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Personal Consultations

Sometimes you want to ask someone who's been there ... (and been doing it a LONG time!)

Sometimes you want good news, and a positive plan... (Suzanne believes parents have heard enough bad news already.)
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~   Does my child really need a tutor?  If so, how can I be sure it's a good one, and that it isn't used as just a crutch?
~   Do my children's grades really measure their learning, or are there better ways to know how they're doing?  
~   How can I find my child's unseen strengths? 
~   How can I connect my children to education, and help them come to LOVE learning?
~   What if they already hate it, and have already disconnected?

We've tried to fill our site with help for so many of the situations families face as students struggle to learn and parents struggle to help them. 

But sometimes you want to discuss your child's specific situation with someone who can answer your specific questions, and come up with a plan you can implement, that is tailored for your child.  A plan you don't need any special training for, other than the fact that you love this child.

So many people wrote us asking how to get help and advise for their specific situations, other than just finding a tutor, or handing off the problem.

Many ask, "What will happen when I can't help with the homework any more?"  Even more are already there. But helping with homework is unnecessary for our children's academic success and love of learning.  In fact, not knowing how to help is often more helpful than knowing how.  But few parents know how to do anything more.

So Suzanne began offering one-on-one consulations with parents (in-person or via phone), giving parents strong, positive answers to their specific questions and powerful, positive ideas they can implement now.  The response has been overwhelming.

Among the comments we have hear from parents after speaking with Suzanne.:

"Now I don't dread it when they get stuck anymore."

"I no longer hide at homework time, or send them to my spouse!"

"I didn't ever realize that I was inadvertently hurting their test performance; I thought I was helping!  But now, I really am."

"I don't need to nag anymore."

"I had hired a tutor for her, but she began using that as a crutch, not a tool.  Now I know how to spot the 'crutches' that only helped in the short term, and replace them with skills that last in the long term."

Among the questions parents get answers to:

• Does your child need a tutor, or just a shift in approach?
• How do you find your child's strengths, and use them to connect him or her to education, so that school becomes a place they want to go, not just have to go?
• Is she really a poor test taker, or does she just not know how to really study for a test? 
• Are you inadvertently contributing to their test anxiety?  
• Do you know the simple questions you can ask (without needing to know the answers) that will automatically raise their math test scores?
• Do his grades really represent his learning and ability?  
• How do you replace her negative self-image in school with a strong and honest positive one?
• What can you do if they already hate school, and feel sure it's not for them?
• How can you strongly counteract the negative messages they get, with postive ones they'll believe?
• How can you tell if good grades are masking weak learning?
• How can you tell if poor grades are masking strong skills?
• and any other questions you may have...

It is not difficult to make school and learning a place kids want to be, and a place they feel connected to. 

Suzanne Sutton has tailored specific solutions for individual students and families for more than 30 years, with great success.

Read more about Suzanne

Consultations by phone, or in person.

Parents learn how to light a spark, how to reduce anxiety, how to discover and share their own excitement for learning.  They learn what steps they can take to help their kids become great test-takers, as well as great learners.  They learn how to develop readers, and thinkers, not just "do-ers."  They learn how strong of an effect they really are, whatever their educational background.

Contact us to arrange a consultation, or to learn more.

Fee: $150

(Discounts available for more than one child).

You can also get answers to so many of these and other questions on Suzanne's 3-hour audiobook: : Beyond Homework Help: How ANY Parent Can Raise a Mathematically Powerful Child, (Even if you can't do the math!)

Order today, and you will have your own copy  within a week, packed with fresh answers and ideas you can listen to again and again, as your children go through school, providing answers to so many situations you will face.

On sale now, at a special holiday price.

Cost: $35 - HOLIDAY SALE $28.95 - limited time, order today!

       

or mail a check for $28.95 plus $4 postage to Suzanne Sutton, P.O. Box 8706, Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8706. (MD residents add $1.45 sales tax)

Most often, parents don't need to make drastic changes or the expense of weekly tutoring to get powerful results.   Suzanne Sutton has been connecting kids to a powerful education for more than 30 years. Her ideas are fresh, her stories inspiring, and her message - at last - is a positive one.