parent coaching as well as family intervention around the diagnosis of ADHD and other neurodiverse diagnoses. Lisa enjoys helping her clients to set goals and work hard to achieve them to move their lives forward in a positive direction both academically and professionally. As a lifelong learner, Lisa enjoys being connected with others in this exciting and growing field and sharing experiences via both colleague consultation as well as being a hired mentor for new coaches looking to expand their current profession. Lisa’s website.
Kelly Norman
Kelly has spent the last 25 years as a dedicated child advocate with an uncompromising focus on the individual needs of each unique learner. For over a decade, she served as both an Intervention Specialist and Special Educator in the public school system in New Jersey. In addition to teaching, she has worked in various school settings, serving as a reading interventionist, professional development provider, middle school team leader, executive function and study skills course instructor and parent volunteer. Kelly has worked privately with many students with diverse learning needs across multiple disciplines throughout her career. Through this work, she realized she was most passionate about helping students use their unique wiring and strengths to overcome barriers and develop personalized systems to reach their goals. With a vision of igniting and propelling as many young people as possible, Kelly launched EF Advocates, an executive function coaching business based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. EF Advocates serves clients locally, nationally and internationally and provides one-to-one client coaching for students and training and mentoring services for professionals seeking to become executive function coaches.
Kelly has trained with Peg Dawson & Richard Guare, is an ADHD-Certified Educator from the Professional Education Systems Institute and holds a dual master’s degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. Her website is www.efadvocates.com