ABOUT

ND COACHING ACADEMY

Raising the Standard of Neurodivergent Education and Training

ND Coaching Academy exists because neurodivergent people are being supported by systems that were never designed for them, and by professionals who were never properly trained to understand them.

Neurodivergent people deserve better support.

That starts with better education for the people, teams, and institutions serving them.

ND Coaching Academy provides structured, ethical, neurodivergent-informed training for individuals and organizations who want to do better… and need a framework that actually works in real environments.

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Why This Academy Was Built

The Gap Between Good Intentions and Effective Support

Across coaching programs, universities, and workplaces, the same pattern shows up:

  • Neurodivergence is discussed briefly, but not deeply understood

  • ADHD is treated as a productivity or willpower issue

  • Autism is oversimplified or over focused on the most severe cases while leaving the middle of the spectrum where most of us live excluded

  • Executive dysfunction is mislabeled as motivation or behavior

  • Trauma language is used without trauma literacy

  • Support roles blur ethical and professional boundaries

  • Current training that exists leaves too many gaps and damages the Neurodivergent community as a whole.

The result is inconsistent support, burned-out teams, and neurodivergent individuals who continue to struggle inside systems meant to help them.

ND Coaching Academy was created to close that gap.

A Professional Training Model, Not a Trend

Built for Institutions, Teams, and Applied Practice

This is not influencer-led education.

This is not awareness training.

And this is not a one-size-fits-all certification.

We are Designed to integrate into….

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    University programs and continuing education pathways

  • office desks clustered together with people working at computers

    Corporate learning & development initiatives

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    Student support, disability services, and advocates

  • people in office at sit stand office working together to promote wellness. White desk with Man and woman standing at it looking at laptop screen

    Workplace wellness and performance support programs

  • Coaching, education, and helping professions

The curriculum is modular, evidence-informed, and grounded in real-world application….

making it adaptable for academic, corporate, and professional settings.

Neurodivergent-Led. Ethics-Forward. Applied.

Designed by Practitioners Who Work in Complexity

ND Coaching Academy is developed and led by neurodivergent professionals with lived experience, clinical collaboration, and extensive applied work across phycology, coaching, education, and organizational environments.

Our training prepares participants to:

  • Understand how neurodivergent brains function in real-world settings

  • Support executive function, regulation, and sustainability

  • Recognize trauma, burnout, and nervous system overload

  • Maintain ethical boundaries and referral clarity

  • Apply tools responsibly — not perform scripts

This is education designed for environments where outcomes matter.

For Universities & Academic Institutions

Preparing Students for Real-World Neurodivergent Support

ND Coaching Academy can support universities and training institutions by:

  • Enhancing counseling-adjacent and coaching-adjacent programs

  • Supplementing psychology, education, and human services curricula

  • Providing neurodivergent-informed skill development

  • Supporting graduate students entering helping professions

  • Offering applied, ethics-forward training beyond theory

This curriculum bridges the gap between academic learning and real-world practice.

For Corporations & Organizations

Training Teams to Support Neurodivergent Employees and Students using Universal Workforce Design

For corporations and organizations, ND Coaching Academy offers:

  • Practical executive function and regulation training

  • Neurodivergent-informed coaching frameworks that translate into Universal Workforce Design

  • Support strategies that reduce burnout and disengagement

  • Clear boundaries between coaching, management, and therapy

  • Scalable training for managers, HR, L&D, and support teams

This is not accommodation training. This is capacity-building for sustainable performance and wellbeing.

Better Education. Better Support. Better Outcomes.

Our Mission

ND Coaching Academy exists to raise the standard of neurodivergent education and training, across individuals, institutions, and systems.

That means:

  • Better prepared professionals

  • Safer, more ethical support environments

  • Reduced burnout for teams

  • Improved outcomes for neurodivergent people

We don’t train for trends.

We train for responsibility.