Mind by Design

In today's episode, Jana visits Athena Academy. Jana shares her perspective about Athena Academy, a school in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in teaching students with dyslexia and twice exceptional learners who have strong visual spatial skills. The school takes a holistic approach to teaching with a focus on hands-on projects, small class sizes, and social-emotional learning. The teachers have a variety of backgrounds and experiences, and the school uses the Davis Method and structured word inquiry to teach reading and increase comprehension. The school is not a structured literacy program, and they focus on encouraging students to use their strengths and unique ways of seeing and experiencing the world. They have a process for enrollment and shadowing to ensure that students are a good fit for the environment.

This episode is designed to provide information about these schools so that they can make more informed decisions when considering the best educational setting for their child, whether they have unique learning needs or not. For more information or to access our services please do not hesitate to reach out at www.themindbydesign.com and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook @themindbydesign.

In today's episode, Jana visits St. Nicholas private school in Los Altos Hills. Jana shares her perspective on how St. Nicholas school measures up and why this school might be a good choice for your family.

This episode is designed to provide information about these schools so that they can make more informed decisions when considering the best educational setting for their child, whether they have unique learning needs or not. For more information or to access our services please do not hesitate to reach out at www.themindbydesign.com and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook @themindbydesign.

In this episode I review St Christopher School in San Jose. Find them at https://www.stchris.us/

Chris Bonfilio is the Founder/Owner of Connecting to Tutors, a tutor matching service in the Silicon Valley.  After working as the Director of Student Services for 10 years with a reputable tutoring company, Chris takes her passion for working with families and has founded her new company, matching student needs with tutors who can help.  Like me, Chris believes that finding the right match for a student is critical, and she helps to take the guesswork out of finding that fit, for a family in need.  Chris also works with families to find the right school in the area, for their student.

Chris can be reached on her website, www.connectingtotutors.com.

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness, transition and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, the Mind by Design Podcast, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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In this episode I chat with Sandy Reader, a Life Coach who specializes in Executive Function Coaching.    Sandy's services are virtual and she can support students literally anywhere in the country!  Check out her website at https://www.efcoachreader.net/ and don't hesitate to reach out and connect with her!  

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.    

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.    

You can find me at: https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

There is often a misconception in public education that if a student has problems reading, special education services may be in order. After working in special education for 15 years, I can tell you that if a student can be support in general education, that is ideal.