For elementary age kids with learning or developmental differences, led by a BCBA who is also an experienced special education teacher. So when frustration turns into a shutdown or a meltdown, your child has someone in the room who knows exactly what to do next.
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Led by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Master's in Exceptional Student Education, ABA concentration
Individualized academic plans, not a workbook off the shelf
Serving Palm Beach and North Broward County families since 2015
Private pay, no diagnosis or insurance approval required to start
Homework turns into a battle before it even starts. Your child can do the work, some days, but the second it feels too hard, something shifts. Tears. Shutting the notebook. Walking away. Sometimes yelling, sometimes just going quiet in a way that’s almost harder to watch.
Teachers say she’s smart but “gets frustrated easily.” You’ve tried reward charts, extra worksheets, a tutor who was lovely but didn’t quite know what to do when the meltdown started. The academics and the behavior keep getting treated like two separate problems, handed to two different people.
They’re not separate. And they don’t need two different people.
A tutoring session with Alex doesn’t stop the moment your child gets stuck. That’s the moment it’s built for.
That’s the difference between a tutor and a BCBA who tutors. The goal isn’t just getting through today’s worksheet. It’s building the skills your child needs to push through frustration on their own, a little more each week.
Sessions cover reading, writing, and math, matched to where your child actually is, not where the school calendar says they should be. For younger kids, that includes kindergarten readiness: letters, numbers, following multi-step directions, and the early self-regulation skills that make a classroom feel manageable instead of overwhelming.
Say your son is working on a math worksheet and hits a problem he doesn’t understand. He starts to shut down: pencil down, arms crossed, “I can’t do this.” A typical tutor might coax, or wait it out, or end the session early.
Alex does something different. She recognizes the behavior for what it is, a response to frustration, and uses the same evidence-based strategies she’d use in a behavior therapy session: she helps him regulate first, then guides him back to the problem in a way he can actually access.
The math lesson keeps going. The meltdown doesn’t win.
Alex Johnson is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and holds a Master’s degree in Exceptional Student Education with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis. She brings a combined 11 years of experience as an RBT and ESE teacher supporting learners ages 3 to 21. She has sat on both sides of the table: the one that writes the lesson plan, and the one that manages what happens when a child cannot yet access it.
Alex built this program because she kept seeing the same gap. Kids with learning and developmental disabilities were getting academic help from people who did not have behavioral training, and behavioral help from people who were not trained educators. She believes a child’s challenging behavior during schoolwork usually is not defiance, it is communication. Once that behavior is understood and addressed with the right strategy, the academic work underneath it becomes possible again. Her approach is patient, direct, and built on the belief that every child in front of her can reach grade-level skills, given the right support.
Years of hands-on practice across school, home, and community settings taught her to meet children in their natural environments, where progress actually sticks. Her goal is simple: a child and a family who leave every session more confident than they arrived.
Kids from kindergarten readiness age through elementary school, roughly ages 4 to 11, with a learning disability, a developmental disability, an IEP or 504 plan, or a pattern of academic frustration that turns into challenging behavior.
Reading, writing, math, and early academic readiness skills for kids not yet in kindergarten.
One-on-one sessions, built around an individualized plan based on where your child is right now, academically and behaviorally.
At our Coconut Creek office, in your home, or during the school day, depending on what works best for your family.
Weekly sessions, with the plan adjusted as your child progresses.
A first conversation with Alex to talk through what you're seeing at home and at school, followed by an initial assessment to build your child's plan. No diagnosis is required to begin.
This program is private pay only. That’s intentional: it means Alex can build a plan around exactly what your child needs, not around what a specific insurance plan will approve. No ASD diagnosis or insurance authorization is required to start.
Contact us for current session rates.
Give us a picture of what you’re seeing, at home or at school. We’ll tell you honestly whether this program is the right fit.