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Are you ready to unlock lasting positive change for your young learner? I’m here to guide them toward a life filled with greater self-determination, self-efficacy, and a stronger sense of purpose.My team-based and strength-based approach to coaching is grounded in research-based methodologies that foster emotional change, affective change, cognitive change, and behavior change.Through this holistic approach to intervention, I help our students, parents, and adults achieve long-lasting positive and productive patterns in their lives.
About Dr. Crystal C. Doyle
Dr. Crystal Doyle, a board-certified cognitive coach and educational therapist, helps students unlock their full learning potential. With a deep understanding of learning science, applied behavior analysis, and educational diagnostics, Dr. Doyle offers a unique, evidence-based approach.She develops personalized strategies that build independence and confidence, specifically tailored to support students with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, executive functioning challenges, and other learning differences often overlooked by traditional methods. Her goal is to empower learners of all ages to thrive academically and beyond.Dr. Doyle's approach, refined over two decades in education, is both diagnostic and dynamic, designed to help students not just catch up, but truly learn how to learn. Through a calm and insightful 1:1 process, Dr. Doyle guides students to reframe challenges, develop metacognitive skills, and achieve lasting academic growth.
Cultivating Success Through Holistic Change:
Dr. Doyle’s Approach to Executive Function Coaching
My Approach
My team-based and strength-based approach to coaching is grounded in research-based methodologies that foster emotional change, affective change, cognitive change, and behavior change. Through this holistic approach to intervention, I help our students, parents, and adults achieve long-lasting positive and productive patterns in their lives.
My Method
My methodologies include a blend of motivational interviewing, mind-mapping, and visualizing techniques, contributing to the enhancement of executive function skills, autobiographical planning, and working memory. Whether it's daily routines or long-term skills, I help students and families manage their lives more efficiently and proactively, leading to increased self-determination and self-efficacy.Following the child, my coaching approach is to CONNECT with my families to create safe and trusting relationships that allow each client to REFLECT with authenticity and without fear of judgment on the strengths, the challenges, the successes, the failures, and the goals for and with their children. With that information, I then help clients PLAN and identify a roadmap for achieving that goal, including anticipating what obstacles they might encounter along the way and what they can do in the face of those obstacles.Each session includes time for coaches to INSTRUCT clients in a new skill, strategy, or new way of looking at a situation and provides incentive for using that new skill as they work towards their goals. With new skills, strategies, encouragement, and the “just right” level of accountability, clients begin to ALIGN their actions with their goals. This path of CONNECTING, PLANNING, INSTRUCTING, and ALIGNING continues throughout the coaching process with the ultimate goal being to EMPOWER our clients to develop executive function skills as well as a level of self-awareness, self-advocacy, self-determination, self-confidence, and self-agency that results in them achieving their goals.
SERVICES
Direct Coaching: A Personalized Path to Progress.
With Direct Coaching, I work with the learner one-on-one, providing the most personalized and common form of support. These tailored sessions, conducted via Zoom, Google Meet, phone, or in person, are designed to fit your unique goals and desired pace of change. I'll begin with frequent sessions to build momentum, gradually adjusting as they achieve meaningful progress. This service also includes supportive text check-ins and motivational messages to keep them on track.
Specialized Tutoring For Unique Learners
I offer individualized, strengths-based tutoring for students with diverse learning needs, including those with specific learning disabilities like dyslexia and dyscalculia, as well as learners with dysgraphia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), executive functioning challenges, and anxiety.
Every session is tailored to your child's unique learning profile. Whether they're struggling with decoding, reading comprehension, written expression, or math fluency, I use evidence-based strategies rooted in the science of learning, paired with creativity, connection, and care. My goal is to help students build the skills and confidence they need not just to succeed in school, but to understand how they learn best and carry those tools with them for life.
Family Support
I offer Family Support (Case Management) for clients and parents seeking a more comprehensive coaching experience. Beyond one-on-one direct coaching, this service provides coach-initiated check-ins, coaching for family members, facilitated family meetings, and collaboration with your existing team. This holistic approach ensures enhanced accountability, in-the-moment support, and seamless coordination.Check-Ins
I also encourage client-initiated Check-Ins, where you update me on your progress. My aim is to empower you to independently manage your goals throughout our coaching journey.
Educational Testing
Behavior Consulting
School Placement Consulting
Resources & Downloads
Coming Soon! Here you'll find a valuable collection of downloadable resources, practical tips and tricks, and helpful links to third-party websites. Check back soon for materials designed to support your child's learning journey and empower your family.
Dr. Doyle Accepts Scholarships through the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA). The Scholarship is worth an average of $10,400 and covers instructional materials, home education, tutoring and much more.Who is eligible?
• Students 3 years old to high school graduation or age 22, whichever comes first
• Children with one of 23 diagnoses including, but not limited to: autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, spina bifida and emotional, behavioral or intellectual disabilities.To Apply Online, or for more information, visit StepUpForStudents.org
Direct Coaching: A Personalized Path to Progress.
Direct coaching is when the client and coach are working 1:1 together. This can be over Zoom, Google Meet, in person, or over the phone. The duration and frequency of these sessions are determined by the team’s goals and the desired pace of change. One to two direct sessions a week during the onset can be common and fades as the client achieves a meaningful level of progress. This model of coaching is the most common form of coaching and is required in the beginning for all of our clients. Simple text check-ins and/or motivational messages are also included in this service option. Over time, once the coach and client have an established working relationship and effective momentum in the skill development process, the two will decide how frequently to meet directly.
Specialized Tutoring
I offer individualized, strengths-based tutoring for students with learning differences, including specific learning disabilities (SLD) in literacy and math, such as dyslexia and dyscalculia. I also support learners with dysgraphia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), executive functioning challenges, and anxiety.
Every session is tailored to your child’s unique learning profile. Whether they’re struggling with decoding, reading comprehension, written expression, or math fluency, I use evidence-based strategies rooted in the science of learning , paired with creativity, connection, and care.
My goal is to help students build the skills and confidence they need not just to succeed in school, but to understand howthey learn best , and to carry those tools with them for life.
Family Support
I offer Family Support, also known as Case Management (CM), for clients and/or parents seeking a more comprehensive and elevated level of coaching. This service provides increased support, monitoring, advocacy, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring a holistic approach to your family's needs.
In addition to one-on-one direct coaching, CM includes:
✔️ Coach-initiated prompting and check-ins outside of direct sessions for consistent accountability and in-the-moment support.
✔️ Coaching for parents/family members to align with and support the client's progress and overall family goals.
✔️ Facilitated family meetings to foster open discussion about goals and progress, promoting transparency among family members.
✔️ Collaboration and communication with your existing team (e.g., therapists, teachers, neuropsychologists) or recommendations for additional professionals who can further support the client's journey.
Client-Initiated Check-ins
My Check-Ins are a client-initiated process where we establish a schedule for you or the learner to update me on their daily or weekly progress. My ultimate goal is to empower all clients to embrace this model, developing the skills to independently initiate updates as your learner progresses through our coaching journey.
About Dr. Crystal C. Doyle
Elevating Learning with Insight and Intention — Dr. Crystal Doyle
Cognition, behavior, and learning intersect in the work of Dr. Crystal Doyle, an educational therapist, diagnostician, and board-certified cognitive coach dedicated to identifying and supporting how students learn best. Drawing on deep expertise in learning science, applied behavior analysis, and educational diagnostics, Dr. Doyle has developed a distinctive approach to intervention—one that combines evidence-based assessment with practical, personalized strategies that build independence and confidence in learners of all ages.Recognizing early in her career that educational resources often fell short, especially for neurodivergent learners, Dr. Doyle began developing her own tools, assessments, and interventions tailored to real classroom and home needs. Her work supports students with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, executive functioning challenges, language-based learning differences, and other learning profiles often overlooked by traditional models.Through her practice, Dr. Doyle offers:✔️ Cognitive and educational diagnostic services to uncover key learning markers✔️ Behavior and executive functioning support plans for home and school✔️ Individualized learning strategy development grounded in data and developmental science✔️ Parent and school consultation that bridges clinical insight and real-world implementationTraining & ApproachDr. Doyle’s doctoral research in Learning as an Applied Science, combined with advanced degrees in Applied Behavior Analysis and Instructional Leadership, has shaped her whole-child, whole-context model of learning. Her credentials include:Board-Certified Cognitive SpecialistAdvanced Autism Care SpecialistMontessori and IB PYP-trained educatorOver 20 years of experience in teaching, school leadership, behavior intervention, and private practiceDr. Doyle’s method is both diagnostic and dynamic, supporting students not just in catching up, but in learning how to learn. She remains deeply committed to 1:1 student work, where her calm, insightful approach helps students reframe challenges, build metacognitive strategies, and experience real academic growth.