Beyond BookSmart Opiniones 

Very informative intake process. Answered all my questions, and provided a detailed overview of the coaching services.

I have not used Beyond BookSmart myself, but as a psychologist and presenter on the topic of executive skills, I frequently refer clients and have met a number of the BookSmart staff. I have found them to be knowledgeable about executive skills and skilled at working with both students and adults who want to improve their executive functioning as it applies to school, work, and their life goals.

Beyond BookSmart has been a life saver for our son. While medication helps his ADHD, it doesn't help with his serious executive functioning issues. His psychologist who did his testing recommended Beyond BookSmart and we couldn't be more pleased with the results. He reports that his coach is easy to talk to, flexible, helpful, completely non-judgmental, and provides a number of solutions to assist him in his short and long term planning. Our son's time with his coach not only assists him in planning and staying on top of school work and other commitments, but he is now far less anxious and far more confident, not only in his ability to do well in and manage his college courses but also to self-advocate. While it's him who's done the work, it's Beyond BookSmart that has provided him the tools, support, and caring encouragement to confidently take control over what had often felt like an out of control life to him. We are forever grateful.

When my child with autism started with BBS what I wanted was for her to succeed in college. But that was what I wanted, NOT what she needed at this point in her life. She and her coach figured out together what she really needed right now, which was to find and succeed at a job she loved to build confidence and responsibility. Her coach taught her how to make that happen by building EF skills like calendars, goal setting, incremental steps, checking in, follow-through, and time management. If a parent asked me what I thought about Beyond Booksmart coaching services I would say they should plan to make the investment to keep their kid with BBS long term, because it doesn't work overnight, but it really does work! And I honestly believe that when she does go back to college, my kid will be able to succeed.

We have had two children supported by Beyond BookSmart. The coaches have been extremely helpful in guiding our children to become more confident in their skills and improving learning skills. Both of their grades improved significantly as a result of the coaching. Very impressed with the team.

My granddaughter loved her coach and learned so much from her and, in the beginning, we saw really nice improvement. She learned lots of strategies to get started with her homework and school projects; since she was a procrastinator, this was extremely valuable. Along with the other Executive Function strategies, she was doing her homework in a timely fashion and managing her time much better. Then Covid came, school fell apart because vitual learning happened so poorly and she stopped applying what she learned.

The coach always stayed connected with us by sending information on what they had worked on and what was expected from my granddaughter. She also texted my granddaughter weekly to check that she was following through. We really couldn't ask for more.

My daughter’s coach has mad such a difference in her confidence and her ability to organize herself. We have seen positive results and tangible growth. Thank you!!

Working with Michael at Beyond BookSmart was one of the most formative experiences during my time as a high school student from 2009 to 2011. His attention to detail and ability to deconstruct seemingly overwhelming tasks into easily executable smaller chunks taught me so much about how to manage my time and also how to take on bigger projects. I came in as an extremely skeptical struggling student and left Beyond BookSmart feeling like I had all the tools needed to handle whatever was thrown at me in college and also out in the real world. I highly recommend working with them!

Fran was amazing and so grateful for her .

I'm an adult psychiatrist and have referred dozens of patients with ADHD and executive functioning difficulties to Beyond Booksmart over the years. They do a fantastic job! Virtually all of my patients have raved about the benefits they received from their service. I don't even consider referring my ADHD patients anywhere else.

great at diagnosing the problem and great at remediation.....

Great coaches who have been enormously helpful to my patients! They only use evidence based strategies.

I highly recommend the coaches at Beyond Booksmart and have referred clients to them for years.

The executive function coaching that both our sons received from Beyond BookSmart literally changed their lives for the better. Not only did the coaching help them navigate academic and organizational challenges during their middle/high school years, it supported them in college and helped to develop skill sets for the working world and in life overall! We can't say enough about the team and the caring approach that benefited our sons. The investment in executive function coaching with BBS was invaluable. Years later, we still see it paying off, and the team is still just a phone call away if we ever need it.

Beyond Booksmart has helped my child realize their goals and dreams, make a plan to get there and achieve some of those goals. It has taken some time for them to learn the skills, but we are continuing this valuable enrichment because we are seeing much improvement in their executive functioning skills. They have helped them through the process of finding employment and making a plan to eventually live independently.

Our YA child has been working with a wonderful coach for several years. They have established a valuable, trusting relationship, that has really helped our child articulate and face numerous challenges. As a parent, I have appreciated the candor and clarity of the subsequent reports. Often they have provided me with an opportunity to explore certain questions with my child in a way that is direct but not adversarial.

After exploring multiple avenues to get our high-schooler the support she needed, we came across Beyond BookSmart and dared to hope they might succeed where others had failed. Their structured approach, combined with phenomenal coaches (shout-out to Courtney), transformed a very challenging situation into a life-changing success story!

The effectiveness depends on who the coach is, rather than the BBS system per se.
BBS does have a pre-match process, but it is not possible for prospective clients to get a good feel for the competence of the coach.
We got a coach for my son the summer before going to college and he had the same coach through the first half of the Fall Semester - there was no discernible improvement and the session reports by the coach were generic (even though our son had signed for us to have access to it), making it difficult to figure out what's not working. I will give this coach a ZERO STAR.
Then he got a new coach (this time we knew how to evaluate better), and within a few sessions, the difference was like night & day. In addition, the change continues to improve. This 2nd coach deserves FIVE STARS.

The difference in my son’s academic performance, measured before and after his introduction to a very special instructor from Beyond Booksmart, is palpable, worth every minute, and worth every penny. Our son went from experiencing internal noise, lack of focus, and getting poor grades to earning great grades and receiving high honors on
his report cards. Having Beyond Booksmart on our team made a tremendous difference.