Our learning specialists provide coaching to students and professionals who want a personalized approach to facing challenges, building skills, and achieving their goals.
What Clients Say
Thank you so much, Alyson, for your help and support. Our sonʻs school life changed completely after you started working with him. He became more confident, grew thicker skin, and accepted himself for who he was. We canʻt express how grateful we are!
- Parents of 9th grade student
How It Works
At Learning Specialist LLC, our processes and services are client-centered by design.
Initial
Consultation
Onboarding Session
Coaching Sessions
Coaching Notes
Meet with us to discuss your needs and get your questions answered about our coaching services.
The coach meets with the client 1-1 to discuss coaching goals and preferences to develop a coaching plan.
Coaching sessions are 50 minutes and happen online 1-2 times per week.
Coaches send a brief summary of their notes to clients after every session. This practice helps clients and coaches track important next steps, helpful strategies, and progress towards meeting coaching goals.
Dr. Alyson Kaneshiro (she/her) is the founder and primary coach at Learning Specialist LLC. Alyson understands the challenges students and families face as they try to manage everything that comes with being a student in an increasingly fast paced world.
Alysonʻs mission is to provide high-quality coaching support to students who are experiencing difficulty in school, despite their best efforts. Alyson also offers coaching for educators through CATDC, helping educators identify areas for growth, set achievable goals, and transform thier practice.
In her work as a Bay Area Learning Specialist, Alyson has developed a set of highly effective tools and strategies for teaching students the "hidden curriculum" of staying organized in school. She demystifies how to create necessary organization systems for managing to do lists, due dates, studying for tests, and keeping track of assignments; skills that teachers expect students to have learned in middle school. Students who receive coaching at Learning Specialist LLC have an advantage during critical school transitions because they are equipped with tools and strategies that they discover work for them.
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