Executive Function Coaching

Every student is unique, and we want to learn about yours! Who are they? What are their natural strengths and areas of concern? What motivates them? Roots of Success is a first step for each family interested in EF coaching to determine the best plan of action for your student.

Roots of Success begins with your completion of initial documentation. EF Coach Melisa will thoroughly review all documentation provided, as well as connect with others in your student's support team (as authorized by you). Thereafter, Coach Melisa will meet with you for 30 minutes virtually to learn about your student and their needs, as well as your goals for the future.

She then meets with your student for 1 hour (in person or virtually) to comprehensively understand their perspective, concerns, and goals. After both meetings are complete, Coach Melisa will create and share a plan to best nurture the growth of your student's executive function skills.

New habits are not formed overnight. We believe lots of students are able to learn, strengthen, and fine-tune executive function skills within a 12-week period. For those students, we have a 12 Weeks of Coaching: Single Option through which students routinely meet once per week for 12 weeks. For students who would benefit from more support, we offer the 12 Weeks of Coaching: Double Option which allows the student to meet twice weekly with EF Coach Melisa. Sessions are one hour each; this includes 45 minutes of 1-to-1 time and 15 minutes of family communications.

Every 6 weeks, families will be welcome to schedule a Family Meeting; parents and student are all encouraged to attend. These 30-minute virtual meetings are designed for you to converse openly with Coach Melisa about your student's growth, celebrate your student's successes, and discuss new and existing challenges.

A La Carte EF Coaching can be helpful to provide additional support to an existing 12-Week Coaching option during peak weeks (e.g. before exams and other stressful times). Alternatively, upon completion of a 12-Week Coaching option, students are welcome to re-enroll in another 12 weeks, or continue A La Carte. With A La Carte EF Coaching, students are welcome to continue for as long as desired, maintaining a structured weekly rhythm.

To help ease the transition into a new school year, especially those transitioning into middle school, high school, and college for the first time, meet with EF Coach Melisa 1-to-1 to learn what to expect and how to feel prepared for their next educational chapter.

Through this EF Boot Camp, your student will learn how to focus, plan and organize, as well as learn strategies for memory and attention, managing stress, reading effectively, note taking, and test-preparation. Melisa will touch on the use of technology and communication techniques, too.

Each EF Boot Camp is 4 hours long: four 1-hour lessons for those in middle school, and two 2-hour lessons for those in high school and older.

• • Roots of Success --- $390
  • 12-Weeks of Coaching: Single Option + 2 Family Meetings--- $1,820
  • 12-Weeks of Coaching: Double Option + 2 Family Meetings --- $3,500
  • A La Carte EF Coaching --- $160/hour
  • A La Carte 30-Minute Family Meeting ---$80 each
  • EF Summer Boot Camp --- $490

Executive functions are lifelong-skills for:

Planning

Organization

Self-Advocacy

Initiation

Time Management

Inhibition

Vision & Goal Setting

Evaluating Priorities

An EF Coach guides the student through a process to learn and hone executive functions, oftentimes in the context of study skills and habits surrounding academic work. To gain a more detailed understanding of what an EF Coach does and does not do, please read this article (4-minute read).

Coach Melisa is a certified executive function coach and has a Master's in Education with an advanced focus in Special Education. She also has more than 20 years of experience teaching local students with a wide array of needs and abilities in classroom, small-group and 1-to-1 settings. Please feel welcome to learn more about Coach Melisa on our Meet the Team page.

Students begin to gain autonomy in middle school. EF coaching is most beneficial for students in middle school, high school, and college during the academic year (and during summer coursework, when applicable).

EF Coaching sessions can take place in person at our office in Wayne, PA, or virtually through Zoom.

Yes, we work with lots of students for academic tutoring, though academic tutoring is a separate service from executive function coaching. Please learn more about our academic tutoring here.

Session notes will be available through your Teachworks account. In the main calendar, please click on each session. A window will appear, then select View in the bottom left corner. The Notes button on the bottom right corner of the next window:

We do not accept insurance. We are happy to provide a itemized bill, upon request, for you to submit independently to your insurance provider.

Payment for 12-Week Coaching Options and any one-time or initial services will be due at the time of enrollment. For recurring EF services, payment will be due at the time each service is rendered.

We accept all major credit cards, as well as personal checks, ACH, Zelle, Venmo, and cash. Please make your check payable to Educational Services, send your Zelle payment to payment@prepwithes.org, or send a payment through Venmo to @PrepWithES.

All appointments may be changed or cancelled with at least 24 hour notice. Appointments changed or cancelled within 24 hours will be charged. Weekend and Holiday Monday appointments must be changed or cancelled by 5pm on Friday.