A Weekly ADHD Coaching Progress Check: What to Track and What Not to Promise

Quick answer: Pick two or three measures you chose yourself and can observe, such as “started one priority task before noon” or “commitments missed this week.” Once a week, write down what happened and how useful each support was, then decide: keep the plan, change one thing, pause or stop. This worksheet is not a clinical assessment and produces no score. It’s a way to make coaching conversations concrete, not a measure of your health or of ADHD.

Who this is for: Adults with ADHD in coaching, or trying practical supports on their own, who want a simple weekly way to see what is and isn’t helping.

What this is, and what it isn’t

CHADD describes regular coaching sessions that review the previous week’s goals, and an evaluation session at the end of the agreed coaching period. This worksheet is a simple way to have that weekly review on paper.

• It is a record of goals and supports you chose, and a prompt to decide what to keep, change or stop.
• It isn’t a clinical assessment, a symptom scale, a diagnosis or a measure of health. It has no score, it hasn’t been validated, and nothing in it should be read as a health outcome.
• It doesn’t prove that coaching caused a change. Weeks vary for many reasons: deadlines, sleep, illness, other support.

Step 1: Choose your measures

Pick two or three. Good measures are things you can see, mostly control, and count in a few seconds.

• Starting: days this week I started one priority task before noon (out of 5 workdays).
• Commitments: commitments I missed this week (a meeting, a deadline, a promised reply).
• Supports: whether I used a support I’m trying — a reminder, a planning check-in, working alongside someone — and how useful it was: not useful, somewhat useful or very useful, in my own words.

Avoid measures you can’t control (grades, a manager’s opinion) as the main goal, and avoid scoring mood or symptoms here. Those belong in a conversation with a clinician.

Step 2: The weekly worksheet

Print this worksheet Or use your browser’s Print command. The page navigation is left off the printout.

Week of: ____________________

Step 3: The weekly review

Answer in a sentence or two each, on your own or with your coach.

1. What went better than I expected?
2. What got in the way? (Plan too big, wrong time of day, no reminder, a busy week, something else?)
3. Which support was most useful, and which did I skip?
4. What is one thing to change next week?

Step 4: Decide

Circle or tick one:

• Keep the plan as it is for another week.
• Change one thing: a smaller goal, a different time, a new reminder, a different support.
• Pause this goal for now.
• Review whether to continue coaching at the review point you agreed — or earlier, if nothing is moving or it has become a strain.

For the bigger continue-or-stop decision, see whether ADHD coaching is worth it. When you’re planning to finish, use the handoff worksheet. If check-ins have started to feel like a test, read accountability without a shame loop.

A filled-in example (hypothetical)

This is a made-up example to show how the sheet works. It is not real client data.

Decision in this example: change one thing (the reminder time). Nothing here says anything about the person’s health, and one week is too short to judge the coaching.

What not to promise

• No number on this sheet means your ADHD, mood or health has improved or worsened.
• A better week isn’t proof that coaching caused it, and a worse week isn’t proof that you failed.
• If you notice changes in mood, sleep, anxiety, medication effects or health, take them to a clinician. A coach can help you write them down for that appointment, but can’t interpret them.

In a crisis in the US, call or text 988.

Common questions

Is this a clinical assessment or ADHD symptom scale?

No. It is a self-chosen record of practical goals and supports. It has no score, it has not been validated, and it does not measure ADHD, symptoms or health. If you are worried about symptoms, mood or health, talk to a clinician.

What should I track?

Two or three things you can observe and mostly control, such as how many days you started one priority task before noon, how many commitments you missed, and whether a support you tried was useful. Choose them with your coach if you have one.

What if the numbers get worse?

Treat it as information about the plan: change one thing, make the goal smaller, or pause. A worse week is not a verdict on you. If things keep getting harder, or the change involves mood, sleep, anxiety or health, talk to a clinician.

Sources

• ADHD Coaching — CHADD. Describes regular coaching sessions that review the previous week’s goals, check-ins between sessions, and an evaluation session at the end of the agreed coaching period.
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: What You Need to Know — National Institute of Mental Health. Lists practical strategies for adults with ADHD, such as a consistent routine, prioritizing time-sensitive tasks, writing down tasks and reminders, and short breaks during long tasks.
• Ethics — Professional Association of ADHD Coaches (PAAC). Ethical scope reference for ADHD coaches: informing clients early if goals look unlikely to be met, and continuing coaching only while it benefits the client. Cited as a reference point, not as a credential held by PKJ Coaching.

These sources describe ADHD treatment and coaching in general. They do not evaluate PKJ Coaching’s approach.

About the author: Pen King Jr. is a coach in New York who works with adults with ADHD. He is not a clinician. This article is general coaching information, not medical, psychological or diagnostic advice. Where it gives Pen’s own view, it says so. Examples are hypothetical, not real clients. Published October 6, 2026.

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