School Partnerships and Professional Consultation
Our experienced therapists provide trauma-informed, neuroaffirming consultation and collaboration for schools, pediatric providers, and community organizations. Each offering is thoughtfully tailored to the unique needs and goals of the group, supporting more connected and supportive environments.
When a family’s needs are complex, supporters need more than another handout.
Many schools and organizations are supporting children with increasingly layered emotional, behavioral, developmental, sensory, and family-system needs.
Your team may be navigating:
Kids and/or families who are frequently dysregulated or hard to reach
Neurodivergent learners who need more individualized support
Parent communication that has become tense or stuck
Staff disagreement about how to respond to behavior
Team members who feel exhausted, blamed, or under-supported
Students with anxiety, trauma histories, school avoidance, sensory needs, or executive functioning challenges
Our consultation services are designed to help you and your staff slow down, look beneath the behavior, and identify grounded, meaningful next steps in supporting the children and families you serve. Consultation may also include customized resources and sustainable, practical strategies tailored to your team’s unique needs, helping you build a shared language and expand the tools available to you.
Consultation that respects you as the expert in your work.
We deeply respect educators and providers as the experts in their classrooms, clinics, and communities. Our goal is not to tell educators or providers how to do their work, but to build on their existing expertise, offer a specialized perspective, and develop customized resources and meaningful next steps that support the well-being of students, families, and the professionals who care for them.
Together, we move beyond “What do we do with this behavior?” and toward more curious, collaborative questions:
What might this student be communicating?
What does this team need to feel supported and equipped?
What strategies and resources will be practical and usable in this setting?
Our consultants have parterned with:
Real Work Consultants
Amber Kanallakan, LMFT
Amber partners with schools seeking to cultivate the relational and systemic conditions that foster student and educator well-being and success within the complex realities of educational systems. Drawing on her experience as a clinician, educator, and parent, she collaborates with school teams to develop relationship-centered strategies that support thriving classrooms and connected communities.
Consultation Program Lead, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Adjunct Professor 
Gabi Rookard, LCSW, RPT
Gabi brings expertise in neurodivergence-affirming care, nervous system regulation, play therapy, and family support. She helps educators better understand the underlying needs beneath student behavior and develop relationship-based strategies that foster connection, regulation, and long-term growth.
Licensed Child Therapist, Registered Play Therapist, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist
Licensed Child Therapist, Certified Synergetic Play TherapistKimia Amirifar, LPC
Kimia specializes in supporting young children with ADHD, anxiety, developmental differences, trauma histories, and complex family experiences. Her trauma-informed, brain-based approach helps school teams understand behavior through a developmental lens while identifying practical supports that can be implemented in classroom settings.
Popular Consultation and Training Topics
Neurodivergent support (students and teachers)
Sensory processing and regulation
Emotional regulation in the classroom
Trauma-informed behavioral support
Navigating school avoidance
PDA-informed support strategies
Improving parent-school collaboration
Play-based and relational interventions
Burnout prevention for helping professionals