Every family deserves a field guide.
Comprehensive evaluations from preschool through college, for learning differences, ADHD, anxiety, autism and more. Conducted with rigor, explained in plain English, delivered with a plan.
One practice, from the first classroom to the first dorm room.
The School Years
School-age children
“Why is school this hard for a bright child?”
Read Volume IIThe Upper School Years
Adolescents
“What changed, and what does he need now?”
Read Volume IIIThe Launch
Young adults and college readiness
“What will she need to do this on her own?”
Read Volume IVThree visits. Then a plan for Monday morning.
First we listen: to you, to teachers and to your child. Then your child spends time with puzzles, stories, and a very patient psychologist. Finally, we sit down together and discuss what we learned, along with a plan.
Read The SyllabusWe listen
A conversation with parents about what you see at home and at school. This can be done through an initial consultation or phone call.
Your child works
Testing, paced for your child, with breaks. No pressure, just a time to discover how your child thinks, moves, responds.
We tell you the truth, kindly
What we found, what it means, and what to do next. We work with you on a field guide to arm you with direction, knowledge, and a path for performance.
A Field Guide to your child.
Every evaluation ends with a summary written for parents: how this child learns, what helps, and what to tell the teacher. The full clinical report sits behind it.
- How your child learns best
- What gets in the way
- What helps at home
- What to tell the teacher
Volume II: The School Years
For the grown-ups.
Parent Coaching
Psychoeducation and coaching for families, without the child in the room. What to do with the field guide.
For parentsSecond Spring
Behavioral work for women in pre-, peri- and menopause. Small groups and individual coaching.
For women in midlifeDr. Courtney Bolton
A licensed psychologist who has spent her career in clinics, boardrooms and the carpool line caring for her own four children. She reads the footnotes so you don’t have to.
About Dr. BoltonStart with a conversation.
Tell us what you’re seeing. We’ll tell you whether an evaluation is the right next step.
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