"We would highly recommend Elana. She has helped our son make great strides in being diligent about his homework and advocating for himself in a complex web of school systems and variability among teacher's experience working with ADHD students. She has built a great relationship with our son through a consistent dialogue that both holds him accountable and provides the support and best practices to staying on top of his school work. Elana is also great at communicating with us as parents - and the teachers as well when needed - to involve us in problem solving and planning. Her approach has really enabled us to play our natural support role as parents and back away from daily school work monitoring. " - Matt (Parent of a 10th Grader)
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"...enabled us to play our natural support role as parents..."
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"Not only has her GPA improved, but also her self-confidence and self advocacy skills."
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"Our daughter was struggling in high school with organizational skills, study skills, strategy skills, and self-confidence. That dynamic was also causing daily chaos in our household. Elana's services have changed everything. Our daughter has experienced more growth in 9 months than she had in the last 4 years combined. Not only has her GPA improved, but also her self-confidence and self-advocacy skills. Elana has faithfully executed all she promised and has exceeded all our expectations. Her peaceful and approachable demeanor creates a very calming, accepting, learning environment which not only helps our daughter, but also creates more daily calmness for our entire family." - Suzi (Parent of 10th Grader)
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"My daughter was in 6th grade when the pandemic forced all kids in her school to learn remotely. While she has always done well in school, her teachers often remarked that she came to school disorganized. She turned in homework late and procrastinated larger school projects. While learning remotely, she often missed classroom zoom calls. By the summer of 2020, I knew she needed help and I asked Elana to assist with a process that she could implement in her classes. We weren't sure that school would resume in person and I was concerned that she would fall behind if she continued to miss zoom calls or assignments.
Elana spoke at length with my daughter before developing a plan that would specifically target her issues with organizing her time. Also, taking me and her father out of the nagging parental role was an added benefit. My daughter would speak to Elana about her upcoming homework, tests and projects and they would plan her days to allow time to study and time to turn in homework and projects. School resumed, in person, and my daughter spoke with Elana each day to plan her day, week and month.
Elana gave weekly reports and I loved seeing and hearing about her progress. I did not have one teacher comment about disorganization or a lack of effort. Although we are very excited to hear from her teachers, the best part of this process is my daughter's confidence. The tools Elana gave my daughter have given her a way to problem solve and plan. All of these skills will benefit her, not solely in school, but in life. I have recommended Elana's services to many of my friends and all have had similar success." - Parent of 7th Grader
Elana spoke at length with my daughter before developing a plan that would specifically target her issues with organizing her time. Also, taking me and her father out of the nagging parental role was an added benefit. My daughter would speak to Elana about her upcoming homework, tests and projects and they would plan her days to allow time to study and time to turn in homework and projects. School resumed, in person, and my daughter spoke with Elana each day to plan her day, week and month.
Elana gave weekly reports and I loved seeing and hearing about her progress. I did not have one teacher comment about disorganization or a lack of effort. Although we are very excited to hear from her teachers, the best part of this process is my daughter's confidence. The tools Elana gave my daughter have given her a way to problem solve and plan. All of these skills will benefit her, not solely in school, but in life. I have recommended Elana's services to many of my friends and all have had similar success." - Parent of 7th Grader
"Although we are very excited to hear from her teachers, the best part of this process is my daughter's confidence."