ALL ABOUT A.C.T.
OFI's Comprehensive ADD Coach Training Program

OFI's "flagship" ADD Coach Training Program (A.C.T.) encompasses in-depth study of ADD presentations and comorbid conditions, etiology, neurology, learning theory & memory management, legal issues, and medication theory as well as non-pharmaceutical alternatives, each through the lens of COACHING highly creative, multifaceted individuals with attentional differences.

Please refer to the OFI Vision Statement.

About the Core A.C.T. Modules

— Named to reflect the nature of the structure of these Modules: the content is delivered sequentially on the same TeleBridge at the same time and same night of the week to a CORE group of Associates who train together during this segment of the training.

— 12 Modules that OFI feels contain essential elements for any comprehensively ADD Coach Training, providing 48 of the required 136 hours of training that make up the A.C.T. Program

• Introductions, to set the overall tone of for the rest of the Core
• Five ADD-focused Core Modules
• Six ADD Coaching-focused Core Modules

— Monthly Coaching Labs Even students who come to us as practicing coaches need a place to assimilate the ADD-specific information into their approach to coaching. The Core is supported in the development of ADD Coaching fluency through the requirement of an accompanying Coaching Lab each month:

• Five 2-hour Associate Labs
  during each month of the ADD-focused Core Modules, where students may interact with any number of Associates outside their Core ACT
• Six 1 or 2-hour labs of ANY kind
  during each month of the ADD Coaching-focused Core Modules

— Monthly Partner Coaching: Each member of the Core supports the learning objectives of each of the others in a rotation of assigned partner coaching hours, 1/2 hour per week. This offers our students exposure to a variety of coaching styles and a changing assortment of ADD presentations and challenges in a combination of situations.

About the Supplementals

— Named to reference the function of these Modules, Supplementals add depth to the A.C.T. Program, augmenting the Core Content in a way that adds fluency and range to an ADD Coach's skill set and provides a greater variety of classes and class formats.

— A menu of Modules designed to give A.C.T. Associates more flexibility with scheduling as they train and a greater exposure to the ADD and ADD Coaching community overall.

• Each session of a Supplemental Module will take place on the same day at that same time on the same TeleBridge with the same people, but the next Supplemental may take place with an entirely different set of similar variables.
• There is more variety in the structure of each Supplemental: some Supplementals consist of 3 hours, one per week, some are 4 hours in the same format, others have only 2 sessions in total, and still others are 90-minute classes for 3 weeks or two hours once a month.
• Some Supplementals are specifically required, some have prerequisites and others allow you to choose the areas of concentration that best fit your learning objectives.

More about the Supplementals

The Structure of the A.C.T. Program