Adulting ‘N Thriving: Senior Edition- College & Gap Year Secrets Schools Won’t Teach You - meets 30 wks

Prepare to be amazed as you watch your differently-wired kiddo make real friends, explore this unique content, grow under the guidance of this expert mentor, and be seen in all their glory!

Why Take This Course?

🚨 *ONLY OPENS FOR ENROLLMENT ONCE A YEAR*

Students are often told what to do in school and then, suddenly, they become seniors, and they’re asked what they want to do when school is over…

Calling that a difficult transition is an understatement. 

That’s why this course was created! 

This is the ONE CLASS THAT EVERY DIFFERENTLY-WIRED SENIOR needs!!! 

This is the ALL-IN-ONE course that guides students through both creating their own vision AND creating the Executive Function systems they require to realize their dreams! 😎

Additionally, we roll our sleeves up and explore what thriving in college or in a gap year can look like as we explore top tips and actionable strategies, socially, academically, and emotionally.

Bonus- this course comes with regular Office Hours for your kiddo to drop in and seek support.

  • ⭐ Students are often told what to do in school and then, suddenly, they become seniors, and they’re asked what they want to do when school is over…

    Calling that a difficult transition is an understatement.

    Not to mention that our differently-wired students have complex brains which can make this process even more difficult…

    In Adulting ‘N Thriving Senior Edition, we dare to think bigger than that tiresome question “what will we major in next year?”

    Instead, we dare to ask what we feel called to do and “why” and we create systems to realize our dreams.

    On this journey, we plan for our futures by exploring our Ikikai, or reason for being, we dream up our own pathways toward our goals, create comprehensive task-management systems to ensure we realize our visions, and explore strategies for successfully choosing, navigating, and thriving in college or in a gap year--socially, academically, and emotionally.

    This is the ONE CLASS THAT EVERY DIFFERENTLY-WIRED SENIOR needs!!!

    This is the ALL-IN-ONE course that guides students through both creating their own vision AND creating the Executive Function systems they require to realize their dreams!

    After over 12 years of helping neurodivergent students prepare for college, this course was created to serve as a crucial bridge between where they are now and where they are going next year (or in years to come).

    This transformative, year-long course goes through 3 acts:

    Act 1- Finding our Why and creating our personal legend!

    Act 2- crafting the executive function systems we need to realize our dreams!

    Act 3-the hard/soft skills and insider secrets required for success in college, adulting, and beyond!

    Concepts To Explore

    ✅ How to figure out what to do when you “grow up”

    ✅ Creation of a Personal legend/vision

    ✅ Introspection and starting with our "why?" rather than just picking major

    ✅ Passion inventory and exploration

    ✅ Cultivation of worldviews/value-articulator statements

    ✅ Making the most of Senior year

    ✅ Executive function skill development- self-awareness, organization, agency, advocacy, and more!

    ✅ College-level note-taking systems

    ✅ Exploring comprehensive study methods

    ✅ Development of stronger social skills

    ✅ Planning for and realizing life after high school

    ✅ Navigating college like a champ: office hours, advocacy/getting help, accommodations, living with roommates, and more!

    ✅ Finance and money matters

    Bonus- this course comes with regular Office Hours for your kiddo to drop in and seek support

  • Enroll your superstar senior in this course to see them: reflect to create their own person legend, master executive function systems they need to realize our dreams and learn the hard/soft skills and insider secrets required for success in college, adulting, and beyond!

  • Internet connection and can-do-attitude!

 

Ages: 12th Grade (Seniors)

Class size: Maximum- 8 Students

Level: All Levels

Price Per Session: $65

Our Promise To You

Satisfaction Guarantee:

Your child must attend the class in question to qualify.

If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses, here are your options:

  • Refund requests must be received up to 24 hours after the first course begins to do one of the following options:

    • transfer to another course of the same price

    • get a 100% refund credit toward a future class

    • get a 75% money-back to the original payment method

  • The 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.

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Meet Your Mentor

Mr. Sam

Mr. Sam, MEd, is the founder and director of Young Scholars Academy, a two-time Fulbright Scholar, a former Bridges Academy teacher of nearly 10 years, and a Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity graduate.

He is a neurodivergent educator himself and has committed his life to supporting twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students by helping them discover, develop, and lead with their strengths, talents, and unique interests.

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Questions Asked By Fellow Parents

  • 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!

  • 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 =)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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?