In Depth ADHD Coaching Industry Analysis:
The Challenge to Professional Standards

For professionals who need the complete picture: this comprehensive industry report provides an exhaustive analysis of current training quality, regulatory cases, and evidence-based recommendations for immediate reform in ADHD coaching and training standards.

This extensive report includes everything in the white paper PLUS:

  • Seven detailed appendices with complete training programme analysis, explanation of Autism Coaching studies, due diligence checklist for clients and an explanation of how coaching ‘levels’ can be compared
  • Full case studies of regulatory enforcement actions
  • Implementation frameworks for different stakeholder groups including medical professionals, employers and more
  • Economic sustainability modelling for coaching practices
  • Complete research explanation and resource base with academic references

Professional-Grade Analysis for Serious Decision Makers

Unprecedented Industry Research Scope

This report represents the most comprehensive analysis ever conducted of ADHD coaching industry standards and safeguarding measures. Drawing from 18 months of systematic investigation across five countries, it identifies patterns of professional development gaps requiring immediate intervention.

Unlike industry-sponsored research or marketing materials, this independent analysis provides unbiased assessment of coaching quality variations, regulatory enforcement patterns, and professional standards implementation. The findings have generated significant interest from healthcare systems, policy makers, and professional organisations.

Complete Evidence Base for Policy Development

Policy makers and healthcare administrators require comprehensive evidence when developing regulations, referral protocols, or funding guidelines. This report provides that evidence base through systematic analysis of:

What’s Inside

Core Analysis:
Coaching vs other modalities comparison table
Detailed principles of ethical coaching practice
Full regulatory enforcement case studies
Training programme detailed comparisons

Detailed Appendices:
Autism coaching research studies
Economic sustainability analysis
Primary data sources and methodology
Complete training programme breakdowns
Checklist for evaluating coaching services

Healthcare System Integration Guidance

Healthcare providers increasingly recognise ADHD coaching as valuable adjunct intervention but struggle with referral criteria and quality assessment. This report provides evidence-based guidance for:

  • Developing coaching referral protocols and practitioner evaluation criteria
  • Understanding training standards, supervision requirements, and scope of practice boundaries
  • Identifying when coaching relationships may be inappropriate or harmful
  • Creating objective criteria for coaching partnerships and sustainable referral protocols

Who This Report is for:

Research Methodology

  • Systematic review of regulatory actions (2013-2025)
  • Comparative analysis of UK and US training programs
  • Economic modelling of coaching business sustainability
  • Risk-based assessment model for safeguarding clients
  • Multiple data verification sources with research references
18 months of investigation by Dr Katherine Sanders*, certified ADHD coach and industry analyst, reveals systematic patterns that challenge both client safety and professional credibility.

How Professionals Can Use This Report

Health Care

Essential for developing coaching referral protocols and ensuring patient safety in complementary interventions.

Training Organisations

Comprehensive competitive analysis that can inform new quality standards and curriculum development.

Policy Researchers

Detailed evidence base supporting regulatory framework development for coaching industry oversight.

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Access and Professional Licensing

Professional Use Requirements
This comprehensive report is designed specifically for professional applications including policy development, organisational standards creation, academic research, and healthcare system implementation. The detailed analysis and sensitive industry information require appropriate professional context and application.

Access is limited to verified professionals with legitimate individual, organisational or research needs for comprehensive industry analysis.

Individual coaches looking for general professional development should begin with the white paper, while organisations requiring detailed evidence base for policy or standards development will find the complete report essential.

The research includes information which is publicly available about specific training programmes, regulatory enforcement details, and economic analysis that requires professional discretion and appropriate application.


Global Application and Adaptation
While the research focuses primarily on UK and US markets, the findings have broad application across English-speaking coaching markets and provide framework for analysis in other jurisdictions. International regulatory analysis identifies transferable best practices and policy innovations.

Professional organisations in other countries can adapt the assessment frameworks and implementation guidelines to local regulatory contexts and professional standards requirements. The economic analysis provides insights into market dynamics affecting coaching quality mainly in the UK and USA industry.

Healthcare systems can apply the integration frameworks and quality assessment criteria to local coaching markets, while policy makers can adapt the regulatory analysis to different legal and administrative systems.

Download the 20,000 word Industry Report

This comprehensive report builds upon the findings in the white paper “ADHD Coaching Standards Crisis”. – There is no need to download both papers.

These are designed to become essential resources for understanding and addressing systematic coaching industry challenges, now and in the future.


Why This Level of Detail Matters

Beyond Surface Analysis
While the free white paper provides essential overview, professional decision-making requires comprehensive evidence base. This report goes deep into economic drivers, regulatory patterns, and implementation specifics that summary analysis cannot provide.

Actionable Intelligence
Healthcare administrators developing coaching partnerships need specific quality criteria. Training organisations require detailed competitive analysis. Policy makers need comprehensive regulatory framework comparison. This report provides that actionable intelligence.

Professional Credibility
When recommending policy changes, developing standards, or making organisational decisions, you need research that stands up to scrutiny. This analysis provides the professional credibility and evidence base required for high-stakes decision-making.

What’s Inside the Complete Report

Industry Overview
Comprehensive analysis of international regulatory enforcement actions showing acceleration of consumer protection activity in 2024-2025. Includes enforcement triggers, penalties, and implications for services targeting ADHD and other neurodivergent clients across several countries.

Training Quality Analysis
Exhaustive programme-by-programme assessment with detailed comparison tables showing hours, costs, supervision requirements, and accreditation standards. Distinguishes legitimate professional body recognition from commercial endorsement schemes.

Regulatory Framework Analysis
International comparison of coaching oversight approaches, consumer protection measures, and client safeguards. Suggested development of best practices and identifies cross-border enforcement challenges.

Economic Analysis
Financial realities facing coaches across different training pathways, business and market analysis, and sustainability modelling. Shows why voluntary standards may yet prove to be insufficient for specialised client and coaching protection.

Implementation Frameworks
Detailed action plans for training providers, professional bodies, technology platforms, and individual practitioners. Includes suggested steps, implementation priorities and assessment of success metrics.


Appendices
Complete research methodology, full academic references, sources for case studies, and supplementary analysis for verification and deeper investigation.

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