The RISE Framework helps your child make progress in learning and behavior without the overwhelm and frustration of piecing endless strategies together.
Learning & Behavior Support For ADHD & Autistic Kiddos
Above The Surface You See Your Child Struggling With…
Slow or choppy reading
Careless mistakes
Homework battles
Forgetting Information
Shutting down or giving up
Trouble following directions
But Below The Surface Their Actually Struggling With…
Attention
Working memory
Processing
Task initiation
Executive functioning
Emotional regulation
Frustration tolerance
Flexible thinking
Independence
Learning-related skills
The RISE Framework helps you to get to the root of the issue to see progressive and lasting results.
Research
We look beneath the struggle to understand what may be getting in the way.
Intervene
We create a personalized plan with targeted goals and activities based on your child’s needs.
Support
We implement the plan to support and strengthen your child’s brain to improve learning and behavioral concepts.
Evaluate
We evaluate how your child responds, measure progress, and adjust the plan as they grow.
Our RISE process helps us, and you move from confusion to clarity, so your child can build the skills to succeed at home and school.
Hi, I am Makayla.
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
10+ years of experience working with children.
Passionate about child development, the brain, learning & behavior.
My own personal development journey sparked my interest in understanding what’s behind a struggle.
My experiences gave me a unique perspective on both the child who is struggling and the parent trying to help.
I believe we should look beyond the behavior to understand what a child truly needs.
Created the RISE Framework to make the growth and development journey clearer and more personalized.
My mission is to help children develop the skills they need to become confident, capable adults.
Not sure where to start? Share what you’re noticing, and I’ll personally review your responses and recommend which BrainPassion Kids support option may be the best fit.
Meet Nixon
ADHD • Focus • Task Initiation
Nixon struggled with understanding concepts, emotional regulation, and completing academic tasks. Through brain-based exercises and emotional regulation activities, he now grasps concepts more easily, regulates his emotions more effectively, and feels more confident when completing tasks.
Meet Anindya
Autism • Comprehension • Memory
Anindya struggled with comprehension, social skills ,transitions. Through personalized brain-based strategies, he is now more coordinated, socially engaged, and continuing to build stronger academic and social skills!
Meet Ava
Focus • Organization • Confidence
Ava struggled with focus, organization, and low confidence. Through personalized brain-based strategies, she improved her focus and organization, strengthened her academic performance, and gained greater confidence in herself as a learner.
Every child’s struggle is unique.
Their support should be too.
Let me know what your kiddo is struggling with, and I’ll provide you with personalized next steps.
Choose The Path
That Best Fits Your Family
For families who want individualized guidance, a personalized plan, and hands-on support for implementing it.
In-depth parent intake & child needs assessment
Personalized academic & behavior plan
Four 1-1 coaching sessions with your child
Targeted activities to strengthen skills
Messaging support for continued support at home
1-1 Personalized Support
Help me figure out & implement exactly what my child needs.
DIY Support
Give me the tools to support my child myself.
For families who want brain-based resources, activities, and guidance they can use at home at their own pace.
One 1-1 parent implementation session
Personalized academic & behavior plan
Messaging support for continued support at home
100+ brain-based resources & activities (one month)
Frequently Asked Questions
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BrainPassion Kids provides personalized support designed to teach and strengthen the learning, behavior, and executive-function skills that help children thrive.
We look beyond what your child is struggling with to identify the skills that may need strengthening. From there, we create a personalized plan with targeted activities and strategies based on your child’s individual needs.
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No. BrainPassion Kids is not traditional tutoring or academic intervention.
A tutor typically focuses on teaching or reteaching academic content. At BrainPassion Kids, we focus on the skills underneath the struggle.
For example, if your child struggles with reading fluency, we may use reading activities while working on skills such as attention, working memory, pacing, self-monitoring, frustration tolerance, and independence.
Academic activities can be used as opportunities to teach, practice, and strengthen the skills that support successful learning.
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Parents may seek support because their child is struggling with things like:
Learning: reading fluency, completing schoolwork, studying, homework routines, organization, or applying learning strategies.
Behavior & Self-Management: attention, following directions, emotional regulation, impulse control, frustration tolerance, transitions, or independence.
Executive Functioning: planning, working memory, task initiation, flexible thinking, organization, or time management.
Every child is different, so we identify the specific areas that make sense for your child rather than using the same program for everyone.
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All three options follow the same personalized approach. The difference is who provides the hands-on support.
Self-Guided Support: You receive your child’s personalized plan, activities, and guidance and lead the practice at home.
Guided Support: You lead the practice at home with personalized coaching, progress support, and plan adjustments from BrainPassion Kids.
High-Impact 1:1 Support: I create your child’s personalized plan and work directly with your child through hands-on, in-person skill-building sessions.
You can choose the level of support that works best for your family.
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Your child’s progress is monitored based on the specific goals and skills identified in their personalized plan.
Rather than comparing your child to other children, we look at their individual growth over time, such as needing fewer prompts, completing tasks more independently, using strategies more consistently, staying engaged longer, or demonstrating greater confidence with a skill.
As your child grows, their activities and goals can be adjusted so their plan continues to focus on the skills they need most.
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Not currently.
BrainPassion Kids currently provides educational coaching and personalized skill-building support, not behavior-analytic assessment or ABA treatment.
As BrainPassion Kids grows and professional credentials expand, additional services may be offered within the appropriate professional scope and requirements.
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No. BrainPassion Kids can complement other support your child receives, but it does not replace specialized academic intervention, special education, psychotherapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, medical care, or other professional services when those are needed.
Our focus is teaching and practicing the learning, behavior, self-management, and executive-function skills identified in your child’s personalized plan.
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We begin by learning about your child’s strengths, challenges, routines, and the concerns you’re noticing at home or school.
We then look at the situations where your child is having difficulty and identify skills that may benefit from additional teaching and practice.
This process is used to create your child’s personalized skill-building plan. It is not a diagnostic evaluation. If your child’s needs suggest that specialized testing, diagnosis, therapy, or academic intervention may be appropriate, we may recommend connecting with a qualified professional.
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No two plans have to look the same.
For example, if a third grader is struggling with reading fluency, comprehension, completing work, and becoming frustrated easily, their personalized focus might include:
Reading Practice + Attention + Working Memory + Task Initiation + Frustration Tolerance + Self-Monitoring
Another child struggling with homework may focus on:
Organization + Planning + Time Management + Task Initiation + Independence
Your child’s plan identifies what we’re working on, the skills we want to strengthen, activities for practicing them, and how we’ll monitor growth.
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Sessions are built around your child’s personalized goals.
Depending on their needs, we may use games, movement, academic activities, structured challenges, routines, real-life tasks, and guided practice to teach and strengthen targeted skills.
One activity may strengthen several skills at the same time.
For example, a reading activity might provide opportunities to practice attention, working memory, persistence, self-monitoring, frustration tolerance, and independence while your child practices reading.
The goal is for every activity to have a purpose connected to your child’s plan.
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1:1 sessions are held in person at an agreed-upon location, such as a local library and sometimes the home.
Specific meeting details are arranged with each family before services begin.
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Parents are an important part of the process.
Families receive access to a private parent space through Mighty Networks, where you can stay connected to your child’s plan and support.
Depending on your service level, this may include your child’s:
Current Goals • Skills Being Practiced • Session Updates • At-Home Activities • Resources • Progress • Next Steps
This helps you understand not only what your child is practicing, but why we’re practicing it.Parents are an important part of the process.
Families receive access to a private parent space through Mighty Networks, where you can stay connected to your child’s plan and support.
Depending on your service level, this may include your child’s:
Current Goals • Skills Being Practiced • Session Updates • At-Home Activities • Resources • Progress • Next Steps
This helps you understand not only what your child is practicing, but why we’re practicing it.
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No. BrainPassion Kids does not diagnose medical, psychological, developmental, or learning conditions.
We can work on skills that may be challenging for many different children, including children who already have diagnosed conditions, as long as their needs are appropriate for the services we provide.
When concerns require formal evaluation or specialized treatment, families should work with the appropriate qualified professional.
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BrainPassion Kids may be a good fit if you find yourself thinking:
“My child is capable, but something keeps getting in the way.”
Maybe they know what to do but struggle to get started. Maybe reading feels harder than expected. Maybe homework becomes a battle because of attention, organization, or frustration. Or maybe you simply know your child needs more individualized practice than they’re currently receiving.
Start by telling us what you’re noticing. We’ll determine whether BrainPassion Kids is an appropriate fit and which level of support may make the most sense for your family.