Coaches
- Expand your practice
- Improve outcomes
- Retain more clients
- Up-level your pricing model
- Ethical practice
The Neuro-Informed Institute
Stop Guessing and Start Applying Tools That Drive Lasting Change
Build the knowledge, skills, and credentials for working successfully with clients, employees, and teams of all neurotypes. And earn a professional credential
built on 15+ years of field-tested methodology.
The Gap
Most Professionals Feel Under-Prepared to Support Neurodivergent Clients and Employees
It's not your fault. Standard coach training, clinical coursework, and leadership development have been slow to catch up to what research and lived experience have been telling us for years.
Your complex clients and employees aren’t difficult because they’re resistant—their brains work differently. The strategies you were taught weren’t designed for them. Neuro-informed practice expands your repertoire, giving you a working framework you can apply immediately to everyone you serve or support.
Free Live Webinar
Introduction to Neuro-Informed Practice for Professionals
Join Elaine Taylor-Klaus for a free live webinar on Zoom on December 9, 2026, at 10:30 AM ET.
Discover the 5 key challenges for understanding neurodiversity—and get information about the next Phase 1 Cohort beginning January 12, 2027.
Everyone who registers will receive the recording afterward.
In 75 minutes, you’ll learn:
- The 5 Challenges neurodivergence presents to professionals
- Why willpower-based strategies fail—and what to offer instead
- The benefits of neuro-informed practice to your specific role
The Program
Training & Certification Pathways
Phase 1
Foundations of Neuro-Informed Practice
The framework underneath everything else: how neuronormative bias quietly shapes professional environments, the 5 Challenges of Neurodivergence, and key neuro-informed coaching techniques.
Phase 2
Applied Neuro-Informed Coaching Skills
A comprehensive toolbox of neuro-informed coaching skills, offered in two tracks—one for family-facing practitioners, one for professions supporting adults.
Phase 3
NII Neuro-Informed Coach Certification
Observed coaching, small-group and individual mentoring, practice and feedback to support integration and practice implementation. A transformative experience led by ICF-credentialed faculty. A credential that signals genuine expertise.
The Business Case Expertise Is an Ethical Act—
Expertise Is an Ethical Act—
and a Business Advantage
Becoming Neuro-Informed isn’t just about doing better work. It’s about building a more resilient, profitable professional portfolio.
Therapists & Counselors
- Expand your practice
- Improve outcomes
- Retain more clients
- Gain coaching skills
- Ethical practice
Educators
- Increase individual and classroom performance
- Reduce disruptions and behavioral challenges
- Apply universal design to reach every learner
- Improve engagement and retention
- Create a community culture for lifelong learners
Employers
- Improve individual and team performance
- Reduce absenteeism and mental health costs
- Retain talent and improve employee satisfaction
- Enhance productivity and innovation
- Blend operational efficiency with competitive advantage
Healthcare Providers
- Expand your practice
- Increase practice efficiency
- Improve outcomes and quality scores
- Retain more patients
- Improve delivery of value-based care
- Grow staff- and patient satisfaction
Next Cohort Enrollment
Join the January 12, 2027 Cohort
Build practical, neuro-informed skills for supporting clients, students, employees, and teams. Enrollment is open for the cohort beginning January 12, 2027. The next Phase 1 Cohort begins January 12, 2027, with live 90-minute sessions on Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET for nine weeks.