Focus Forward Group Coaching
Focus Forward Group Coaching
Focus Forward is a research supported program based on Cognitive Behavioral Training principles that gives college students with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or ADD-I the knowledge and skills necessary for academic, personal, and social success. It utilizes elements of evidence-based CBT programs for adults with ADHD that have been adapted to meet the unique developmental needs of young adults attending college and to address the Executive Function demands of time management, planning and prioritization, stress tolerance, emotional regulation, and goal-directed persistence. All of this happens in a warm, supportive, humorous, and strengths-based small group experience 90 minutes each week with a certified Mental Health Counselor and with Peer Mentor Intern mid-week check-ins throughout the semester.
The goals of Focus Forward are to:
Give students evidence-based knowledge of ADHD that is appropriate to their developmental level as young adults
Increase student awareness and mastery of behavioral strategies addressing their executive functioning needs (e.g., time management, organization, planning)
Teach students how to identify unhelpful/maladaptive thinking patterns and to replace them with helpful/adaptive thinking strategies
Increase student awareness and use of campus support services by addressing the internal obstacles that discourage access (e.g., disability accommodations, counseling, student health)
Interact on a regular basis with a Peer Coach who has received ADHD Coaching and has learned, practiced, and mastered many of the adaptive academic, emotional, and behavioral CBT skills.
Successful attainment of these goals makes it possible for students to begin displaying improvements in their behavioral, executive, emotional, academic, and general. life satisfaction.