Strengths
What are they good at, and how do they learn best?
About
Kristin Clouser, California Licensed Educational Psychologist.
I’m a California Licensed Educational Psychologist with more than 13 years of experience helping children, families, and schools understand learning and developmental differences.
My path to this work began as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, as a classroom aide at The Bay School, a non-public school serving children with autism. I saw how thoughtful, evidence-based support could change a child’s trajectory — communication, attention, learning skills that opened doors families may not have imagined at the start.
That experience stayed with me.
Since then I’ve worked with students across traditional public schools, online charter programs, Montessori, homeschool, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf settings — and helped families make sense of evaluations, navigate IEPs, and decide what support might actually help.
As the parent of an autistic child, I know that advocating can be complicated and exhausting. Uncertainty, conflicting information, difficult meetings, and moments when you simply don’t know what to do next.
I believe that even in the depths of frustration, there is a way forward.
My job is not simply to give you a diagnosis or hand you a report filled with test scores. My job is to help you understand your child:
What are they good at, and how do they learn best?
What is getting in the way — and why might school feel so hard?
What support might actually help, and where do you go from here?
I approach every evaluation with curiosity and compassion. I listen to parents because you know your child in ways no test can capture. You deserve information that is clear and usable — not a document full of jargon.
Think of me as your wayfinder. You may know something isn’t working, but not exactly why. You may have a lot of information and no sense of how it fits. I’m here to help you understand where you are, explore the path forward, and navigate the journey with you.