Regina M. Cashman, M.A., A.B.M.P.P., Phone: (203) 595-9161, Fax: (203) 595-9051
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ADD Coach Services offers a la carte and retainer service options. A La Carte options are for those who prefer to pay as they go. Retainer options are for those who prefer to have some contact between appointments, be assured of regularly scheduled appointments and want to save money.
A La Carte Services
1. Phone Coaching: Level I - Weekly, thirty minute phone sessions, with 1 each pre-session email stating your session agenda. This option is best for those who are in the middle of their, or their families, ADD intervention. They have been diagnosed, are working with a therapist if appropriate, and have experienced some symptomatic relief but are still regularly plagued by residual ADD symptoms.
Fee: $75. per session
2. Phone Coaching: Level II – Alternating weeks of two thirty minute phone sessions & two email exchanges, per month. This is usually most appropriate for those who have been receiving comprehensive, multi-model intervention and, if on medication, are considered to be at a therapeutic dose. These individuals are not in crisis but believe there are still a few missing pieces to their particular ADD puzzle.
Fee: $200. per month
3. Phone Coaching: Level III – Two 45 minute sessions per month, with 1 each pre-session email stating your session agenda.
This is usually most appropriate for those who have been receiving comprehensive, multi-model intervention and, if on medictaion, are considered to be at a therapeutic dose. These individuals are not in crisis but believe there are still a few missing pieces to their particular ADD puzzle.
Fee: $300. per month
4. One Time Consultation – One or two hour session, one to four times a year. This is for those who have been living with ADD for some time and whose situation is truly under control. This group can benefit from using a coach on an as needed basis, as, as situations arise.
Fee: $150. per hour
5. Phone Flexi-Consult – Because everyone's needs are different, I offer the option of mutually designing a coaching consultation plan that suits your particular situation. Just about anything you can conceive can most likely be worked out to our mutual satisfaction.
Fee: $75.00 per ½ hour
6. Family ADD Conference Call –
This is a program individually designed to meet your families needs. The purpose is to provide all family members with the same accurate, up-to-date, evidenced based ADD information so that the family becomes a cohesive unit of healthy support, neither enabling or disabling, the family member diagnosed with ADD. I firmly believe we all do the best we can with what we know and the resources we have. Once we know better, we do better. With ADD education comes better understanding of our loved one with ADD. With increased understanding comes a decrease in frustration. With a decrease in frustration, we are better able to access healthier and more functional responses that can contribute to our loved ADDer’s quality of life. These conference calls can be a one time situation or part of a series, depending on the families needs. Sessions are one to two hours. Duration is determined by the number of people participating.
Fee: $150. per hour
7. One Time Research Email - Specific Answers to Specific Questions:
This option is available to anyone unfamiliar with the world of ADD, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Medication etc., who needs a quick answer to a question and doesn't know which are the most trusted, reliable, accurate and up-to-date resources of the 1,000's that come up in a Google search.
It is an option for those needing personal, specific information. I will research an answer for you, providing you with the most current and accurate information. You will receive a detailed response, in lay terms, with references cited when appropriate. Depending on the question, you will also receive associated further reading in the form of attached articles.
In the rare case, an appropriate answer can not be found, you will be refunded 1/2 of the fee paid. Half will be kept for the time invested in researching on your behalf.
Fee: $100. per email
Examples of questions appropriate for this option:
· “My daughter is very bright but has ADD and is dyslexic. The school tested her but says she doesn’t qualify for services. I don’t agree because it takes her much longer than her peers to complete her work and her test scores are suffering as each grade becomes increasingly more difficult. She understands her work but she just can’t complete it in time. She is in 4 the grade. I don’t know what steps I should take next to help her.”
· I am curious about your program. Both my daughter and I have been diagnosed ADD and are interested in ADD education for ourselves. I am overwhelmed by all of the information available and wonder where to begin. Also, how do I know which information is accurate and which is someone’s opinion? If you could offer suggestions of resources that are based on facts and not overwhelming, I’d appreciate it.
· “I am located in West Palm Beach Florida and do not know where to start to take my 13 year old daughter to get tested. Can you explain the pros & cons of public vs. private testing, where to go for testing, and what tests to request?”
· “My son was diagnosed with ADHD in 2004 at the age of 13 by a child counselor in the city where we reside. My son is in special education due to his hearing loss and wears a hearing aid. The school did an evaluation on my son for the hearing loss but there was no evaluation done on the ADHD by the school district. My son’s ADD medicine had side effects that made his heart race and he wouldn't eat and it caused him to do some really strange things. He stopped taken the medicine approx. 2 months ago and started seeing a counselor .Since then he has been in trouble at school. Most recently he punched a kid in the mouth and received a ticket from the police for assault. The school is looking at placing my son in a alternative school as a corrective action for the assault. The other school is a bad environment and I don't feel it will correct my son's behavior. I think the proper medicine and counseling will help my son get over his problem and we have plans to try different medicine this summer. School is over in four days and the school wants to place my son in this alternative school starting next year which I feel is wrong to start him in a negative environment versus allowing the counseling and the St to take effect this summer. I need an opinion please. The paper work showing the results of ADHD from the counselor was given to the school and the school is aware that my son was taking medication for ADHD. There is a school meeting in two days. Please help!”
8. One Time Email: General Answers for General Questions – This option is for those requesting a one time answer to a simple question that does not require having much background on the particulars of your situation. Researching to find the most ADD friendly resources in your area is more time consuming than answering a simple question regarding the appropriate age to begin medictaions. The client is charged accordingly.
Examples of questions appropriate for this option are:
· “My son is ADD, is responsive to medication and therapy and he wants to go away to sleep away camp this summer. He isn’t athletic but likes animals. We are not opposed to sending him away but wonder what we should look for when researching camps for him. We live in Delaware. Do you have any suggestions regarding appropriate summer programs?”
· “My son is 6 yrs. old and was just diagnosed ADHD. The doctor wants to start him on Ritalin but I’m afraid he’s too young. Is he or is it O.K. to start medication at such an early age? "
Fees begin at $ 50.00 Click here to request One Time Email.
9. Second Opinion Record Review: This option is for those who have gone through the diagnostic testing and want a second opinion regarding issues such as:
- interpretation of formal educational and psychological evaluation results
- school's response to providing services
- what steps to take next
- medication information
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