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Forbes Profile
When She Couldn’t Find Services To Help Her Daughter Manage ADHD,
This Entrepreneur Began Offering Her Own
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THE RAZ NEURODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEM
Building the missing infrastructure for neurodivergent success.
From classroom to career
and from treatment to everyday life
we create the coaching, curriculum, and cross-system partnerships that turn potential into sustainable independence.
OUR NORTH STAR
Adaptive
Independence™
Independence™
Academic
readiness
readiness
Mental wellness
& health
& health
Workforce
independence
independence
Presented at
Stanford Neurodiversity Summit
Recognized by
Forbes
Curriculum pathway
Texas Workforce Commission
Serving through
California Self-Determination
National Educational Savings Accounts
ONE MISSION. MULTIPLE DOORS.
Support across the transitions that shape a life.
Life does not happen in silos. Academic performance, mental wellness, daily independence, and employment are connected. So our work is designed to connect them.
Coaching Academics
ACADEMIC FUTURE
Structured executive function coaching that helps middle school, high school, and college students build the skills behind lasting academic independence.
Thrive Beyond Therapy
MENTAL WELLNESS TRANSITION
The bridge from therapeutic insight to daily action, helping teens and young adults sustain progress, practice skills and build a life beyond treatment.
Employment That Lasts
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Job readiness, retention, leadership, and employer training designed around the executive function skills people need to find work, keep work and advance.
THE MISSING BRIDGE
Insight matters.
Support makes it
usable.
People are too often expected to leap from diagnosis, therapy, or school accommodations straight into independent performance. We build the structure in between.
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Learn
Skills and self-awareness
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Practice
Supported real-life application
03
Work
Readiness and job retention
04
Lead
Growth and independence
RAZ WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
Getting a job is not
enough. Keeping it is
the outcome.
Traditional workforce programs often teach technical tasks but overlook the executive function, communication, regulation, and self-advocacy skills that determine whether someone can sustain employment.
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Executive Function Skills Certificate
A 40-hour career-readiness program developed for Braden Institute of Technology, a Texas Workforce Commission-approved career school.
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Job Retention Certification™
A structured curriculum addressing attendance, task completion, communication, feedback, regulation, accommodations, and retention confidence.
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Leadership & Career Advancement
Executive function and professional-development training that helps neurodivergent talent move from surviving work to advancing within it.
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Train-the-Trainer & Coach Development
Practical systems for coaches, managers, educators, and workforce professionals who support neurodivergent performance.
The methodology underneath the work
Raz Adaptive Executive
Function System™
A governed, strengths-first framework designed to increase Adaptive Independence™ across education, employment, daily living, and community participation.
- ✓ Assessment and individualized planning
- ✓ Adaptive executive function curriculum
- ✓ Practitioner manuals and controlled forms
- ✓ Professional training and certification pathways
- ✓ Quality assurance and measurable outcomes
1,100+
participants served since 2010
90%+
reach identified goals
15+ yrs
of executive function practice
Health, research & innovation
Earlier support. Better
coordination. Fewer
crises.
Through work with the Neurodiversity Foundation (IAMND), Michelle contributes to a broader success infrastructure connecting education, wellbeing, workforce, and independent living, so people and caregivers are not left navigating fragmented systems alone.
Stanford Neurodiversity Summit
“Life Does Not Happen in Silos”
Presented with Shawn Fry, advancing a connected model of neurodivergent support.
NeuroCares™
Caregiver navigation, coordinated health support, and earlier identification of risk.
NeuroEngage™
A strengths-first ecosystem connecting people to support across life domains.
Precision Hyper Learning™
Personalized learning designed for nonlinear thinkers and different cognitive profiles.
My ND Guide™
A trusted pathway for navigating information, resources, and next steps.
Access & public systems
Person-centered support
within California’s Self-
Determination Program.
Raz Coaching supports participants pursuing independence in academics, life skills, community access, and employment through California’s Self-Determination Program.
Founder · Educator · Author
Systems Builder · Advocate
MICHELLE RAZ, M.ED., BCC, CSS
Turning lived experience into systems-level change.
Michelle began this work when she could not find the right support for her own daughter with ADHD. Since 2010, she has grown that personal mission into direct services, proprietary curriculum, professional training, public-system partnerships, and national thought leadership.
She is a Board Certified Coach, curriculum developer, Forbes Coaches Council member, and Director of Career Pathways for the Neurodiversity Foundation.
M.ED. CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
SBA WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS
Ideas in the world
Featured, published,
and speaking.
Michelle brings the conversation beyond accommodations toward strengths, sustainable performance, and the systems people need to thrive.
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Forbes Coaches Council
3 Steps To Shape The Future For Neurodiverse Leaders
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Targeting ADHD Podcast
Academic Coaching with Michelle Raz
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Autism Resource Podcast
Executive Function Coaching with Michelle Raz
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Frequently Asked Questions
Finding the right pathway.
Raz Coaching connects support across education, employment, wellbeing, and everyday independence. Begin with the question closest to where you are now.
What does Raz Coaching do?
Raz Coaching provides neurodiversity-affirming executive-function coaching, academic support, workforce development, professional training, and systems-level partnership. We help neurodivergent students, young adults, professionals, and families build the practical skills needed for greater independence in education, employment, daily life, and community participation. We also work with schools, employers, clinical partners, and publicly funded programs to strengthen the systems surrounding them.
What is executive-function coaching, and who can benefit from it?
Executive-function coaching helps people strengthen the skills used to plan, organize, begin and complete tasks, manage time, regulate emotions, communicate effectively, and advocate for themselves. It can benefit students and adults with ADHD, autism, learning differences, or other executive-function challenges that affect performance at school, work, or in everyday life.
How is executive-function coaching different from tutoring, therapy, or counseling?
Tutoring generally focuses on teaching academic subject matter, while therapy and counseling address mental health, emotional wellbeing, diagnosis, or clinical treatment. Executive-function coaching focuses on applying strategies and building repeatable systems for everyday performance. Coaching does not replace educational or clinical care, but it can help a person translate recommendations, insight, and goals into action between appointments and in daily life.
How does Raz Coaching help neurodivergent people prepare for work and maintain employment?
Raz Coaching develops the practical skills that support job readiness, retention, and career advancement, including attendance, organization, task completion, workplace communication, responding to feedback, emotional regulation, self-advocacy, and accommodations. We support individuals directly and provide curriculum, professional development, and training for employers, coaches, educators, and workforce organizations.
Which Raz Coaching service or pathway is right for me?
The appropriate pathway depends on the transition or outcome being addressed. Coaching Academics focuses on academic readiness and independence; Thrive Beyond Therapy helps people practice and sustain skills alongside or following therapy, counseling, or other clinical support; workforce services address career preparation, job retention, leadership, and advancement; and our partnership work supports schools, employers, professionals, and public programs. If you are unsure where to begin, Raz Coaching can help identify the most appropriate next step.
Where do you enter?