Our Services
Our mission at Focus First Academic Coaching is to empower students with the skills, strategies, and confidence needed to achieve academic success and personal growth. By focusing on individual strengths and challenges, we create a customized approach that promotes effective learning and skill development.
Empowering Students One Lesson at a Time
Executive Function Challenges
Focus First Academic Coaching empowers students who struggle with executive functions. This involves processing multistep directions, organization, time management, setting and executing SMART goals, and task initiation.
Picture the prefrontal cortex as the captain of a ship, where executive functions are the crew. Without the captain, the crew lacks direction, and the ship drifts aimlessly.
Similarly, students without strong executive functions struggle to navigate their academic responsibilities.
Focus First Academic Coaching steps in as the captain, steering students to chart their tasks, manage their time efficiently, and reach their goals, navigating a course toward academic success.
Students often feel stuck and don’t know where to start.
We specialize in the following academic coaching services:
ADHD/Executive Functions
Dyslexia Instruction
Time Management
Organization Techniques
Stress Management
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Academic Coaching
Study Strategies
Focus First tutoring specializes in helping students with dyslexia, a language-based learning difference, by enhancing their decoding skills and reading comprehension through the Orton-Gillingham method.
This evidence-based approach is tailored to the individual needs of each student. Focus First Academic Coaching uses multisensory learning techniques that engage visual, auditory, and kinesthetic pathways.
By incorporating paragraphology, a structured writing strategy, students learn to organize and express their thoughts more clearly, further reinforcing their reading skills.
The combination of these methods through our academic coaching services fosters significant improvements in students’ abilities to decode language and understand complex texts, providing a comprehensive support system for overcoming the challenges associated with dyslexia.
Focus First collaborates with parents, schools, and educational professionals to identify the students’ needs; to teach students self awareness so they can advocate for themselves.
The Goal of Focus First
It’s not just about academic success—it’s about building confidence and resilience in every student we guide.
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College and University Preparation
SAT/ACT Prep
College Essays
Focus First Academic Coaching is dedicated to helping college-bound students surmount academic hurdles such as SAT and ACT preparation and college essay writing.
Our comprehensive coaching programs are designed to enhance students’ test-taking strategies, ensuring they achieve their highest potential scores on standardized tests.
Additionally, we offer personalized guidance in crafting compelling college essays that reflect each student’s unique voice and experiences, making their applications stand out in the competitive admissions process.
Through tailored support and expert advice, Focus First Academic Coaching equips students with the skills and confidence they need to excel in their academic pursuits and successfully navigate the path to college.
Writing
Research Papers
Creative Compositions
Focus First Academic Coaching empowers students to excel in writing research papers and creative compositions by providing specialized training in essay instruction.
Our expert coaches help students find their unique voices, effectively organize their thoughts, and strengthen their overall structure and rhetorical skills.
Through personalized guidance and targeted exercises, we teach students how to craft coherent, compelling arguments and narratives. We help students enhance both their analytical and creative writing abilities.
This comprehensive approach not only improves their academic performance but also fosters a deeper appreciation for the writing process, equipping students with the skills necessary for success in their educational and professional endeavors.
