Unlock your kids’ potential with individualized achievement goals specially designed for their social, and academic needs.
My inspiration and biggest influence on his own path.
We can help find the right path to success and achievement!
Inspire to Achieve believes that everyone’s journey is unique, and support should be too! Taking the time to learn, reflect and engage in meaningful interactions with clients and their families allows for creative and multi-sensory approaches to help find the path that works best for the client to thrive and achieve their goals.
Following an introductory meeting, Inspire to Achieve will personalize a student’s plan and create a challenging but attainable goal to work towards. There will be continued collaboration with the family and weekly updates so your child will find the approach that works for them to achieve their goals!
Inspire to Achieve believes reflective teaching and flexible planning is necessary to see real growth because everyone learns differently.
Special Education Tutoring
Elementary Tutoring
$75
Phonics
Help improve your child’s ability to read and write by using phonics strategies to strengthen phonological awareness, decoding, and encoding.
Math
Math is hard and can lead to shutdowns and anxiety in students. During these sessions, we work on math strategies, math facts, and fun activities that lead to building confidence and student perseverance.
Reading Comprehension
Remembering what you read can be very difficult especially when you are still working hard to decode what you are reading. In this session, we will work on strategies to answer comprehension questions and analyze text.
Executive Functioning
$90
Does your child struggle with time management or getting started with their homework? Do they avoid tasks or wait to the very last moment to start something? Do they not complete the work at all? Is it an argument to get them to sit down and do their work? Can they never find their assignments? Are papers just crumpled in their backpack? I might be able to help! Set up a free consultation call to see if we would be a good match.
Writing
$125
Brainstorming, Organizing, Drafting, Editing, and Final drafts are a lot of steps for writing that most students tend to skip over as they feel overwhelmed by the bigness of it all. They go right for drafting not realizing that the other steps help make the writing easier, clearer, and better. I can work with students on specific assignments for their classes and create supplemental materials to help them through the writing process. If interested in my support please contact me for a consultation prior to the next paper being assigned so we can discuss my strategies and help.
Social Skills and Friendship Groups
Social Skills Groups Kindergarten - 5th Grade
$65
Does your child need help playing games and interacting with others? For all grade levels, it is hard to converse with others about subjects you are not interested in or know nothing about. It is also harder for kids to engage with one another outside of technology. Using board games and other tasks we will engage in activities to meet the group where they are and increase their social skills, social awareness, and comfortableness within a group. Each client will have unique goals they work on each week.
For ages 10-13.
Come and enjoy video games, TV shows, and card games with other Pokémon lovers! Build friendships with others who have similar interests in a safe environment.
Tween Pokémon Friendship Group
Teenage Friendship Group
For Ages 14-17
Coming in May!
Occupational Therapy
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Individualized Sessions
Intake session to evaluate current needs and parent interview to discuss concerns.
1v1 sessions to work on areas of deficit or skill concerns.
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Cube Session
The OmniCube is a play based therapy device used to give children movement/cognitive experiences. It is effective in improving bilateral integration midline orientation and motor planning needed for reading and writing.
Coming in May!
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Early Learning Skills: Body Readiness
Recommended for 3-5 year olds
This group session helps young learners begin to regulate their body and become ready for school expectations.
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Writing as a Whole Body Activity
Grades 1 -3 recommended
When it comes to writing, postural control plays a crucial role in enabling children to maintain the necessary stability and positioning required for effective and comfortable writing. Good postural control provides a stable base, allowing the child to use their hand and fingers more effectively for the fine motor skills required in writing. Poor posture, like slumping or improper positioning, can create tension in the body, affecting the precision needed to form letters or words.
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Writing While Thinking
Grades 2-5 Recommended
Many students struggle with the act of brainstorming or creating content while also going through the mechanics of the writing process. When students engage in activities that require mental focus (cognitive processing) and fine motor skills many students struggle to produce independent written work. This group will challenge your child’s brain to process information faster and with more coordination resulting in improved organization of thought and work production.
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Neurodiversity: Whole-body Regulation Group
This group is for both clients and parents. Grades 3-5 recommended.
Engaging in activities that promote neuro-regulation is crucial for children to gain independence on how to regulate their own systems. This group will focus on exercises, activities, and breathing activities that will help each client learn what works best for them.
With successful implementation and work at home, this program could help improve executive function, sleep, self-control, social interactions, and intensity of mood swings. Please note this does not replace any Counseling or Psychiatry care
Parents each week in their group will have time to discuss experiences with other parents and to learn about the techniques they are using within the group to better implement at home.
Home Support
Home Environmental Consultation
Sensory and Organizational Consultation
Did you know that small (well and sometimes larger) changes in your home environment setup can make a difference in your child’s ability to regulate their body? A change in the format of a playroom can make an impact on a child’s ability to play independently. This service ranges from a written plan for the family to implement or full service where I will change and organize the space for you!
Play Space Design OT Specific Play
Develop a sensory motor learning environment within the home. Children’s play is set up to incorporate all the senses, utilize media in a HEALTHY developmentally appropriate way, and keep parents happy with the design to fit in the home.
Social Story Write-Ups
$90
Does your child struggle with new things? Sometimes a social story can help! For example, if your child is going to a new dentist, getting pictures of the location, staff, instruments and creating a book about the experience will help them prepare for this new experience.
Teacher Classroom Sensory Environment Consultation
Teachers are so busy juggling lesson plans, grading, and so much more! Let me help you with your classroom setup to make it more sensory friendly and organized for the needs of your students.
Teacher Strategy Consultation
Working with teachers to problem solve current issues they are having within their classroom.
Professional Consultations
Coming Soon…
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Speech Therapy
Specialty Groups Anticipated for Summer Session
1:1 Anticipated Fall 2025
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Physical Therapy & Counseling
Anticipated Winter 2025.
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Food Therapy
Coming Soon.
If interested in support for your picky eater please email us!
Who We Are
Kristina Medina
Owner & Special Education Teacher
I have been in education for over 15 years. I am a Connecticut-certified Special Education Teacher K-12, a Social Studies Teacher for Middle and High School, and a College Adjunct Professor in the communications department.
My family moved to California in June 2024 and I have my Special Education Certification here in California.
I love working at all levels of education and helping students when they struggle.
My goal is to work closely with each student on individualized material to fit their needs and abilities.
I am a fierce advocate for my students and will work collaboratively with parents to build successful habits that will continue to help after tutoring sessions are completed.
I also have a strong personal connection to my work that led me into this field. I believe working with parents and supporting them through this process is just as important as the work we do with the student. Open communication and support is the center of my business model.
All together we can inspire your student to achieve at the highest level.
-Kristina Medina
Marianna Newsam - OT
Marianna is a Developmental Consultant for parents, schools, teachers, organizations, organizations, therapists, and professionals. She has helped thousands of children and adults achieve mastery of self and begin thriving in their environment.
Marianna uses a holistic approach to treating individuals with neurodivergent movement and behavior patterns that prevent them from connecting to themselves and others. She uses a neurological integrative approach that focuses on connecting the eyes to the body. She helps individuals achieve higher levels of regulation to allow for increased neuroplasticity and brain growth. Her unique studies of movement, sensory integration, neurology, and scientific research combined with 25 years of experience helping others to achieve their highest potential is unique and intuitive and extremely talented.
Marianna is on the educational advisory board for Moving Smart, NZ, a company that provides “perceptual movement training” and protocols that are taught throughout New Zealand in the preschool system. She is delighted to share her expertise and educate globally.
Marianna is a speaker for and member of The Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics. SBMT is a non-profit society organized for the purpose of encouraging basic and clinical scientists as well as engineers who are interested in areas of Brain Mapping and Therapeutics to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients afflicted with neurological disorders. She has spoken on topics of neuroptometry/ophthalmology techniques and practices that enhance movement and learning.
Dedicated to helping children, helping parents and, most importantly, helping parents to help their child!
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