Is your child struggling with the demands of school? Are papers constantly lost? Homework turned in late? Major assignments forgotten about or saved until the last minute? Your child isn’t just absent minded or chaotic; your child is struggling with executive function skills.
Children experiencing these challenges struggle to manage their lives and lack the organization skills necessary to succeed in school. This struggle leaves parents feeling bewildered and frustrated and children feeling stressed and struggling with self-esteem.
Hawthorne Learning Solutions’ executive function skills coaching gets to the root of these problems so you and your child can succeed and feel good again.
Whether working with high-achieving students or those struggling to pass, our work as executive function skill coaches helps students develop the planning, organization and task prioritization skills necessary to thrive in school and in life.
Using a collaborative approach with parents, teachers and HLS, your child will have clear goals and the infrastructure and skills to achieve them. Our coaching works on:
We’ll help you and your child succeed through expert coaching, continual support and refinement of organization systems and communication with you and the school.
Together, we’ll assess your student’s strengths and challenges to develop a personalized plan
We’ll review course materials and communicate with teachers to set your student on the right path
Expert coaches support your child with personalized attention to strengthen deficits through modeling and practice
Weekly emails provide updates on your student’s progress and include planner details so you can help your child track school work and commitments
The first step is to fill out our registration form. This is then reviewed by Emma Hawthorne, co-founder of HLS, who will review it and ask for all pertinent information, from psycho-educational testing to grades. With this information, we’ll create a plan and pair your child with an experienced executive function skills coach.
After that, we’ll get started on your student’s organization systems, both at home and in the classroom. Digging into backpacks, binders, folders and planners—we’ll put in place customized organization systems.
Your student will start using a planner, checking teacher websites and online grading, and advocating for themselves by emailing teachers. They will learn how to prioritize their schoolwork, track long-term assignments and backward plan for large assignments. These plans will be shared with you via weekly email updates.
HLS knows how to connect with kids. Our executive function skills coaches easily establish rapport with students, quickly assess their needs and create customized plans for student success.
Experienced, professional, and approachable, we create a stress-free, positive environment where students feel comfortable opening up about, and working on, their weaknesses.
Our flexible scheduling and dynamic approach ensures your student, and your family, will be accommodated and supported throughout our work together.
Frequency and length of tutoring sessions vary but range between 1-2 times per week for 55 to 85 minutes per session.
Parents drop off children and we’ll greet you at the door.
We strive to pair students with the same tutor; however, schedules sometimes change and so do tutors. Our goal is a consistent match.
We value feedback and know that a good fit is key to successful learning. If it isn’t a good fit, please let us know and we will pair your student with a different tutor.
Tutoring sessions are at our learning center at 2110 Iron Street in Bellingham’s Sunnyland neighborhood. We also offer zoom and online sessions.
All of our time is important—we value your time and ours. We request notice of change of availability or cancellations by Thursday at noon of the week prior. Cancellations and changes made after this will be charged in full. This is to avoid changes that cause work on our end and impact other families as we request time/day changes. If you are late, we will text and call you after 5 minutes. After 15 minutes, the meeting will be closed and there will be a cancellation charge.
Contact Emma today so we can set your child up with the learning supports he or she needs to thrive.
Since founding Hawthorne Learning Solutions in 2012, we’ve helped thousands of students in Bellingham and beyond achieve their goals. We’ve taken our passion for learning and genuine interest in students, to help families thrive. We listen, provide honest feedback, and form a plan of how to best educate your child.
(360) 599-5033 | mattandemma@hawthornelearning.net
2110 Iron Street | Bellingham, WA 98225
