Getting Started

Step One: Questionaire

Fill out the questionaire to help Kristen learn about the student and your concerns. After receiving the questionaire, we will schedule a consultation.

Step Two: Free initial Consultation

During the free consultation, we will discuss the student’s personal and academic background, general short and long-term goals, scheduling,and payment. Sending Kristen copies of any teacher’s, doctor’s, or psychologist’s testing results and/or contact information is requested in advance, if possible.

Step Three: Post Consultation Plan

From the consultation discussion, Kristen will develop and email you an initial plan, including general goals, session structure, finalized scheduling, and a payment plan .

Step Four: Sessions Begin

Once the student, parents, and Kristen have agreed on a plan, the online sessions will begin. Typically, this occurs the week after the initial phone consultation. *Following the initial session, clients will be required to commit to a minimum of 8 sessions. This is to ensure consistency and time to make progress toward student goals.

Much more than tutoring or academic coaching!

Consistency: and Support for Success

In addition to sessions, you receive an entire package with free access to the following:

  • Email/text/phone correspondence.

  • Sunday drop-in group help session every week.

  • Weekly summary of what is covered in each session

  • Monthly family check in, if needed.

  • Extra sessions available (hourly rate) for additional support, final exam preparation, or rescheduling of sessions.

  • Correspondence with teachers and psychologists, if requested.

  • Support for parents before or after IEP/504 meetings to understand paperwork and rights under the law.

  • Support for college age or boarding students to help them advocate for an accommodation plan with their school disability services.

  • Analysis of psychoeducational testing with parents and/or student.

FAQS

What services do we provide with our Educational Coaching?

• Executive Function and Academic Coaching

• Tutoring - reading, writing, math, specific courses

• Mindset and motivational coaching

• Standardized test preparation

• High school and college application assistance

• Educational consulting

• Learning Disability, Twice Exceptional support, Analysis of psycho-educational testing

• Remediation

• Home-schooling support/Home-bound teaching

• Advocacy and support, acting as a bridge between teachers, therapists, psychologists, schools, doctors, and other professionals

• Support for college students to help them manage all aspects of their new independence.

• A complete course to help students/parents understand how their brain works and how to use it to be effective, efficient, and happy.

How are we different from a tutor or a regular academic coach?

• The Learning Navigator provides targeted support for students with underlying learning difficulties. Unlike tutoring, which focuses only on subject-specific support and academic coaching which focuses only on executive functioning skills, we take an individualized approach, considering the unique needs of each student which may include tutoring and academic coaching, but not limited to one or the other.  In addition, our approach integrates knowledge from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Emotional and motivational support are integral components, fostering resilience and self-confidence. Our program includes collaboration with other professionals and advocating for students, creating a comprehensive and holistic approach to support their academic and emotional well-being. Our course helps students and parents learn about their brains and how to make them work for them not against them.

Who would benefit from our services?

Students who have ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, anxiety, processing disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and/or other learning disorders.

Student-athletes who would benefit from extra academic support during athletic seasons.

Students who struggle with organization, starting or completing homework, studying, keeping their rooms organized, etc.

Students who are resistant to change.

Students who are stressed and anxious.

Students who may be perceived as “lazy.”

Students who struggle with study skills and/or test taking.

Students who are intelligent but are not performing to their fullest potential.

Students who are preparing for high school or college applications and testing.

We primarily work with students who are middle school, high school, college, and adult.

What are Executive Function skills?

Executive function skills are skills people use every day to efficiently complete tasks in a timely, organized manner.  These skills  include:

Emotional control

Impulse control

Problem solving

Working memory

Flexible thinking

Metacognition or the ability to reflect on  and monitor  behavior

Time Management

Organization (both thoughts and materials)

Task Initiation and follow through (getting started on and completing assignments)

Planning and prioritizing

What is included in your services and how do I get started?

Click on "Read More" button in the Educational Coach box above for information on what is included and how to get started.  The Learning Navigator program is much more than hourly tutoring. 

I want to become an Educational Coach. How can you help me get started?

Our program is designed to give you everything students receive and extra modules to learn in more detail about the why behind the strategies. For those who want to make this a business, there are also modules to help you build a thriving coaching or tutoring business.

I am a teacher in a school. Will this be helpful for me ?

Absolutely! Our course will help you learn how to teach your students to become more effective learners and also show you why our brains work the way they do. You will not only come away with a whole toolbox of strategies to help students, but you will become part of a community through our coaching calls and groups to get support and enjoy your journey!