Your child isn't failing to try. Their brain is trying in a system that wasn't built for it. Jordan Schatz is a Brooklyn-based ADHD Family Consultant who works with kids, tweens, and the parents behind them — online across NYC and New York State.
An ADHD coach works with your child on the specific skills their brain struggles with — not because they're not smart, but because ADHD creates real gaps in the mental processes that neurotypical kids develop automatically.
Coaching is practical. It focuses on what's happening in your child's life right now — at school, at home, with friends — and builds real skills around it. No generic programs. No one-size-fits-all frameworks.
The goal is a kid who understands how their brain works and has tools to work with it, not against it. Independence is built in from the start, not tacked on at the end.
How coaching differs from therapy →Why "five more minutes" becomes an hour, and what to do about it.
Starting the thing. The hardest part of any task for an ADHD brain.
Systems that actually work for how their brain operates.
Meltdowns, shutdowns, big reactions. Understanding them and working through them.
Reading social cues, navigating friendships, impulse control in groups.
Knowing their own brain and being able to ask for what they need at school.
Our relationship with our son has improved so much. In the short time we worked with Jordan, he helped us better understand ADHD and coached us through strategies that were much more impactful than what we had previously tried.
Most ADHD support in NYC comes from clinicians who learned about ADHD from textbooks and research. Jordan Schatz learned it the other way: by being the kid who couldn't sit still, couldn't focus, and couldn't figure out why everyone else seemed to have it together.
Jordan combines a graduate-level background in mental health with years of direct coaching experience and — most importantly — the firsthand knowledge of what it actually feels like to have an ADHD brain navigating a neurotypical world. That combination is rare.
Kids with ADHD have often spent years being told they're not trying hard enough by adults who don't understand their brain. Jordan isn't that adult. Kids feel that difference immediately — and it changes how open they are to the work.
Coaching is not therapy. There's no diagnoses, no clinical assessment, no treatment planning. Sessions are practical, concrete, and built around what's actually going on in your child's life right now.
ADHD doesn't just affect the kid. When parents understand the ADHD brain from the inside out, the entire family dynamic shifts. Parent coaching is available alongside or independently of child coaching.
Many NYC families are navigating multiple options at once. Here is how coaching fits into the picture.
| ADHD Coaching (Been That Kid) | ADHD Therapy | ADHD Tutoring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Executive function, self-advocacy, emotional regulation, social skills | Emotional and psychological processing | Academic content and homework |
| Approach | Practical, skill-building, forward-focused | Clinical, diagnostic, treatment-oriented | Subject-specific instruction |
| Who provides it | ADHD coach / family consultant | Licensed therapist or psychologist | Academic tutor |
| Best for | Building lasting skills and systems that work with the ADHD brain | Addressing underlying anxiety, trauma, or emotional issues | Catching up on specific academic content |
Many families use coaching and therapy together. They serve different purposes and work well in combination.
Jordan breaks down ADHD so you can understand what your child is going through and how you need to react as a parent. I highly recommend him for newly diagnosed ADHD and for transitions.
All sessions are held online via video call. Location within New York City or New York State does not matter — we can work together wherever you are.
Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Bay Ridge, Flatbush, and beyond.
Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Harlem, Tribeca, Chelsea, Washington Heights.
Astoria, Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Long Island City, and surrounding neighborhoods.
Riverdale, Mott Haven, Fordham, Pelham Bay, and across the borough.
St. George, Tottenville, New Dorp, and throughout Staten Island.
Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester, and anywhere in New York State.
No forms, no pressure. Just an honest conversation about what's going on, whether coaching is the right fit, and what working together would actually look like.
ADHD isn't one thing. We figure out exactly how your child's brain works — where it gets stuck, where it fires, what motivates it, what shuts it down — so the coaching is built around their reality.
Sessions are 50 minutes, held weekly via video. Between sessions, strategies are put into practice in real life — at school, at home, with friends. Progress is tracked and adjusted as we go.
The goal is a kid who understands their own brain well enough that they don't need coaching the same way anymore. They leave with self-awareness, tools, and a better relationship with themselves.
You've tried everything. The reward charts, the consequences, the reminders, the apps. Some of it worked for a week. Most of it didn't work at all. That's not a failure of effort — it's a mismatch between neurotypical parenting strategies and an ADHD brain.
Parent coaching gives you the strategies that actually work for ADHD brains, plus an understanding of why the other approaches fail. When you understand what's happening neurologically, the frustration shifts. The battles reduce. The relationship changes.
Learn About Parent Coaching →The neurology behind the behavior — dopamine, working memory, time blindness, emotional dysregulation.
How to give instructions, set expectations, and respond to meltdowns in ways that don't escalate.
Understanding evaluations, what accommodations to push for, and how to work with the school system.
Systems for mornings, homework, chores, and transitions that reduce the daily friction.
Our house is more peaceful now with so much less arguing. He helped me build systems that actually work for my child's brain, not against it, and encouraged progress without pressure or shame.
A free 15-minute call is all it takes to figure out if coaching is the right fit for your child and your family.
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