An independent body, accountable to the public.
The Spectrum Council was founded in 2026 to do one thing well: to hold a credible, public standard for the coaching of neurodivergent people. Coaching is an unregulated field. Anyone may call themselves a coach. The Council exists so that clients, employers and families can tell the difference between a claim and a credential.
The Council is independent of any single training provider. It sets the Standards, assesses competence, and maintains the public Register — recording the standing of every practitioner on it. Admission is earned once and held for life, free of charge; the Council does not deliver training itself. That separation is deliberate and structural: an accreditation is only worth what its independence makes it worth.
The Council chambers
Governance
The Council is directed by a board and advised by a panel drawn from research, clinical practice, and the practitioner community. The Standards Committee owns the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics. A separate Registration function decides admissions and reviews standing.
Advisory board shown for illustration during launch; final appointments are confirmed on admission of the Founding Cohort.
Our principle
“A credential is a relationship, not a certificate.”
A name on the Register is a lifelong commitment — to standards, to supervision, and to the people our members serve. The Council’s work is to keep that commitment meaningful.