““Anthony, our 15 year old son, has been working with Inbal for almost a year now. Anthony’s first high school semester was very difficult for him and our family. Lots of missing assignments and poor grades, strong reluctance to study and receive help. Inbal stepped in during a time of significant parent/child tension and took over a lot of the school oversight responsibility from us; what a relief! After the first semester of working together Anthony raised all grades to C or better. Anthony’s now pushing to finish this semester with grades B or better. Inbal’s initial focus was to get Anthony onto a daily calendar/checklist system. That system has been critical in helping Anthony to remember, own and execute on his tasks and assignments. Anthony’s ownership of the daily calendar and checklist process has been critical to his success. It was tough for us early on as they only focused on checklists and did not actually do any tutoring. A year later we can attest that Inbal knew what she was doing in getting Anthony to fix his systems before focusing on the academics themselves.

Anthony and Inbal have met 3 hours per week, mostly in our home, but sometimes over skype. They met through the summer, focusing on more self-management and typing skills. They are now focusing on maintaining grades, meeting commitments, self-advocacy with family and teachers, and reading and writing skills. Anthony has learned to work like never before. It’s been very tough for him to develop new habits of self-management and study. But a year later we, and especially Anthony, are in a dramatically different place. All the energy that we put into fighting over studying a year ago, now actually goes into studying. Anthony is a much happier person. Our home is happier and healthier place.””

““Sam was a very bright student in middle school, but behind on his executive functioning skills, which made organizing his studying and planning ahead for exams really challenging as he began freshman year at at a very challenging independent private school. My relationship with him was getting strained as I found myself needing to “coach” him too much, and it was a great relief for us both to find Inbal. Inbal set expectations for the study skills and organizational tools and habits that we could expect Sam to learn. We saw him gradually develop and begin to practice these academic habits on his own independently. Meeting with him twice a week over the past two years, Sam not only understands himself much better but is able to apply many of these executive functioning skills to maximize his academic potential. Inbal seamlessly transitioned into other academic subject support as their work became deeper in reading comprehension, analysis and writing. Inbal is brilliant, hard working and 100% reliable. She cares deeply for Sam and finds the right balance of firmness and patience to maximize their collaboration. I trust Inbal and would highly recommend her to parents searching for executive functioning expertise.””

““My son had been struggling with several learning differences for many years when I reached out to Inbal. She came highly recommended by the Head of School at my son’s school, who had herself previously worked as a reading specialist. My son could barely complete work without constant 1:1 supervision and could not really put together a paragraph. He struggled with reading, writing, math, anxiety, and significant executive function deficits. I wasn’t sure how he was really going to learn anything going forward. I also worried about his sense of self-worth and confidence, particularly as he was moving into middle school soon. Inbal instantly connected with my son. He felt immediately that she really understood him and his struggles. She is light and jokey when possible, to make my son feel at ease. She uses music and other types of media to help calm his anxiety. She has done a lot of work with him on mindfulness and other calming techniques, to the point that the therapist he sees for anxiety recently told us that she didn’t think he needed to continue with therapy at this point. I’ve noticed him independently using the techniques she has taught, which is pretty amazing for an 11 year old. However, she also pushes him hard on academics when appropriate. She manages to strike the exact right amount of “push” and “support,” which is so often elusive for parents. Even in the hardest moments when she really pushes him, he has told me that he is grateful for her. As a parent, I have been very pleased with how communicative and accessible Inbal has made herself. I really feel like we are teammates, which is so critical when you are wading through unfamiliar struggles. She has been flexible (and patient!) with both scheduling and content. And most importantly, I know that Inbal genuinely cares for my son - and he senses this, too, as kids always do.

My son switched to a school for learning differences this year, but we have continued to work with Inbal. Since the material is more accessible to him now, she is focusing on executive function skills and also general structure/process for writing. My son actually asked that we keep working with her - which is pretty mind-blowing! I highly recommend Inbal, and have passed her name on to many of my own friends. She is truly worth it.””

““We were introduced to Inbal when we were looking for a tutor with special ed experience to help our then 5th grader with math and language arts. We have been working with her for over 3 years now and she has been a tremendous partner in our daughter’s educational journey. Inbal understands her learning style and is able to translate school lessons and assignments into language and processes that make sense to her. Beyond helping with specific school content, she has been able to teach our middle schooler some incredibly important skills such as organizing homework, planning larger projects, advocating for herself with her teachers, and regulating her emotions when feeling overwhelmed. As a result, both her confidence and executive functioning have improved. We feel fortunate to have found Inbal and our daughter is lucky to have in her a valued teacher, mentor, and friend.””

““Inbal worked with my son for 3+ years at first as a classroom teacher and then as a tutor/learning specialist. I don’t have words for the impact that Inbal has had on my child. My child was struggling with a variety of challenges including ADHD, dysgraphia, and academic trauma from some difficult school experiences. My child had lost belief that he could learn much less write.

Inbal never ran out of tools or techniques to work with him. When a new challenge revealed itself, she pivoted and found ways to work with him. She met my child where my child was and rebuilt his confidence. Anyone would be lucky to work with Inbal. She is amazing.””

““We feel really lucky and privileged to have been able to work with Inbal Ben-Harari. When I first reached out to Inbal, my oldest son, Y, was seven and a half. He had trouble focusing in a classroom setting and also some issues with other kids who were treating him poorly, resulting in low self-esteem issues. Inbal was really amazing. I spoke with her about the issues and she assessed Y as well. She came up with a plan of attack that my husband and I wholeheartedly agreed with. When working with my son she used kindness, empathy, reason and fun techniques, games and videos to really relate to Y on his level. Inbal would update me at the end of every session and sometimes I would get a call from her when she thought of another tactic she wanted to try. I could tell she was thinking about helping Y even on her “off” time. She was professional, easy to work with, communicative and all around a really nice person.

The best part of working with Inbal was the tremendous growth I had seen in my son. So much so that the following year, we did not need to work on the friend issues at all, Y had gained invaluable knowledge that he still, to this day, refers to as his “Inbal notes” and uses them to deal with any uncomfortable social situation that may arise. We decided to continue to work with Inbal on our son’s focusing issues and he has shown tremendous improvement. We also asked Inbal to help us with our younger son, S, who was five when Inbal started working with him. S is a very passionate kid and can easily get very angry about what most people might see as more minor things. Inbal helped S learn words and language for what he was feeling and came up with a wonderful strategy to help him calm down on his own. We really saw improvement in S that even his Kindergarten teachers commented on. I cannot reiterate enough how much Inbal helped our family.””