- August 3-7
Back-to-School Prep Week
Stop bracing for a hard school year. Start building an easier one.
Five days, one live 2-hour block a day, all done-with-you.
School should not start with stress and overwhelm.
But if you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, you know the drill:
Start of last school year: held together by caffeine and hope.
Start of this school year: a plan built for your kid that delivers a smoother transition, easier mornings and bedtimes, homework with fewer tears, and teacher support from the very start.
Let’s do it different this year!
Start of last school year:
held together by caffeine and hope.
Start of this school year:
a plan built for your kid that delivers
✅ a smoother transition,
✅ easier mornings and bedtimes,
✅ homework with fewer tears, and
✅ teacher support from the very start.
Your Complete Back-to-School Success Kit
By Friday afternoon, you’re not holding a stack of worksheets. You’re holding Your Complete Back-to-School Success Kit — a real toolkit, a real binder, real teacher-ready sheets, built with you, one piece a day.
- Your kid's personalized Regulation Toolkit
- Teacher-ready Quick Reference Sheets
- A Felt Safety plan you can hand to school staff
- A script for the calls and meetings that used to catch you off guard
- Easier mornings and bedtime, and a homework reset that actually works
- Your own regulation toolkit — because you need one too, not just your kid
Prior Prep Weeks provided relief to parents like you.
As we prepare for our son to enter public school, this was exactly what we needed to help us feel ready for such a big transition. I feel so much more at ease, and I know that feeling will help our son feel more at ease also! Each session was so practical, and I appreciated that we could work along with you and come out of the sessions with ready-to-go materials. I am certain that the resources you shared will serve us for many years to come.
This week of learning with hands-on activities was beyond helpful! Each workshop was specific with concrete and actionable information that I was able to use during/after the workshop. With Back-to-School Prep, the workshops are specific and I learned to take action (not just absorb information) and the action is built right into the workshop! After each workshop, not only did I have useful and practical information, but I learned concrete steps to put that information into action! This week of workshops and activities was truly an invaluable way to get this school year off to a fabulous start!
I always found school meetings excruciating, so the scripts and step-by-step guides you provide have been such a confidence booster for me! I am so thankful that I can watch the workshops anytime, at my own pace, and can repeat them as needed.
I want to thank you for getting me through so many pre school action steps that needed to be done. I feel so regulated and prepared to support my kiddos for the coming school year. I don’t expect it to be easy, but I do have a much better handle on the organizational side of things thanks to your EF handholding!
Your 5-Day Path to Start the School Year Right
Lay the Foundation
Monday
12:00 pm
ET (NYC)
Get clarity on your child's unique profile, then build their personalized regulation toolkit.
Plan for Partnership
Tuesday
12:00 pm
ET (NYC)
Create teacher-ready quick reference sheets, then build your script for handling calls and IEP/504 meetings with confidence.
Build Emotional Readiness
Wednesday
12:00 pm
ET (NYC)
Foster your child's felt safety at school, then build a regulation toolkit of your own.
Support Growth & Independence
Thursday
12:00 pm
ET (NYC)
Make mornings and bedtime easier, then design homework time that works for your kid.
Implementation Lab
Friday
12:00 pm
ET (NYC)
A live group coaching and crowdsourcing hour. Bring your questions, your hesitations, your stuck points.
Can’t make it live? Don’t worry. I’ve planned an asynchronous path too. You can submit your questions in advance and then work through Prep Week on your own timeline, at your own pace, this week or over the next month.
How It Works
Join us live or watch
the replays.
Each session is recorded so you can show up when it works for you. Live or replay, you will get things done as you watch.
Follow the step-by-step guidance.
You’ll be guided through every task with simple, doable instructions + templates, customizing it for your child along the way.
Walk away with finished tools, plans, and lists.
You’ll leave each workshop with something tangible, ready to use with your child or share with their educators, when you need it.
Follow the
Step-by-Step Guidance
You’ll be guided through every task with simple, doable instructions + templates, customizing it for your child along the way.
Walk away with finished tools, plans, and shopping lists.
You’ll leave each session with something tangible — ready to use with your child or share with their school.
Register now for less back-to-school stress this year.
Back-to-School Prep Week
$97 USD ($300)
- Access to All Live Sessions & Recordings (16 total)
- Downloadable worksheets + templates, including letters and scripts for teachers and meetings
- Child's Profile Assessment Tool
- Can't make it live? You still get everything and you can work through Prep Week on your own timeline, this week or over the next month.
Last year, 62 families joined us.
This *is* for you if:
- You’re parenting a neurodivergent child and want the school year to feel more manageable for both of you.
- You’re tired of guessing and are ready to actually get things done.
- You want practical tools, emotional support, and systems that work for your unique family.
It's probably *not* for you if:
- Your child doesn't struggle in school — with academics, social interactions, or behavior
- You’re looking for a one-size-fits-all fix or a magic bullet.
- You don’t want to actively participate or implement what you learn.
The full Day-by-Day Prep Week Schedule
You don’t have to attend or use every workshop. Even if you can’t make it live, you can work through Prep Week on your own timeline.
Get Clarity! Go Deep on Your Child's Profile
LIVE MONDAY 12-12:50 PM ET (NYC)
Map your child’s unique regulation, sensory, and learning profile — the foundation everything else this week builds on.
You’ll walk away with: A completed Child’s Profile you can reference all year.
Design Your Child's Regulation Toolkit
LIVE MONDAY 1:10-2 PM ET (NYC)
Identify your child’s stress signals and build a toolkit of strategies that actually fit them.
You’ll walk away with: A shopping list for a stocked regulation toolkit, ready for backpack, desk, or home.
Create a Visual Family School-Life Command Center
2025 Pre-Recorded Replay MONDAY
Design a central hub for schedules, routines, and reminders the whole family actually uses.
You’ll walk away with: A command center plan, ready to set up at home.
Create Your Child's Quick Reference Sheets for Teachers
LIVE TUESDAY, 12-12:50 PM ET (NYC)
Translate your child’s needs and accommodations into a one-page, teacher-friendly summary.
You’ll walk away with: A ready-to-share Quick Reference Sheet for every teacher your kid has.
Handling School Calls and Surviving School Meetings
LIVE TUESDAY 1:10-2 PM ET (NYC)
Build a calm-response script for unexpected calls, plus a meeting-prep sheet for IEP/504 conversations.
You’ll walk away with: A Call & Meeting Prep Toolkit — reset script, phrase bank, and prep sheet.
Build and Organize Your Advocacy Binder
2025 Pre-Recorded Replay TUESDAY
Organize your child’s IEP/504 paperwork and records into one physical or digital binder you can grab before any meeting.
You’ll walk away with: A fully organized Advocacy Binder.
Establish Predictability: 4 Actions to Prep Your Kid for the New School Year
2025 Pre-Recorded Replay TUESDAY
Make the unknowns of a new school year predictable before day one — meet-the-teacher logistics, finding an ally on staff, and reviewing accommodations so your kid can start to self-advocate.
You’ll walk away with: A plan for meet-the-teacher, an identified ally at school, and a conversation guide for reviewing accommodations with your kid.
Fostering Felt Safety
LIVE WEDNESDAY, 12-12:50 PM ET (NYC)
Understand felt safety as the foundation beneath behavior and learning, and build your child’s safety plan.
You’ll walk away with: A Felt Safety Plan you can implement at home and hand to your child’s teacher.
Be Their Beacon: Build Your Own Regulation Toolkit
We’ll cover the Beacon model — how your own nervous system state shapes your child’s, before you say a word — then map your own stress patterns and build your toolkit together, live.
You’ll walk away with: A regulation toolkit built for you, because your nervous system matters here too, not just your kid’s… plus a clear picture of how your regulation ripples out to theirs.
Build Your Family's Back-to-School Emotional Prep Plan
2025 Pre-Recorded Replay WEDNESDAY
Identify emotional flashpoints and build simple rituals that anchor safety through the transition.
You’ll walk away with: A family emotional prep plan and a set of back-to-school rituals.
Make Mornings & Bedtime Easier
LIVE THURSDAY, 12-12:50 PM ET (NYC)
Build visual routines that reduce resistance at the two hardest times of day.
You’ll walk away with: Custom morning and bedtime routine cards, ready to use.
Homework Success Plan
LIVE THURSDAY 1:10-2 PM ET (NYC)
Explore creative formats for homework resistance and build a script for requesting reduced or modified assignments when the volume itself is the problem.
You’ll walk away with: A homework alternatives menu and a ready-to-use request script.
Build a Homework Station
2025 Pre-Recorded Replay THURSDAY
A real, product-by-product walkthrough of an actual homework station — tested, purchased, and set up start to finish.
You’ll walk away with: A shoppable list of exactly what to buy (and what to skip) to build a station your kid will actually use.
Create a Problem-Solving Flowchart for Your Child
2025 Pre-Recorded Replay THURSDAY
A printable, step-by-step guide that helps your child move through hard moments with clarity.
You’ll walk away with: A personalized problem-solving flowchart for your child.
Sleep-Schedule Reset: Gradual Shift Checklist
Pre-Recorded THURSDAY
Shift a summer sleep schedule back to school-year bedtime gradually, without the fight.
You’ll walk away with: A night-by-night Gradual Shift Timeline.
Implementation Lab: Bring Your Questions
LIVE FRIDAY, 12-1 PM ET (NYC)
A live group coaching hour to bring whatever from the week isn’t resolved yet.
You’ll walk away with: A clear next step for whatever’s still stuck.
Hello!
I'm Penny.
Your school struggles coach
My son used to light up with excitement on the first day of school — skipping down the hall, smiling at everyone. But instead of being met with joy, his energy was often labeled as a problem.
On the very first day of kindergarten, they told him to stop skipping in the halls. By day two, I was called in for a meeting where his teacher said he was “wreaking havoc,” when all he was really doing was just being himself.
At the time, we didn’t know he had ADHD. I sent him to school unprepared because I didn’t know what we needed, which made everything harder.
Eventually, with a diagnosis and a lot of trial and error, I learned how to prepare myself, my kid, and his teachers, before school even started. And that changed everything.
That’s exactly what we’ll do together in the BACK-TO-SCHOOL PREP WORKSHOPS: create your plan, step by step, to make the transition into a new school year smoother for everyone.
FAQ
What if I can't attend the sessions live?
You still get the workshop replays, the templates, the workbook prompts. You’ll have the opportunity to submit questions in advance to ensure they’re answered. You can work through Prep Week on your own timeline, this week or over the next month.
Is this for me if I already have some systems in place?
Absolutely! This is personalized prep. Even if you’ve got some things working, we’ll help you tighten the loose ends, fill in the gaps, and bring fresh insight to areas you might not have considered. You’ll walk away with more clarity, better tools, and more confidence heading into the school year.
My kid is in high school / preschool — will this still be helpful?
Yes! I designed these sessions to be flexible and adaptable, whether your child is starting kindergarten, navigating middle school, or learning at home. The tools and strategies are developmentally appropriate and centered on your child’s needs, not their grade level.
My kid is homeschooled — will this still be helpful?
The majority of Prep Week will be helpful to those who homeschool. The exception is the sessions on teacher communication and school meetings.
Do I need to buy anything else to participate?
Nope. Everything you need is included. I’ll provide all the digital templates, planning tools, and resources. Just bring your favorite pen, your brain (even if it’s tired), and a commitment to show up for yourself and your child.
What if I sign up and it’s not a good fit?
I believe deeply in the value of this experience. If after attending the first session you don’t feel like it’s worth it, let me know and I’ll refund your registration, no questions asked.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
― Benjamin Franklin
Back-to-School doesn't have to be so stressful and overwhelming anymore.
The transition from summer into a new school year can be extra tough for both neurodivergent kids, and their parents. Prep Week is a lifeline for transformation. It’s time to change your back-to-school experience!
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Bonus
The Emotionally Supported School Year Guide
Scripts, routines, and strategies to meet your child’s emotional needs
Meeting your child’s emotional needs means they feel safe, seen, and supported through school challenges. This guide helps you know what to say, what to do, and how to create rhythms that build regulation and connection at home and at school.
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