Educational and School Consultations

At Saltwater Alchemy, we understand that every student carries a different map upon entering the hallways of an educational institution. Some children need support navigating social currents while others struggle to organize the demands placed upon them. Other kids are weathering storms invisible to all those around them during their academic voyage. Saltwater Alchemy partners with families and schools to identify barriers, uncover strengths, and develop practical pathways toward meaningful educational success. Through behavioral science, trauma-informed care, executive functioning support, and educational consultation, we can help students access learning in ways that honor both their needs and access their potential simultaneously.
 

We believe behavior is ultimately communication and learning occurs most effectively when students feel supported, seen, understood, and capable. We also believe that effective intervention should be collaborative, realistic, and sustainable within the environments where students spend their academic days.

For families, we provide an unbiased, expert perspective when navigating educational decisions. Services may include educational records review, IEP and 504 consultation, school meeting preparation, independent behavioral assessments, executive functioning coaching, caregiver coaching, transition planning, accommodation and modification advisement, individualized treatment plans, and ABA based therapy for students whose needs may not be fully addressed through traditional educational systems or other therapeutic pathways.
 

For schools and districts, Saltwater Alchemy provides behavioral consultation through evidence-based strategies that work in real classrooms, with real students, and within real time constraints. We provide solutions that build sustainable systems without overwhelming educators. Our goal is not to create additional burdens for already overextended teachers, but to address specific classroom needs. The most powerful intervention in a child’s life is often the adult who finally has the tools, confidence and support to see what others have previously missed. We simply equip staff with those resources and tools. Services include functional behavior assessments, behavior intervention plan development, classroom observations, staff coaching, professional development, behavior systems analyses, MTSS consultation, crisis prevention planning, maladaptive behavior management, and behavior analytic intervention guidance.
 

Our approach is collaborative rather than adversarial. We recognize that educators and families share the same goal of helping a student succeed. By forging behavioral science, educational expertise, and practical problem-solving, we work to build bridges between home and school environments while creating plans that can be realistically implemented by the people responsible for carrying them forward. Every student deserves the opportunity to access learning in a way that acknowledges his or her unique mind. Sometimes that requires a new strategy and novel lens from someone willing and able to look beneath the surface.