Learn more about us & meet our team
Our sessions are one-to-one and are designed to promote metacognition, independence, and essential executive functioning skills to support academic success.
We create an individual treatment plan based on each child’s specific needs and diagnosis. ETS uses evidence-based curriculum and programs to assist in remediation and intervention.
We provide parent education as part of the treatment plan for all clients. Parent education is a key component to a child’s academic and emotional well-being.
meet the team
Elizabeth Maynard, M.S., Owner and Founder, Educational Therapist
Elizabeth is an Educator and Learning Specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the field. She holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education, an Education Specialist credential, and she is a formally trained Reading Specialist. Her current area of academic research is around the efficacy of ADHD coaching as it relates to wellness in middle school students.
Elizabeth has spent her career helping children thrive in their learning environment in the South Bay and beyond. She provides Educational Therapy to students ranging from kindergarten to college; and delivers individualized treatment plans to students with a variety of clinical diagnoses, including ADHD, Anxiety, Learning Differences, Processing Disorders, Autism, and Dyslexia. She is an expert in parent education, which is a key component of her practice.
Elizabeth is also a public speaker, and has given specialist talks at local schools, educational nonprofits, and parenting groups. She founded ETS with a goal of focusing on academic intervention and student wellness. As Owner and Founder, she prides herself on running a goal-directed practice based on data-driven programs and a whole-child approach.
Monique Crisafi, M.A., Academic Specialist
Monique earned her BA from University of San Diego, her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Dominican University and holds a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership.
She has over 12 years of teaching, tutoring, and home-school support experience in the public and private sectors. In addition, she volunteers as an adult ESL tutor in the South Bay.
Monique is particularly interested in approaching coaching through the lens of various learning styles and offering differentiated instruction, as she recognizes the importance of understanding the individual strengths and challenges of each of her students.
Monique believes establishing rapport and trust with her students is a foundational piece to academic, emotional, and social growth.
Monique enjoys spending time with her teenage children, going to the beach, reading, and traveling.
Priya Kaur, B.A., Academic Specialist
Priya earned her BA from Cal Poly Pomona and her dual teaching credential in General education and Special education.
Priya has been an educational specialist for over 8 years and has experience working as a tutor, instructional coach, and special education teacher in a variety of communities across the LA, OC, and Central Valley counties. Priya has taught a wide range of subjects K-12, with her strengths being in Reading, Writing, and creating individualized supports to assure student success in all areas, instructionally and emotionally.
Priya’s strong special education background speaks to her expertise working with a variety of diagnoses such as Anxiety, Autism, Specific Learning Differences, and ADHD. Priya believes that establishing rapport and coaching using a variety of learning styles and multi-modality instruction provides pathways of academic and social emotional success for her students.
In her free time, Priya enjoys playing tennis, hiking to view waterfalls, concerts, and spending quality time with friends and family.
Janelle Salgado, B.A., Literacy Specialist
Janelle earned a degree in Liberal Studies, holds a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and a Math Subject Matter Authorization at California State University Long Beach. Janelle is a Literacy Specialist focused on ensuring her student’s success. She is a passionate educator who is devoted to helping students become goal-oriented, self-aware individuals. She is highly skilled in meeting the needs of diverse learners and has a proven track record of helping students develop social-emotional awareness.
As a Literacy Specialist Janelle uses differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners. Janelle utilizes modern technology to assist students. Janelle also provides coaching and support for Math learners and Spanish students.
In her free time, Janelle enjoys spending time with her dog, hiking, photography, and watching anime with her husband.
Kristen Herrero, Academic Coach/ Tutor
Kristen earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she focused on the fundamentals of human behavior and the functions of brain behavior.
With a passion for nurturing and empowering young minds, she considers it a privilege to work as an academic coach and tutor helping students of diverse ages and needs, including individuals with ADHD, autism, and other learning challenges. Kristen’s experience in the public-school setting allowed her to gain a deeper understanding of student’s needs. Her teaching expertise is in the areas of reading, writing, math, and social-emotional learning. As an educator, she believes in providing approaches that lend themselves to the individual, personal, and academic needs of her students, resulting in their measurable academic improvement.
Kristen’s background also includes experience as a Human Resources assistant. This experience has provided useful in her communications and interpersonal skills with students.
In her spare time, Kristen enjoys creating various crafts, baking, collecting rocks and shells, and sharing time with her loved ones.
Aveen Fearon, M.A., – Academic Coach / Business Operations Manager
Aveen Fearon is a Southern California resident who has lived in Torrance since emigrating from Ireland with her family in 1989. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Aveen earned her Master’s degree in Psychological Research Studies, with a focus on Autism, from Antioch University, Los Angeles in 2017.
As an Academic Coach, Aveen has developed a unique therapeutic toolbelt, supported by her behavioral research and coaching background, and she has an extensive knowledge of the characteristics, qualities, needs, and challenges of those who have cognitive differences and experience learning difficulties. This makes her an effective coach as she has had years of experience supporting clients’ academic, emotional, and social development and leading students towards success.
As the Business Operations Manager, Aveen is goal-focused, organized, and creative, and she enjoys supporting others and finding solutions to solve problems. Aveen is dedicated, hardworking, and personable, and she is a cheerleader for her clients and her fellow ETS team members. She believes everyone should have the opportunity to grow and learn in a fulfilling and enjoyable environment, and every individual should have a chance to feel proud, successful, and accomplished in life.
