Special education coaching that helps students build study skills, organization and self-advocacy alongside their IEP or 504 plan.
Ballou Education’s special education coaching works alongside school-based services to help students with disabilities, ADHD, autism, dyslexia and twice-exceptional profiles build the study skills, organizational habits and self-advocacy confidence they need to succeed in and out of the classroom.
Our coaching is holistic by design. We look at the whole student — academics, executive functioning, social-emotional wellbeing, and how your child actually experiences school — rather than tutoring a single subject. Because we are educational advocates first, our coaches understand the IEP and 504 process, and we align our skill-building work with the goals written in your child’s plan so school, home and coaching all reinforce the same objectives.
We intentionally work with a limited number of students each year so that every family receives our full attention and a coaching plan that is truly individualized. Sessions are held with students directly, with parents kept informed at every step, and can take place in person at our Scottsdale or Beverly Hills offices or online for families anywhere in Arizona and California.
Planning, prioritizing, initiating tasks and following multi-step directions without constant prompting.
Binder and digital systems, materials management and routines that survive a real school week.
Note-taking, active reading, retrieval practice and test preparation that fit how your child learns.
Knowing your accommodations, asking for help appropriately, and explaining your needs to teachers.
Breaking long assignments into steps, estimating time and meeting deadlines.
Confidence, frustration tolerance, and coping strategies for school stress.
We review the IEP or 504 plan and talk with you about what is and is not working at home and school.
Weekly sessions target the specific skills that create the most friction, with practice between sessions.
We check progress against the goals in your child’s plan and adjust the coaching focus as skills develop.
Coaching is not tutoring. Tutoring re-teaches content. Coaching builds the habits, systems and confidence that make school manageable across every subject.
Tutoring re-teaches academic content. Coaching builds the underlying skills — planning, organization, time management, self-advocacy — that make school manageable across every subject. Most students we coach do not need more content instruction; they need systems.
Both. Coaching is available in person at our Scottsdale and Beverly Hills offices, or online for families anywhere in Arizona and California.
We intentionally work with a limited number of students each year so that every coaching plan is genuinely individualized and parents receive our full attention.
Most students work with us for a semester to a full school year. The goal is independence — building systems the student can run without a coach — so we review progress and step back as skills take hold.
With your permission, yes. Coaching works best when the habits practiced in sessions match what is expected in the classroom, and coordination prevents the student from receiving three different sets of instructions.
Still not sure where to start? Book a free consultation and we will review what you have, explain what the documents actually show, and tell you honestly whether advocacy is the right next step for your family.
Schedule a free consultation to talk through your child’s plan and whether coaching is the right fit.
