
Adulting ‘N Thriving: College/Gap Year Secrets Schools Won’t Teach You
Discover How To Build Your Life with Purpose, Systems & Self-Knowledge
This course meets for 36 weeks
Why Take This Course?
Adulting ‘N Thriving: Build Your Life with Purpose, Systems & Self-Knowledge
From Big Dreams to Daily Routines—Let’s Connect the Dots Between Who You Are and Where You’re Going
Adulting ‘N Thriving is not your average life skills course—it’s an immersive journey into self-discovery, personal development, and the essential tools for living a meaningful life. Designed for neurodivergent teens and young adults (ages 19–25), this course supports learners at every stage of transition—whether you're imagining your first steps into adulthood or actively navigating college, work, or life beyond high school.
Over the year, we’ll explore three transformative acts:
✨ Act 1: Know Thyself
Through Ikigai mapping, introspective exercises, passion inventories, and value-based reflection, students begin to uncover who they are—and who they’re becoming.
✨ Act 2: Systems for Success
Once we know our “why,” we create customized executive function systems—organization tools, task management strategies, goal-setting methods, and real-world routines to stay on track without burnout.
✨ Act 3: Real Life, Real Skills
We tackle the practical knowledge everyone needs but few are ever taught—navigating transitions, building social and advocacy skills, understanding time and money, and preparing for college or career with confidence.
Whether students are preparing for high school, college, a gap year, or their first job, Adulting ‘N Thriving gives them the tools, confidence, and clarity to move forward with intention.
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Adulting ‘N Thriving: Build Your Life with Purpose, Systems & Self-Knowledge
From Big Dreams to Daily Routines—Let’s Connect the Dots Between Who You Are and Where You’re Going
Adulting ‘N Thriving is not your average life skills course—it’s an immersive journey into self-discovery, personal development, and the essential tools for living a meaningful life. Designed for neurodivergent teens and young adults (ages 13–25), this course supports learners at every stage of transition—whether you're imagining your first steps into adulthood or actively navigating college, work, or life beyond high school.
Together, we’ll explore what it means to live intentionally in a world that often moves too fast for deep thought. We’ll slow down and ask big questions:
🌀 What do I value?
🌱 What kind of life do I want to build?
🛠️ What systems do I need to support that vision?Over the year, we’ll explore three transformative acts:
✨ Act 1: Know Thyself
Through Ikigai mapping, introspective exercises, passion inventories, and value-based reflection, students begin to uncover who they are—and who they’re becoming.✨ Act 2: Systems for Success
Once we know our “why,” we create customized executive function systems—organization tools, task management strategies, goal-setting methods, and real-world routines to stay on track without burnout.✨ Act 3: Real Life, Real Skills
We tackle the practical knowledge everyone needs but few are ever taught—navigating transitions, building social and advocacy skills, understanding time and money, and preparing for college or career with confidence.Whether students are preparing for college, a gap year, or their first job, Adulting ‘N Thriving gives them the tools, confidence, and clarity to move forward with intention.
Topics we’ll explore include:
✅ Vision-casting & creating your personal legend
✅ Passion and values exploration
✅ Executive function skills (organization, self-awareness, planning, advocacy)
✅ Study habits & notetaking strategies
✅ Navigating college systems & support
✅ Communication & social navigation
✅ Financial literacy & personal budgeting
✅ Independent living and responsibility
✅ Thriving emotionally and socially as a neurodivergent young adultThis is the go-to class for learners who want to feel empowered, not overwhelmed, by the path ahead. Join us to design a life you love—and build the skills to live it well.
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Whether students are preparing for college, a gap year, or their first job, Adulting ‘N Thriving gives them the tools, confidence, and clarity to move forward with intention.
Topics we’ll explore include:
✅ Vision-casting & creating your personal legend
✅ Passion and values exploration
✅ Executive function skills (organization, self-awareness, planning, advocacy)
✅ Study habits & notetaking strategies
✅ Navigating college systems & support
✅ Communication & social navigation
✅ Financial literacy & personal budgeting
✅ Independent living and responsibility
✅ Thriving emotionally and socially as a neurodivergent young adultThis is the go-to class for learners who want to feel empowered, not overwhelmed, by the path ahead. Join us to design a life you love—and build the skills to live it well.
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Internet connection and can-do-attitude!
Ages: Juniors/Seniors & 19-25
Class size: Maximum- 8 Students
Meets: 1 x per week
Level: All Levels
Price Per Session: $51.30 weekly
Our Promise To You
Satisfaction Guarantee: If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses:
Payment Plan: Let us know in the first 24 hours and we’ll immediately stop all payments. After that, no worries! Tell us anytime, and we’ll stop future payments after a 30-day processing period.
Paid in Full: You can switch to another class of equal value or get a credit for the remaining balance for future classes.
We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!
We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting over $2000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.
My promise to you.
-Mr. Sam
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Meet Your Mentor
Hushbeck
Hushbeck is a teacher in rural Oklahoma. Growing up, her and her 2E brother loved museums, nature, books, and all things learning, except school. For Hushbeck, the anxiety school brought on could be overwhelming and for her brother, the structure and dynamics did not meet his ADHD/Autism needs.
Now as an educator, she seeks to meet students where they are and find where they can thrive by building an inclusive and open environment, whether that is in a public school classroom, summer camp, or online class. Hushbeck has a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. She has studied political activism.
She was awarded Teacher of the Year for the high school she teaches at in the 2024-2025 school year. Hushbeck lives with her wife and two dogs in the town she grew up in. She is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. She enjoys reading, playing bass guitar, beadwork, and cooking for her loved ones.
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Questions Asked By Fellow Parents
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4 KEY things:
1- A focus on the positive! We don’t focus on what students aren’t doing, we support what they are and we know the rest will come. We develop strengths, interests, and relationships. We build students up so they can build a better world! And do it with the new friends they make in our program!
2- Like-minded neurodivergent peers. Our asynchronous students need one another and YSA is a safe haven for these kiddos to connect around their asynchronies, quirks, and interests. We’re a place where they can be their authentic selves and make friends while doing so!
3- Passionate, masterful neurodivergent mentors who have walked the walk and can authentically validate and support your child with personal experience and care AND expertise as we all have advanced masters + degrees
4-Content your students care about taught in a way they love! We offer the courses they need to be taking, not the ones they’re required to take.
Come by and see for yourself!
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Please don’t confuse reactive “distance learning” and virtual enrichment programming. After all, a student who is completely fried from a boring zoom class is often quick to pick up a tablet or phone, right?
Our courses are not at all the same animal =)
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THIS IS A SATISFACTION GUARANTEE, so your child must attend the class in question to qualify.
If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses, here are your options:
1- 8-Week Courses Refund requests must be received up to 24 hours after the first course begins to do one of the following options:
Payment plan or Paid in full- 3 options: transfer to another course of the same price, get a 100% refund credit toward a future class, or get a 75% money-back to the original payment method.
2- 16+ Week CoursesThe deposit made at the time of enrollment is non-refundable. Cancellation options are:
Payment plan- Cancellation requests received up to 24 hours after the first course begins will stop any future payments. Any cancellation requests beyond that require a 30-day notice to stop the membership/billing.
Paid in full- Cancellation requests require a 30-day notice. The remaining balance at the end of the 30-day cancellation period can be used to transfer to another class or be converted to credit toward a future class.
Please read the description of each course before enrolling.
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We do! We have 3 kinds:
1- Word of mouth: 25% off- we know that the best way to reach new families is word of mouth. When you help another family enroll in a YSA class and they name you at checkout, you will get 25% off the cost of the course you’re currently enrolled in once they stay past the refund period. Note— this applies to all regular courses, BUT only applies to the first month of membership courses.
2- Multi-sibling: 10% off- We believe in supporting whole families and we are willing to put our money where our mouth is! When you sign-up 2 or more kiddos you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.
3-Multi-course: 10% off- To fully serve your family, we hope to provide your child with all the courses they dream of taking! To make this more affordable, when you enroll in 3 or more classes, you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.
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Of course!
As we like to say, if you’re on our site, you’re in the right place.
Our programming is for students who are not being supported or challenged enough in school.
If you have an asynchronous kiddo who you know has strengths and struggles, our courses are for your child.
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2e students experience such asynchronous development that it proves difficult to have hard age limits.
We often evaluate students on a case by case basis =)
Please email us and we’ll discuss: sam@youngscholarsacademy.org
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All of our programs are 100% virtual. This allows us to bring together the twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students of the world, connect them, and nurture them!
Your child may very well enter a 6-person class with 5 other students from 5 different states/countries!
Cool, right?