From the category archives:
ACO member walks the talk of success.
Driven by a need to lead clients to a sustainable recovery, ACO member and coach Joyce Kubik created a template of inner listening and a mandate for radical personal action in order to ‘believe what was in my heart, not in my mind’.
What did clients do with all those [...]
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Joyce Kubik has authored ”Efficacy of ADHD Coaching for Adults with ADHD” to be published in the Journal of Attention Disorders, 3/10/09.
Read more about Joyce’s research here.
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Check out this article by Kristina Fiore and published on MedPageToday.com, October 5, 2009: ADHD, Hostility Increase Risk of Internet Addiction
The study was supported by grants from the National Science Council of Taiwan and reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
Action [...]
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This is the abstract from Joyce Kubik’s study published by the Journal of Attention Disorders.
To purchase the full report of the research, click here.
Objective: This is perhaps the first outcome study on the efficacy of ADHD coaching for adults with ADHD and its longterm effect.
Method: Forty-five adults (30 women, 15 men) rated 22 areas [...]
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How does anyone know if the work they do is producing results?
You have to put it to the test. Whether you are a coach, pediatrician, psychologist, ENT, psychiatrist or any medical professional for that matter, there should be some measure created to know if what you do works.
I’m not saying that coaches and doctors [...]
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Check out the article on procrastination over at the Scientific American website, “Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit.” The article claims that “Although biology is partly to blame for foot-dragging, anyone can learn to quit.”
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The Editorial that Started It All
In the President’s Letter in the August, 2007 issue of Circle, I wrote of Sam Goldstein’s editorial challenging the legitimacy of coaching as an intervention for ADHD:
In a rather famous editorial, Sam Goldstein, PhD, challenged the legitimacy of coaching as an intervention for ADHD (Journal of Attention Disorders, 11 2005; vol. 9: [...]
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