Academic Coaching

Academic Coaches help students

• Create a schedule and organizational system
• Set goals and objectives, both short range and long-term
• Learn problem-solving skills
• Use available resources
• Identify strengths and improve upon them

Academic Coaches will

• Examine routines at home
• Develop a deep understanding of student’s needs and learning style
• Maintain focus of long-term goals while tending to immediate student needs
• Teach students to break tasks into steps and assess time needed to complete tasks
• Provide students with information, guidance and structure
• Act as a student advocate, working with parents, teachers, counselors and clinicians
• Provide parents with a summary of each session
• Provide student and parents with areas of focus and routines to implement between sessions