Field-tested guidance for the parents we coach with
Direct, specific, written by the people doing the work. We publish when we have something parents have asked us about more than once.

For parents
Parent Coaching for ADHD: When Your Young Adult Won't Engage
'He'd never agree to coaching. Is it even worth the conversation?' I hear this almost every week. Here's what 'uncoachable' usually really means, and what parents can actually do about it.
Andrew Pickens Calhoun
9 min read

For parents
ADHD Coaching for Adults: How to Know When It's the Right Help
Parents call me about their adult son or daughter with ADHD and usually open with: 'I don't even know what kind of help we're supposed to be looking for anymore.' Here's the framework I give them.
Andrew Pickens Calhoun
9 min read
About these articles
Every article here is written by an Ideal Minds coach who works directly with neurodivergent young adults and their parents. We don’t publish on a schedule. We publish when a question comes up in coaching often enough that we know other parents are asking the same thing.
If you’d rather start with a conversation than a read, book a discovery call or take our neuro-archetype quiz to find out which coaching path fits your young adult best.