Translating
executive
functioning
About
EFToolkit
Translating EF so that your curious kid (and you - my curious adult friend) can understand and use it.
Fact: EF develops beginning at birth.
Also Fact: we do not need to wait until the teen years to begin to build and scaffold EF.
Congrats on finding us. We begin - now.
Kid / Human first
Connection over Compliance
We believe kids come as “full humans,” meaning -
Know thy brain
My lived experience / identities [former + current] include: neurodivergent, parent, partner, BIPOC, speech therapist, public educator, unschooler.
What are some of yours - if you feel safe to share?
Does it matter? Yes. Do we need to be the same? No. Do we all add to the conversation - so much yes.
[and body]
We strategize because EF = life
if you identify as a
neurodivergent or neurotypical caregiver
AKA curious adult
Resourcing
As a caregiver - we give from what we have and sometimes from what we don’t have too.
That’s the sobering reality. We may live in the both/and - holding up that which is hard + that which is beautiful.
Exploration
I believe our innate wisdom lies at the intersection of knowing and living - executive functioning x nervous system regulation x play.
Curious?
Asynchronous Coaching
Currently offering Slack 1:1 coaching.
Submit 1 question, wonder or story each week. Receive a response by the close of the week.
Use voice recordings (transcripts incl.), text, memes - whatever floats your boat.
Current rates: $15-50/month, sliding scale
EF -
unschooling style
if you / yours identifies as a
neurodivergent, AuDHD, or PDA child / teen
AKA curious kid
Interest-led
As neurodivergent humans, we have interest-led nervous systems.
What’s your current SpIn (special interest)?
Let’s start there.
Exploration
I think you can learn to think about your thinking, make really cool plans - and still have it feel like play.
Tell me something you’re sure I don’t know about.
Live Coaching
Currently offering Zoom + in-person 1:1 coaching.
Current rate: $80-150/40-min session, sliding scale
Neuroaffirming
Speech Therapy
if you are looking for an SLP partner
for your child and you!
Coverage + Sustainability
I am a parent + a caregiver of ND children too.
I know the huge energetic, financial and otherwise costs it takes - to keep everyone well and afloat.
By Fall 2024, I’m aiming to be in network with Kaiser, BCBS and a regional center vendor.
Home-based services
I started my career with the 0-3 year littles (home + center-based) and moved into the PreK, elementary and secondary schools space. If you reside in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin or San Ramon - I am able to travel to you within my time parameters.
Center-based Services
Aiming to offer 1:1 (parents/caregivers welcome!) speech therapy services based at a center in the Tri-Valley area - coming September 2024.
Co-create with us
currently offering -
Slack coaching for adult caregivers
in-person / Zoom interest-led EF coaching for ND kids
in-person, neuro-affirming speech therapy
what’s up?