Executive Function & School-Life Coaching
Individualized coaching for children, teens, and college students who need practical support with organization, follow-through, emotional regulation, school stress, friendships, self-advocacy, and growing independence.
Supporting students in school, life, and everything in between.
Sometimes a student understands what they are supposed to do but cannot seem to get started, stay organized, manage frustration, or follow through consistently. They may be bright and capable but frequently overwhelmed by homework, friendships, transitions, time awareness, perfectionism, motivation, or asking for help.
They may have ADHD or another neurodivergent learning profile—or they may simply need more individualized support than the school day can provide.
Common Space Coaching offers a warm, practical place to slow down, understand what is getting in the way, and develop strategies that fit the student. The goal is not to fix a student or ask them to try harder. It is to build self-understanding, useful skills, confidence, and increasing independence.
Sessions are individualized, student-centered, and grounded in the realities of school and daily life.
Support for executive functioning, school stress, emotional regulation, confidence, friendships, communication, and greater independence. Sessions are engaging, age-appropriate, and designed to give the student voice and ownership.
Parents are important partners, while the student remains the primary coaching client.
Practical, judgment-free support for deadlines, routines, long-term projects, communication with professors, setbacks, competing responsibilities, and the transition toward independent adult life.
Adult students remain in charge of their goals and privacy, even when another person pays for coaching.
Strategies are developed with the student—not simply for them—so the work feels relevant, respectful, and increasingly their own.
Students are more open to learning when they feel understood and accepted. Curiosity and compassion come first, alongside manageable accountability and practice.
ADHD and other learning differences are not signs of laziness or a lack of ability. Coaching works with the student’s brain, strengths, needs, and environment.
Progress may mean beginning with less resistance, recovering more quickly, remembering one responsibility, asking for help, or trying a new strategy. Small changes matter.
We discuss what is happening, what has been tried, and what you hope will feel different. For a minor, the first conversation generally begins with a parent or guardian.
We choose a small number of practical goals based on the student’s needs, strengths, and priorities. The student is included so goals feel collaborative.
Sessions provide time to explore challenges, practice skills, create realistic strategies, and adjust what is not working.
We periodically review progress so coaching remains purposeful and continues to support greater self-understanding and independence.
Bonnie Dismore is a licensed school counselor with additional training and experience in ADHD and executive function coaching. She created Common Space Coaching to offer students something that can be difficult to find during a busy school day: uninterrupted time, individualized attention, and a supportive place to understand what works for them.
Her school counseling perspective recognizes that academic, social, emotional, and executive-function needs are deeply connected. Coaching translates broad goals into practical, age-appropriate skills students can understand, practice, and use in real life.
Bonnie is based in Parker, Colorado. Coaching is offered virtually via Zoom and in person in Parker at her home-based business office or at a mutually agreed public location, such as a Douglas County Libraries location.
Common Space Coaching provides educational and executive-function coaching. Coaching is collaborative, practical, and goal-oriented. It is not psychotherapy, clinical counseling, crisis intervention, medical care, diagnosis, treatment, tutoring, or psychological or educational evaluation.
Some students benefit from working with both a coach and a therapist, tutor, medical provider, or school team. When a student needs support outside the scope of coaching, Bonnie will communicate that openly and encourage an appropriate next step.
All paid service prices are in United States dollars (USD). Fees and policies are confirmed before booking.
A conversation to discuss current concerns, strengths, goals, what has already been tried, and whether coaching appears to be a useful fit.
30 minutes · Free
One-on-one executive function and school-life coaching offered virtually or in person by arrangement.
1 hour · $125.00 USD
Typical frequency: Weekly
Executive function coaching helps students understand and strengthen skills involved in planning, organizing, beginning tasks, managing time, holding information in mind, shifting between demands, regulating emotion, monitoring progress, and following through. Coaching focuses on practical strategies, self-awareness, and increasingly independent use of skills.
No. A formal diagnosis is not required. Coaching may be helpful whenever executive-function or school-life demands are interfering with daily functioning and the student is able to participate in a goal-oriented process.
No. Coaching does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions, process trauma as psychotherapy, provide crisis care, teach subject-specific academic content, or complete academic work. It may complement therapy, tutoring, disability services, medication management, academic advising, or school-based support.
Parents are important partners for minor clients, while the student remains the primary coaching client. Parents may receive general information about goals, skills being practiced, broad progress, and ways to reinforce learning at home. They do not generally receive a detailed account of everything the student says.
The adult student remains the client. Payment does not automatically provide a parent or sponsor access to private session details, goals, notes, or progress updates. The adult student decides what may be shared, except when disclosure is required or permitted by law or because of a safety concern.
Sessions vary by age and goal. They may include conversation, games, movement, planning tools, visuals, role-play, task breakdown, communication practice, or troubleshooting a real-life challenge. Sessions aim to end with a clear, manageable next step.
Sessions are available virtually via Zoom or in person in Parker, Colorado. Typical booking windows are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Calendly shows current openings.
Common Space Coaching is not a crisis or emergency service, and messages are not monitored continuously. For an immediate safety or medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department rather than waiting for a coaching response.
Share a little about what feels difficult and what you would like to feel easier or more manageable. For a minor student, the initial conversation generally begins with a parent or guardian. Adult students are welcome to contact Bonnie directly.