Summer Programs

ADHD and Executive Function Coaching (Grade 9-Postsecondary)

Summer is an ideal time for students with ADHD and/or executive function challenges to engage in coaching before the next school year.

It offers a less stressful environment and an opportunity to develop essential skills that can help students cope with the effects of their disorder or disability and alleviate or eliminate their impact. The absence of academic pressures allows students to fully immerse themselves in coaching, focusing on understanding their academic and personal barriers, executive functioning challenges, and emotional regulation. During this time, students can work closely with their coach to develop personalized strategies and coping mechanisms that target their specific needs, setting the groundwork for a smoother transition into the new school year, when they will have an opportunity to practice and reinforce the strategies they learn during the summer.

This proactive approach to addressing ADHD and/or executive function-related challenges during the summer months can lead to a more successful and positive academic experience in the upcoming school year, setting the stage for long-term growth and development.

Evoke’s coaches help students reflect on their strengths and weaknesses, prepare their mindset, think ahead, and set goals for the next year (e.g., what do they need, what are potential barriers that they faced this year that could get in the way for them in the fall, and how can they find balance when the school year begins?).

Coaching helps students to:

  • Build skills for the upcoming school year,
  • Prepare for transitions,
  • Learn effective academic and emotional strategies based on current research,
  • Manage the effects of their learning difference to reduce unwanted outcomes,
  • Strengthen their organization, time management, and executive function skills to enhance academic performance,
  • Learn strategies they can use to help facilitate change, and
  • Help translate abstract goals into concrete actions.
A collage of four students ready for school

For students with ADHD, coaching provides an opportunity to understand their ADHD better: how the symptoms of ADHD play out in their daily, personal, and academic lives and how ADHD gets in the way of their learning.

Engaging in coaching over the summer means there is no homework to juggle, and plenty of time to focus on strategies that will enhance executive function skills, promote more positive thoughts and behaviours, and discover new approaches to learning. This program requires a minimum of 6 one-hour coaching sessions over the summer.

Minimum Expected
Summer Commitment

6 Coaching
Hours