Educational Therapy

Educational therapy incorporates what I do as a learning specialist (see ‘Students’, ‘Families’ and ‘Schools’ above) in support of students / clients in academic domains along with a holistic consideration of each young person: their strengths, motivations, stressors and dreams. Social and emotional well-being is paramount.    

As an educational therapist, I work with children and adults aged 12-25 in many capacities:

• We determine academic, social and emotional goals.

• We build on strengths and further enhance skills that are relatively weaker. 

• We develop executive skills.

• We encourage self-advocacy with educators, schools, colleges and universities.

• We consider obstacles and create solutions toward agency, autonomy and action. 

We will implement a plan that utilizes information from a variety of sources beginning with client and family input as well as social, emotional, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological profiles.

As an Educational Therapist/Professional level (ET/P)—certified by the Association of Educational Therapists—I have completed supervised hours with a Board Certified Educational Therapist and have logged at least 1500 hours of direct service with students / clients.