National Board Certification Exam Prep Course

Free Community Offering

This course is designed to assist our graduates in preparing for the Health & Wellness Coach Certifying Exam. The upcoming course will consist of two 90-minute interactive roundtable sessions, as detailed below, where the instructors will be available to answer your questions on all sections of the exam and the exam process and experience.

Session 1: What to Expect—Exam Overview

The first session of the course will be hosted by ADAPT Mentor Coaches who have all previously sat for and passed the exam.

  • What is covered on the Health and Wellness Coach (HWC) Certifying Exam

    • Overview of HWC Certifying Examination

    • NBHWC Content outline with Resources

  • Sections of the HWC Certifying Exam

    • Section 1: Coaching Structure

    • Section 2: Coaching Process

    • Section 3: Health & Wellness

    • Section 4: Ethics and legal

  • Exam experience—what to expect

  • How best to prepare

  • Tips for preparation

  • Discussion and Q&A time and opportunities throughout

Session 2: Section 3 of the NBHWC Certifying Exam

ADAPT MCs will focus on health and wellness content in Section 3 of the Exam Content Outline.

  • Section 3 Content

    • Health, health promotion/disease prevention, applying a whole person perspective

    • Chronic disease

    • Health behaviors, social and behavioral risk factors

  • Areas where the National Board Exam diverges from ADAPT Functional Health Content

  • Additional content areas from conventional medicine you will need to study and know

  • Discussion and Q&A time and opportunities throughout

Refund Policy for BNA Courses:

Refunds will be granted upon request up to four weeks before the first class of your session.

(Note: This offering is free so you may withdraw at any point.)

  • Session 1: What to Expect—Exam Overview

    Tuesday, January 7

    11 - 12:30 pm PT / 2 - 3:30 pm ET

  • Session 2: Section 3 of the NBHWC Certifying Exam

    Tuesday, January 14

    11 am - 12:30 pm PT / 2 - 3:30 pm ET

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If no offerings are available for the course you are seeking, please join our waiting list in case a spot opens in your preferred section or we offer additional sections.

Course Instructors

  • Betsy Salkind

  • Amy Warshawsky

  • Melissa Pylypchuk

  • Wendy McLaughlin

BNA Mentor Coaching invites you to look into Melissa Pylypchuk’s Study Groups

  • NBC-HWC Certifying Exam: Group Preparation

    This group study course will help coaches prepare for the NBC-HWC Certifying Exam and includes a 15-week guided study, 5 live study sessions together over 5-10 weeks, private flash cards, health and wellness biometrics handout, study guide with health and wellness summaries, study workbook with 15 engagement activities, weekly email study tips and activities. The live session structure will include:

    1) Exam overview & test-taking strategy

    2) Coaching structure review

    3) Coaching process review

    3) Health & wellness content reviews

    4) Ethics & Scope of Practice

    Each live session will include a discussion of study methods, review of the content, Q&A from the content, and live practice questions together.