A former teacher, trainer and college instructor, Joanne Norris has been a specialized ADHD &ASC Coach for the past 17 years. In addition, she was the President or Education Chair of ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium for 11 years, during which time, she brought experts from the US, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands to share their expertise with parents, teachers, healthcare professionals, etc. about ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism in presentations, courses and at conferences in Belgium.
Joanne has given teacher training (in-service) in the European (Belgium and Luxembourg) and international schools in Belgium and brought specialist ADHD & ASC Coach Training and NLP Coaching for ADHD & ASC to Belgium through her collaboration between 2009-2014 with two UK based coaching companies specialized in providing resources for children with special needs using different methods. She trained as an NLP Practitioner herself in 2013.
She became a European Brain Ambassador in 2017 as part of a European Brain Employer initiative and has given Ambassador Training since then to coaches and healthcare providers in Belgium.
Joanne was an Executive Board member of ADHD Europe for 8 years, having been involved in its foundation from 2007 to 2009 when ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium was a Founding Member.
She is currently Education Advisor for ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium and is co-facilitator (with Donnalea Barber, ADHD & Life Coach, the original Founder of the organization in 2002) for the “Knowing Me, Knowing You” free online ADHD Support Group for women, thereby coming full circle. Once a volunteer, always a volunteer is their motto!