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Life
Coach
Lisa
Kincaid
Bio
Coach
Lisa graduated with a degree in Business Administration which is an interesting
story of its own (see below). She has a strong understanding of
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) since she has been living with
it since birth. Lisa enjoys sharing that her whole entire household is
“spirited” and couldn't see living any other way than with AD/HD or with loved
ones who have AD/HD.
Lisa has
coached children, adults and families with AD/HD for a number of years. She
believes that Life Coaching (that is coaching throughout the lifespan) is the
most ideal form of coaching because she can relate so much to her clients from
her own personal experience, and can still learn something new from them.
Lisa is
involved with local, state and national organizations involved in the pursuit of
education on AD/HD and Life Coaching. As a volunteer, Lisa is the current
Coordinator for CHADD of Burlington County ~ South Jersey. She started this
chapter after leaving the Northern Virginia area in 2001 where she had been the
Coordinator for CHADD of Northern Virginia.
For
Lisa, even as a coach, she must practice "self-care" daily. She has a HUGE love
for reading. She should own stock in Barnes and Noble Bookstore by now. Lisa
enjoys gardening and just took up Yoga. She finds she still has to practice
those breathing techniques and take time to meditate, and it is a'lot of fun
going through the process. What is most essential to her daily routine is to
receive a phone call each morning that is programmed through her local telephone
company that reminds her how great life is and how much she is great at
coaching.
Lisa
always felt that everybody was as quirky as she was when growing up. She didn't
realize she had AD/HD until her oldest daughter was diagnosed in 1997. It
wasn't much of a surprise when a psychologist had her experience taking the
inventories (written surveys to identify patterns) and even be involved in
taking the TOVA, a computerized test to diagnose AD/HD, that she became so bored
and kept hitting the button to keep herself awake. Two years later, her
middle daughter was diagnosed and then in 2000 her husband. In May 2003, Lisa
called her husband at work to inform him that their youngest child, a son, had
been diagnosed with AD/HD. When the family met for dinner that night, there the
family huddled like football players on the field that jump into the air and
smacked hands or on the rear as if celebrating a touchdown. The whole family
could share with the world now that we were COMPLETE! All of us had ADHD. We
could win the "spirited award" for 2003.
Lisa is
in a way a true "success story" in completing her education. It took her about
15 years to complete her degree. She began right after graduating high school
by pursuing a degree in social work. As yet undiagnosed with AD/HD and not
keeping up with the rigorous demands of the degree program, she transferred to a
junior college near to where her parents were living. When her parents moved,
she again transferred, but this time to a school for individuals that were
educationally challenged. However, this school after performing test
assessments felt she was not educationally challenged enough. Then came
marriage, kids, and employment; but, still she continued her education by
getting an ATI certification as a travel agent which did not pan out in the long
run. After 13 years she received an Associates Degree from the local community
college.
Then she
decided to pursue a program for a Bachelor's in Business Administration from a
business college that recognized accommodations required for people with AD/HD.
In 2000 she received her BBA after completing her senior thesis on AD/HD in the
Workplace. She managed to do all this while working full-time, raising three
children, and running a Girl Scout Brownie troop.
She was
fortunate to work with a number of incredible specialists to help her complete
one of the biggest obstacles in her life. She received advisement from Patricia
H. Latham, J.D. and Peter S. Latham, J.D. who have written a number of books on
AD/HD and are founding directors of the National Center for Law and Learning
Disabilities. Lisa was also very fortunate to have worked with Jodi
Sleeper-Triplett, a pioneering Coach in the field of Family Coaching. The
passage of the American with Disabilities Act, which had went into effect six
years after she started pursuing a college degree, opened the door for her to
finish. Lisa then had the ability to ask for accommodations and be very
successful in completing her degree. She finished her degree with a 3.8 GPA.
In 2001
she started the program with American Coaching Association and completed the
program within six months.
Education
AAS General Studies, Northern Virginia Community College, 1998
BBA, Averett College, 2000
American Coaching Association, 2001
ADD Coach Academy, 2004
Various teleclasses through Coachville, since 2001
Various teleclasses through Teleclass.com, since 2001
NAMI, (8) week training: (Visions for Tomorrow), 2003
American Coaching Association, (4) week training: (Advocating for the AD/HD
Student), 2005
SPAN NJ, (6) week training: (Parent Advocacy Training), 2005
Landmark College Loop Project, (3) week training: (Post High-School Options for
Students with Learning Disabilities), 2005
Training Resource Network, Inc, (3) week training: (Job Coaching: Job Design,
Training & Natural Supports at Work), 2005
Training through Dr. Ned Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey, (22) week training: (ADD
in 2005), 2005
Professional Memberships
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American Coaching Association |
International Coaching Association |
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Coachville |
CHADD |
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ADDA |
ADDConsults |
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The
International Dyslexic Association |
ADD
Consultants |
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Leaning Disabilities Association |
www.ADDManagement.com |
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PEATC |
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