“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
Hello, my name is Ridhisha Mekala. I am the founder of Elevate ADHD Coaching — a dream project I have built with utmost care and love for my work. My experience working with the neurodiverse community, empathy for their struggles, and passion for ADHD/EF have opened the doors to start my company and begin my journey as an ADHD/EF coach. In addition, I am a mom to an 8-year-old with ADHD. Through this opportunity, I hope to reach out, impact, educate, and help with the struggles of many neurodiverse individuals.
Experience.
For the past six years, I have dedicated my work to providing one-on-one academic coaching, solutions, and strategies to students who learn differently. Along my professional journey, I have tutored, mentored, and coached students from grade one through postsecondary with ASD, ADHD, giftedness, dyslexia, etc., alongside other existing comorbidities such as anxiety and depression. I have since delivered evidence-based reading remediation and writing plans to struggling readers and writers with learning disabilities.
Teaching the community of different learners, therefore, is my ultimate passion!
In 2021, I started coaching adults with ADHD and EF challenges which helped me to understand the underlying negative beliefs that most adults with ADHD start to internalize earlier on in their childhood.
Qualifications.
I am an ICF- certified ADHD coach specializing in coaching individuals with ADHD. I earned my International Coaching Federation and Center for Credentialing and Education approved coach training from the JST Training and Coaching Institute in Virginia, US, the leading authority on ADHD/ Executive Function Coaching, and the ADLER Professional School of Coaching Toronto, Canada.
I am currently pursuing a postgraduate certification from the Landmark College Institute, Vermont, U.S., in 'Neurodiversity and Learning Differences in Individuals' with a track specialization in executive functioning and will be graduating summer of 2025. The program at Landmark College involves studying in-depth about 'Academic Strategies and Executive Function Supports for Students with LD, ADHD, and Autism.’
I am a B. A. graduate in communications and have a certification in ‘Mindfulness for Peak Performance’ from Monash University, Australia. I employ all the above skills, knowledge, and expertise in my coaching practice with my clients.
Credentials
Honours Badge awarded by the Landmark College Institute for completing certification in Student Engagement, Self-Regulation, and Motivation, aligned with Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Advanced Special Education Preparation Standards.
Honours Badge awarded by the Landmark College Institute for completing certification in Understanding and Supporting Diverse Learners, aligned with Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Advanced Special Education Preparation Standards.
Honours Badge awarded by the Landmark College Institute for completing certification in Academic Strategies and Executive Function Supports for Students with LD, ADHD, and Autism, aligned with Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Advanced Special Education Preparation Standards.
Honours Badge awarded by the Landmark College Institute for completing certification in Leveraging Universal Design & Learning Technologies for Student Success, aligned with Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Advanced Special Education Preparation Standards.