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Rooted Minds also partners with schools and educators who want to better support students whose nervous systems process the world differently. Through professional development, consultation, and collaborative problem solving, I help educators understand behavior through a nervous system lens and build environments where more students can feel safe, regulated, and ready to learn.
My background in special education leadership, speech and communication development, and school systems allows me to support both educators and families while helping teams work together more effectively.
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Interactive apps designed to support educators navigating school systems, MTSS, and special education compliance.
Navigate student learning and behavioral concerns through thoughtful MTSS practices. Includes decision tools, intervention library, SST meeting builder, and documentation templates.
Free Interactive ToolOrganize referrals, evaluation timelines, and assessment tasks with clear visual workflows, automated deadline tracking, and compliance alerts. Built to work alongside SEIS.
Interactive AppA professional support platform for educators and administrators responding to vision therapy requests in special education. Combines guided decision navigation, compliance risk detection, meeting coaching, parent argument simulations, and documentation generation to help teams make informed and legally sound IEP decisions.
Interactive AppA nervous system regulation app for educators using rhythm science, behavior insights, and nature-based tools to restore balance in classrooms. “Regulation is not control. Regulation is rhythm.”
Interactive Appfor educators
Grounded, practical guides for school staff committed to protecting student rights and building inclusive learning environments.
A grounded, practical reference covering student rights, procedural safeguards, California special education law, and everyday staff responsibilities. Written in clear, human language.
Free Staff Guidegrowing together
These trainings focus on practical strategies that help educators understand behavior, support regulation, and create classroom environments where more students can feel safe, engaged, and ready to learn.
Each training can be adapted to the needs of your school or team.
This training helps educators shift from managing behavior to understanding the underlying needs that drive it. Grounded in nervous system research, neurodiversity, and relationship-based teaching.
Through practical strategies, real classroom scenarios, and collaborative problem solving, educators learn how to respond to dysregulation with connection, design classrooms that support regulation, and build learning environments that work for a wide range of students.
Preview what this training covers in our interactive overview — then reach out to bring it to your school.
A calm, easy-to-use behavior support app designed for educators. Teachers can quickly log antecedent, behavior, and consequence data using a simple tap-based interface or voice input — and receive immediate trauma-informed, PBIS-aligned guidance to respond effectively in the moment.
Over time, Rooted Regulation identifies patterns in student behavior, highlights likely behavior functions, and offers prevention strategies grounded in best practice. It also generates insights for MTSS teams, supports functional behavior assessment readiness, and creates parent-friendly summaries.
See how the app works in our interactive preview — then reach out to bring it to your school or district.
A quick, calming self-check for educators and parents.
The Rooted Regulation Toolkit helps educators and parents quickly recognize their nervous system state and take simple steps to reset, refocus, and reconnect. Use it before a tough conversation, after a challenging moment, or any time you need a grounding pause.
Moving from compliance-based responses to understanding and supporting regulation.
Many behavior systems were designed around compliance and consequences, yet many students today struggle because their nervous systems are overwhelmed rather than because they are choosing to misbehave.
This training helps educators rethink behavior through a developmental and nervous system informed perspective while still maintaining clear expectations and classroom structure.
The goal is not to remove boundaries, but to help teachers respond in ways that support regulation, learning, and long term skill building.
Participants receive practical strategies, reflection tools, and classroom practices designed to support both students and educators.
Practical ways to support students who experience the classroom differently.
Many educators want to support neurodiverse learners well but were never given the training to fully understand how different brains experience learning environments.
This training focuses on practical ways educators can support students who experience the classroom differently, including students with attention differences, sensory sensitivities, communication differences, and learning variations.
The goal is to help educators create classroom environments where more students can engage, participate, and feel successful.
Participants receive classroom strategy guides and practical tools that can be implemented immediately.
Helping families and educators support students through the same nervous system lens.
Workshops designed for both educators and parents to help everyone understand nervous system regulation and communication through the same lens.
These sessions help strengthen collaboration between home and school and create more consistent support for students.
Helping educators recognize rhythm disruptions and restore balance through environment, schedule, and relationship.
Rooted Rhythm is a professional development training that helps educators understand student behavior through the lens of nervous system regulation and biological rhythm. Rather than focusing on behavior control, the framework teaches teachers how to recognize rhythm disruptions and restore balance through environment, schedule, and relationship.
Regulation emerges when nervous systems move in rhythm with body, time, and environment.
Educators learn how stress, fatigue, sensory environments, and daily schedules influence a student’s ability to focus, learn, and connect. When these rhythms are disrupted, dysregulation appears. When rhythm is restored, learning becomes possible again.
Four natural nervous system states that appear throughout the school day:
A quick diagnostic tool. Instead of assuming defiance, teachers learn to ask:
Designed for teachers, special education staff, school leaders, counselors, student support teams, and paraprofessionals. Available as a 90-minute keynote, half-day workshop, full-day training, or multi-session certification program.
Explore the Rooted Rhythm framework and regulation tools in our interactive app.
Preview This Training Bring This Training to Your SchoolTrainings can be delivered in several formats depending on the needs of your school or district.
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Approximately 3 hours
$1,800
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Approximately 6 hours
Trainings can be tailored for grade level teams, full school staff, or district groups.
Professional development is most effective when educators receive support implementing strategies in real classrooms.
Schools may choose to add follow-up coaching after a training to help educators apply new strategies with confidence.
$650
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If your school or organization is interested in training, consultation, or follow-up coaching, please reach out to discuss your needs.