When your child is bright and the school keeps saying something is wrong.

The situation most parents describe

Your child is clearly intelligent. At home they explain things, notice things, argue well. At school the reports say lazy, distracted, disruptive, or slow. Someone has suggested more discipline. Someone else has suggested prayer. Nobody has actually assessed anything.

This is the most common reason parents come, and it is usually solvable once somebody looks properly.

What Christie is trained to do

Her doctorate is in educational psychology, guidance and counselling — which means the learning side of this is her actual field, not an adjacent interest. She assesses how your child learns, where the breakdown is, and whether the difficulty is cognitive, emotional, environmental, or a mix.

• Suspected learning difficulties, including dyslexia-type patterns
• Attention and concentration difficulties
• School refusal, anxiety about school, or sudden collapse in performance
• Behaviour at school that does not match behaviour at home
• Bullying, social difficulty, or a child who has gone quiet
• Transition problems — new school, new country, a family change

A child who is failing is telling you something. The work is finding out what.

The written report

You leave with a report addressed to the school: what was assessed, what was found, and specific accommodations to put in place. This matters more than parents expect. A verbal request from a parent is easy for a school to absorb and forget. A written assessment from a doctoral-level educational psychologist is not.

How the session runs

Ninety minutes, parents present. Depending on what emerges, Christie may recommend a follow-up with the child, a meeting with the school, or referral to a paediatrician or speech therapist. She will say which, and why.

Fees

Child & learning consult · ₦80,000 · $160

Ninety minutes with parents, plus the written report for the school. In person in Port Harcourt, or online with materials sent in advance.

Schools and school groups can commission assessments and staff training directly — write to her about it.

Fees

What this costs.

Parents & schools

Child & learning consult

90 minutes · parents and report

Assessment and a written report you can take to the school, when a child is struggling and no one can say why.

Nigeria₦80,000

International$160

The first step takes four minutes.

Choose a time and answer four short questions, so Christie walks in already knowing why you came.

Book a session