COACHING

​I can help:

• Make sense of detailed specialist reports
• Prioritize & recommend next steps
• Teach assistive technology (AT) - including how to read & write with AT
• Identify strengths & develop talents
• Coach passion projects (& develop executive functions along the way)
  
• Advise on education options
• Create custom curriculum plans for homeschooling & self-directed learners
• Create educational plans for sabbaticals/leaves of absence
• Provide teen mentoring & coach self-advocacy skill development
• Provide coaching & personalized instruction in academic & executive functioning 
• Connect to other experts & specialists
• Counsel teens in the college application & transition process, including essay coaching and test prep

See below for profiles of Representative Clients.

Contact me regarding these and other personalized offerings.

PRESENTATIONS

I'm available for presentations, seminars, and trainings at schools, workplaces, and organizations for both adult and youth audiences. 

Contact me about topics, scheduling, availability, and fees.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

• Family taking a leave of absence from private school - developing & implementing a personalized self-directed educational plan, including recommendations for hands on learning & travel-related curriculum 
• High school junior with ADHD and ASD - strengths identification & deployment, talent, executive function & academic skill development integrated with technology tools, college planning, & application support, transition-to-independence coaching & skill development.  
• Highly gifted homeschooling tw/eens - 1:1 English language arts instruction, homeschool curriculum development & planning, education placement & enrichment/talent development consulting 
• 2e teens & young adults applying to & attending college & boarding school  - Strengths identification & deployment, start-to-finish college/boarding school application process (including essays & test prep), executive function & writing coaching, transition planning, goal-setting, parent coaching, & education
• Family with gifted elementary school child recently identified with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia  - interpret reports, prioritize & recommend next steps, enrich understanding of the child's brain profile, current neuroscience, & short/ long-term development trajectories, assess strengths, explore & recommend educational alternatives, including recommending academic settings, specialists, tutors, & mentors in child's areas of strength & passion, developing & implementing a personalized educational plan, teaching assistive technology to parents & child, supporting communications & advocacy with school administration, counselor, & teachers
• College students at elite schools - Strengthening academic skills & executive functions, strength identification & talent development, personalized career & graduate school counseling​
• Brilliantly creative teen leaving high school to self-direct her education - Strengths identification & deployment, self-directed education (SDE) coaching, planning, goal-setting, parent coaching, & SDE education
• Profoundly gifted teen recently identified with dyslexia, dysgraphia & ASD  - academic options, academic & executive function skill development, mindset & strengths awareness/deployment, advocacy & communication support vis-a-vis school counselors, academic advisors, & instructors, recommending accommodations, creating personalized writing process, teaching assistive technology, personal passion enrichment/talent development, health assessment & recommendations (sleep hygiene, exercise, nutrition)
• Family transitioning from home school to brick-and-mortar middle school - academic & strengths assessments, mindset, executive function, & academic skills development, AT tools instruction, writing process instruction
• High school freshman with superior creativity & language-based learning differences - creative writing enrichment, writing process, academic essay instruction, Latin/Greek stem-based vocabulary development, assistive technology
• Highly capable high school senior with dyslexia & dysgraphia - writing process, assistive technology, academic skills & executive functioning skills (planning, task initiation, organization, time management, sustained attention), strengths assessment & deployment, health assessment & recommendations (sleep hygiene, nutrition, exercise), college admission & transition process
• Exceptionally gifted middle school boy with ADHD & ASD - 504/IEP recommendations, health recommendations (sleep hygiene, nutrition, exercise), strengths identification & deployment, executive function & writing process​