Our staff includes a group of highly trained educators and clinical diagnosticians who have extensive experience assisting families who have children with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral issues.
Our founder, Kathleen Edwards M.Ed. has been a classroom teacher for grades 6-12 and an adjunct instructor at the college level. Furthermore, Kathleen has been a fierce advocative voice for academically and emotionally challenged children while acting as a source of information and mediator during family coaching sessions.
Kathleen is an educator, educational diagnostician, school founder, and former school administrator with over 35 years of experience supporting neurodivergent students, their families, and the educators who serve them. As an ADHD/Executive Function Coach, Academic Coach, and Social-Emotional Coach, Kathy is known for her deep expertise and compassionate approach.
She specializes in psychoeducational, ADHD, and Gifted & Talented assessments, as well as in educational advocacy and the development of individualized support plans that honor both student growth and personal dignity. Kathy consults with schools to help educators better understand and support neurodivergent learners in real-world classroom settings.
With a background that spans K–12 classrooms and university teaching, Kathy brings a unique blend of professional insight and real-world empathy to every session—helping students thrive, families feel empowered, and teachers become more confident and equipped.
The variety of roles she has fulfilled throughout her career has enabled her to view struggling students through a variety of lenses. She has years of practice as a teacher, diagnostician, administrator, and the former founder and CEO of one of the most unique schools in the United States. Her passion, dedication, and tenacity for her work are paramount, thus she has been highly successful in all her roles. In addition to her love for her family and animals, Kathleen considers her greatest legacy to be the help and guidance she has been able to provide for her students, their families, and the educators she’s worked with.