Our STORY
Lauren and Carmen met through mutual friends. We bonded over raising neurologically diverse children. The experience of our children processing the world in a different way than most other children (whether because of ADHD, dyslexia, giftedness, 2E, gender creativity, etc.) felt isolating. We wanted to help our kids feel successful and achieve their potential.
What we both discovered was that here in the Bay Area there’s an overwhelming amount of resources, but they’re difficult to navigate. There are waiting lists. There are doctors and therapists and support groups and online groups, and nobody to put it all together for you. It’s difficult to understand where to start. Many parents must reinvent the wheel to figure out the best path for their child, in a process that can be exhausting and lonely.
With a collective background in HR, executive leadership, life coaching, research, communications, and plain old wisdom hard-won from our own journeys, we began to wonder how we might serve as pathfinders for fellow parents, since we are living through the same experiences ourselves.
Not to replace professional service providers, but instead to help parents get their bearings and focus on the first few steps, to provide resources, and to help with navigating the roller coaster of emotions. PRA was born from a desire to share our learning with other parents like you, in the process making it a little easier to find courage to begin your own journey.
If you need to find support and resources for your child with learning, attention or social differences; sensory challenges; or gender differences, we can help.
“Lauren understood immediately where I was coming from and addressed the issue with a warm, practical approach that struck a nice balance between coach and thought partner. She came to the sessions well-prepared, ran them efficiently, and successfully helped me to reframe my situation in a way I could not have achieved on my own. It was a relief. I’d work with Lauren again any time and recommend her to anyone.”
“Carmen is a wealth of information on education, career and parenting. She’s committed to her friends and clients at every level. Not only is she a wonderful mentor, but she is fun to be around and always knows just what to say.”
HOW CAN WE HELP?
Just received a diagnosis and unsure where to start?
Working through your own feelings around your child’s difference?
Worried about challenges you can’t even predict now?
Not on the same page with your partner about how to best handle the situation?
Nervous about how to share the news with your communities?
Overwhelmed by the amount of information and people involved?
Want to know the first few steps you can take?
Head spinning around your new reality?
Need tools to help with big emotions, parenting challenges, and communication?
If any of this sounds familiar, you might benefit from reaching out to us. Check out these scenarios for more information about the kind of challenges we’ve encountered and can address.