Consulting
How can a behavioral or academic consultant help my child?
Behavioral and academic consultants coordinate across support systems to advocate for the child. As a school consultant, Maria Brickley coordinates with medical doctors, psychiatrists, pediatricians and both private and public schools to help accomplish client’s goals.
As a an academic and behavioral consultant and student advocate, Maria works cooperatively with the student’s existing support system to define the areas for improvement, explore intervention options, implement solutions and monitor growth and progression across providers.
Consulting Services Offered By Maria
When it comes to social and learning achievement, sometimes an outside perspective from a practiced specialist is needed. Working with a range of clients, Maria will champion the right approach to achieve your child’s goals. Maria has experience finding effective solutions in the following capacities:
Professional Development Consultant
Educators support academic growth for students of all abilities by creating accessible learning environments. They understand that learning is enhanced when classroom objectives are reinforced throughout the curriculum, and even at home. Maria consults with parents and educators to help them learn the most up-to-date, evidence-based practices for emotional and skills development.
Classroom Solutions Consultant
Maria works with school administrators and education professionals in Anne Arundel County and throughout Maryland as a school consultant to design in-person and virtual classroom solutions aimed at student achievement. From bullying prevention workshops to cultivating inclusive and least restrictive environments, Maria can assist educators to develop and provide appropriate, accessible educational opportunities for all learners.
Student Achievement Advocate
When children struggle in the classroom, there can be multiple factors that are difficult to address. Advice from experts like teachers, pediatricians, neurologists and therapists are difficult to implement in the classroom and at home.
As a student achievement advocate, Maria Brickley helps students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. She advocates for your child’s success by working with their teachers, school administers and medical professionals like pediatricians, neurologists and psychiatrists to create a cohesive plan for improvement. This would include problem-solving what skills your child struggles with and then discussing ways to implement appropriate behavioral, academic and social/emotional recommendations that could help support their needs in the classroom. Additionally, Maria has experience collaborating with a variety of educational teams to ensure that school staff and teachers understand the student’s needs and care plan.
Changing Family Systems Consultant
Maria supports the needs of children given a variety of changing family dynamics, including separation divorce, re-marrying and marriage. Maria consults with each parent and uses a strength based approach to helping their child or children navigate the changing living situation and build healthy adaptive coping mechanisms.