ADHD coaching helped college students with ADHD set more specific goals broken into component steps with incremental deadlines¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Most participants reported that coaching changed how they formulated goals and improved their capacity to attain them, though three students said coaching did not influence their goals. → Parker 2010

Evidence¶

Parker 2010¶

Parker, D. R., Field Hoffman, S., Sawilowsky, S., & Rolands, L. (2010). An Examination of the Effects of ADHD Coaching on University Students' Executive Functioning. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24(2), 115-132. https://www.edgefoundation.org

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Thematic analysis of one-hour end-of-semester interviews with seven undergraduates with ADHD in a semester-long pilot study. Students reported coaching "helped them set higher academic standards" and break goals into steps with deadlines; three students reported no influence on their goals.

"These students noted that coaching helped them set higher academic standards and establish goals that were much more specific, broken into component steps, and linked to incremental deadlines."

Discussion¶

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