Threshold Coaches

We are heartbroken by what is happening in Spokane right now. To our Threshold family and the greater Spokane community, please know that you are in our thoughts, and we hope you are staying safe. If you’d like to help those affected as we did, we encourage you to support the Innovia Foundation, which is a trusted local organization helping provide critical assistance and resources to our community during this time.

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Starting Strong #12 🌟 Digital Organization = less stress, more success

Create folders for each course, label files consistently, and set up email filters to keep important messages front and center. A few minutes of organization today can save hours of searching later.

Threshold Coaches can help you create a customized digital organization system that saves time, reduces overwhelm, and sets you up for success.

Threshold Coaches can help you discover all the clubs, intramurals, and arts programs your university has to offer! We’ll take the overwhelm out of getting involved and help you find the communities, activities, and experiences that feel right for you.

College Capable ≠ College Ready

A student can be college capable with good grades, rigorous coursework, and strong test scores.

But are they college ready?

✅ Ready to manage their time
✅ Ready to advocate for themselves
✅ Ready to handle setbacks
✅ Ready to navigate independence

College capability may earn admission. College readiness fuels success.

Let’s prepare students not just to get into college, but to thrive once they get there. Does your student need a little extra help? Threshold Coaches can help your student get college ready, not just capable!

At Threshold Coaching, we partner with students to develop the skills they need to successfully communicate, self-advocate, and navigate the college environment with confidence. Through personalized coaching, students learn how to ask for support, build professional relationships with faculty, and take ownership of their academic journey.
Empowered communication is more than a college skill, it’s a life skill.

Starting Strong Summer Series ☀️

#9 PLANS AND PRIORITIES
Plans over panic. The right systems turn college chaos into confidence. Threshold Coaches is ready to partner with you and your student to create a personalized plan for a confident and successful transition to college.

College-Ready vs. College-Capable: The Hard Question for ADHD Families. This one might be uncomfortable… but it matters.

A student can look college-ready:
✅ Good grades
✅ Accepted into a school
✅ Smart, motivated, full of potential

…but that doesn’t always mean they’re college-capable yet. Especially for students with ADHD. Because capability isn’t about intelligence. It’s about whether they can consistently manage the demands of independence.

Important questions to ask… can they:
• Wake themselves up and get to class without constant prompting?
• Manage deadlines when no one is checking in?
• Regulate distractions when everything is unstructured?
• Recover from missed assignments without shutting down?
• Advocate for themselves when they’re struggling?

Some ADHD students are developmentally 2–3 years behind in executive function.

It’s not in ability, but in readiness for independence.

So here’s the real question parents need to ask:

“Are they capable of handling college right now, or do they still need more support, structure, and skill-building first?”

Because sending a student who isn’t ready for independence yet can lead to:
⚠ burnout
⚠ loss of confidence
⚠ academic probation
⚠ feeling like they “failed” when they didn’t

And that’s not a motivation issue.
It’s a timing and support issue.

TRUTH: Delaying college, starting smaller, or building life skills first is NOT falling behind. It’s setting them up to succeed.

ADHD students don’t need lower expectations, they need the right timeline and scaffolding to meet them. Different pace. Same potential.

Starting Strong Summer Series ☀️

Next up… #8 Ethical AI Use

AI is an important tool we need to learn how to use properly in our educational environments. Threshold Coaches can help you safely and ethically navigate this ever changing landscape to serve your needs and not hinder your development in the classroom!