Mind, body, heart, spirit — we look into the whole child.
Because we are after the growth of the whole child, we spend the time to intuit the needs of our students’ individual learning styles and mental wellness strategies. At the request of our families, we offer holistic solutions including counseling therapy, arts based approaches, mindfulness and visualization techniques.
Our aim is to do what it takes for a child to be successful in all areas including language remediation, emotional growth and wellness, executive functioning skills, self-confidence, personal empowerment, socioemotional barriers, and more.
Do you need a workshop for your professional development day?
We have workshops for: Diversity, equity and inclusion, multisensory learning styles, strategies for executive functioning, how to execute the individualized learning plan between the stakeholders.
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Melissa Mintoft, Co-founder
Executive Function Specialist, Family-focused Life Coach and Mentor
Melissa is a advocate for children with executive function weaknesses, ADHD characteristics and learning differences. For the last 15 years, her daughter and son have faced the frustrations and struggles with reading, writing, and spelling. This has left a life-altering impact.
Before truly understanding it, the word dyslexia had her family’s life turned upsized down. Teachers saying that her son and daughter was just not reading enough, needed to practice more really left immense feelings of guilt in her as a parent. The behavioral issues were a while other part of this story.
This is why Melissa founded the family business of supporting families and children with resources and effective strategies to increase the qualities of their lives. He understanding and life experience renders her uniquely qualified.
Simma Bakare, Co-founder
MEd (Indigenous Education specialization), OGA -A, BA of Psychology, RPC-C
Grateful to live and work on the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəjˀəm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Waututh) Nations ? Simma recognizes that a land acknowledgement is not enough.
Simma is an inclusive educator, counselor, and DEI advocate, specializing in creative, equitable approaches to learning and mental health. She is a certified humanities & psychology teacher, certified Orton Gillingham practitioner who successfully remediates students with language based learning differences (Dyslexia). Because of her counselling background, Simma is equipped to support the mental wellness (anxiety, esteem and depression) aspects that are often comorbid. Her work integrates culturally sensitive, trauma informed pedagogy, expressive arts based approaches (including Hip Hop).
Arthur Ashe once said, “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Collectively we empower clients with information and skills, that lead to positive life transformations and educational success. We tailor our approach to optimize holistic wellness, and total health for each child, adolescent and family we encounter.
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