Found Focus Helps You With:
Executive Functioning
Executive functioning is a set of skills that help us plan, organize, and manage our time and behavior. Found Focus can help you tap into your executive functioning and improve your strategies for success.
Emotion Regulation
Emotional Regulation is becoming aware of your emotions and having the tools to take control of them. Found Focus can help you understand your individual emotion patterns and the habits that have developed over time, allowing you to shift patterns that are no longer beneficial to you.
Live Support
Found Focus offers a variety of features that provide human and curriculum support. Found Focus coaching services include: video calls (academic coaching, advocacy support, and ADHD coaching), group messaging forums, group coaching, and AI message texting support.
Lifestyle Choices
Making lifestyle changes, such as eating healthy, exercising, and getting enough sleep can improve your overall well-being and help you manage ADHD
Psychosocial Education
Found Focus is a digital support system providing education for college students and young adults. We help you understand ADHD, develop coping skills, and manage your symptoms.
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ABOUT US
Meet our ADHD Expert Advisors!
Dr. Nicholas Fogleman, PhD.
ADHD Subject Matter Expert
Dr. Fogleman is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), with appointments at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. He also serves as the director of the UNC ADHD Program and is a principal investigator in the Cohen Lab, located in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Dr. Fogleman has received extensive training in evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques for individuals with ADHD, and his research examines the social and emotional functioning of youth with ADHD. Incorporating methods from psychology, neuroscience, mathematics, and cardiology, Dr. Fogleman studies how the brain and body interact, and how neurobiological mechanisms underlie ADHD and co-occurring disorders.
Dr. Alexa Darby, PhD.
ADHD Subject Matter Expert
Alexa Darby is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Elon University who identifies as neurodivergent (LD, ADHD and Bipolar). Dr. Darby began her career as a Learning Specialist working with college students with learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder while she earned her M.A. in Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. She then worked as a Disability Resource Coordinator for five years before entering her doctoral program at the University of Georgia. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia. In 2005, she began her career at Elon University, where she now serves as a Professor of Psychology.
Currently, Dr. Darby is enrolled in graduate courses to obtain a certificate in Learning Differences and Neurodiversity with a Specialization in Autism on Campus and Online from Landmark College. Dr. Darby’s research and practice interests include teaching and learning pedagogies; the lived experiences of neurodiverse individuals (with a focus on undergraduate students, law students, doctoral students, higher education faculty, and other professionals); and qualitative research methods. When she is not working, she enjoys reading, baking, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.
Dr. James Holsinger, PhD.
ADHD Content Advisor
Dr. James Holsinger has spent more than a decade in higher education academic support, with a focus on at-risk students and students who learn differently. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Koenisgberger Learning Center & Director of Learning Assistance at Elon University.
Kelly Furnas
Communications Advisor
Kelly Furnas is a senior lecturer teaching multimedia journalism, web/mobile development, and UI/UX design at Elon (N.C.) University. He is chair of the board of directors for the Student Press Law Center and serves as the global engagement director for the Journalism Education Association.
Aimee De Poortere, NBC-HWC, LMC
Coaching Program Advisor
Aimee De Poortere is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, trained at Duke Integrative Medicine and a Lifestyle Medicine Coach trained at the American College of Medicine. Her current role is Health Coaching Program Manager at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a start-up contributor in the digital health space specializing in training, developing, and managing health coaches while building innovative coaching programs.
Michael Shuman, PhD.
Human Support Advisor
Dr. Michael Shuman serves as the director of the Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (CLASS) at Wake Forest University and has been working closely with college students at WFU since 1997. In addition to directing and supervising the general operations of CLASS, he provides leadership and vision in the areas of academic support, disability services, and student success for the WFU community. He also maintains an affiliate faculty appointment with the Department of Psychology at WFU. Through both individual coaching and classroom teaching, Dr. Shuman helps students create an awareness of their individual strengths, characteristics, behaviors, and areas of growth as it relates to academic performance and success in college.
Executive Functioning
Found Focus can provide you many different tools and strategies to help you function in your everyday life more proficiently and confidently
F 's strategy support includes:
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Attention: the ability to focus on a task and ignore distractions
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Inhibition: the ability to control impulses and resist temptation
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Working memory: the ability to hold information in mind and use it to guide our actions
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Task switching: the ability to shift attention from one task to another
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Planning: the ability to set goals and develop a plan to achieve them
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Organization: the ability to keep track of information and materials
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Time management: the ability to manage time effectively
F can help you Master your emotions
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Handle stress and difficult situations in a healthy way
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Maintain positive relationships
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Achieve our goals
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Feel good about ourselves
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Keep calm in a chaotic world
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Identify and label your emotions
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Journal your emotions and progress
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Engage in activities that improve your emotional wellness
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Practice mindfulness
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Support healthy sleep
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Exercise regularly to optimize your emotional wellbeing
Emotion Regulation
Emotion Regulation is a critical tool for everyday life. With F you will be able to navigate stressful situations with ease and confidence like never before!
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Live Support
Found Focus coaching services include: video calls (academic coaching, advocacy support, and ADHD coaching), group messaging forums, group coaching, and AI message texting support.
F is here for you.
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Virtual One-on-One Coaching: Get personalized coaching, from an ADHD perspective including Academic Coaching, Life Coaching, and/or Health Coaching.
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Virtual ADHD Student Consultations: Support from experts who understand ADHD to organize and manage your academics or work demands.
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Advocacy Coaching Support: Get support from a coach who can help you advocate for yourself and get the resources you need.
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Group Chat Forums: Connect with other students and young adults with ADHD in group chat forums. This means that you can connect with others who understand what you're going through. A platform to offer/receive support, build connections, and share/receive advice.
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Virtual Group Coaching: Coach guided conversations to facilitate self-discovery, build connections, and provide accountability
Make Lifestyle choices that set you up for success!
Sometimes making the right lifestyle choice can be tough. Found Focus is here to help set you up for success with:
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Health and mood trackers
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Relaxation tools and techniques
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Accountability group chat forums
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Journaling feature
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24-hour AI coach messaging support
Lifestyle Choices
Making lifestyle changes, such as eating healthy, exercising, and getting enough sleep can improve your overall well-being and help you manage ADHD
Psychosocial Education
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Daily Lessons with expert-developed curriculum
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Health and mood trackers
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Journaling feature
Understand ADHD develop coping skills, and manage your symptoms.
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Found Focus is a digital support system providing education for college students and young adults.
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Learn about how your brain works and why you feel/think the way you do
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Understand your strengths so you can tap into them for greater success
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Learn about what is at the root of your struggles so that you can improve your outcomes