Brain Buddy Coaching Services

A boy and a woman sitting at a table engaged in one-on-one student coaching. The boy is writing in a notebook while the woman points to it, smiling. There are illustrations of a brain, clock, checklist, and lightbulb above them, symbolizing learning and ideas. The text below reads '1:1 Student Coaching'.

Personalized skill-building that begins with your child’s strengths.

Individual coaching sessions help children better understand themselves, develop practical strategies, and build skills through engaging, relationship-based support.

Every coaching plan is personalized around the child’s strengths, interests, current needs, and individual learning style.

Individual coaching may address:

  • Executive functioning

  • Planning and organization

  • Task initiation and completion

  • Time awareness and time management

  • Flexible thinking

  • Emotional awareness and regulation

  • Coping with disappointment

  • Problem-solving

  • Social-emotional skills

  • Perspective-taking

  • Friendship challenges

  • Confidence and self-advocacy

  • School routines and independence

Sessions may include games, visual tools, movement, creative activities, discussion, role-play, and real-world practice.

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Helping strategies carry over into everyday family life.

Children make stronger progress when the adults supporting them understand the strategies being taught and can reinforce them consistently.

Parent coaching provides a dedicated space to review progress, problem-solve current challenges, and create practical strategies for home.

Parent coaching may include:

  • Understanding your child’s strengths and needs

  • Reviewing progress and current goals

  • Supporting emotional regulation

  • Creating home routines and visual systems

  • Improving transitions

  • Responding to challenging moments

  • Supporting homework and school routines

  • Reinforcing flexibility and independence

  • Adjusting strategies as your child grows

For ongoing individual coaching clients, one parent collaboration session per month is a required part of the Brain Buddy Coaching model. This helps ensure that coaching remains responsive, collaborative, and connected to your family’s current needs.

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Creating consistency between coaching, home, and school.

Children often need support using their skills in the environments where challenges occur.

Brain Buddy Coaching can collaborate with teachers, school support staff, therapists, and other providers to help create shared strategies and greater consistency.

School collaboration may include:

  • Classroom observations

  • Teacher consultations

  • School-team meetings

  • Strategy recommendations

  • Visual supports and classroom tools

  • Communication with outside providers

  • Intervention planning

  • Support during school transitions

  • Helping teams understand a child’s strengths, needs, and motivators

School collaboration is recommended based on each child’s needs and is arranged with parent permission.

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Helping families understand their options and participate confidently in the school-planning process.

With more than 15 years of experience in special education, I help families understand their child’s educational plan, identify areas of need, and prepare for productive conversations with school teams.

Support may include:

  • Reviewing IEPs and school documents

  • Preparing for school meetings

  • Identifying possible accommodations and supports

  • Helping families organize questions and concerns

  • Attending meetings

  • Supporting communication with school teams

  • Developing transition or reintegration plans

  • Collaborating with teachers and related-service providers

Brain Buddy Coaching does not provide legal representation. Educational advocacy services are designed to help families understand their child’s needs and participate more effectively in the educational planning process.

Brain Buddy Social Clubs are small, intentionally matched groups where children learn and practice social-emotional skills through games, movement, discussion, creative activities, and collaborative challenges.

Children receive direct teaching while also practicing skills with peers in a supportive environment.

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I’d love to learn more about your child and how I can support their growth.

Please reach out to schedule an initial consultation.

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