Dr. Ballin coaches parents in addressing youth challenges, both emotional and academic. She helps parents bring harmony and understanding into the home and provides strategies to navigate the educational system.
For schools, Dr. Ballin supervises social workers in licensing and social-emotional inclusion in the classroom. She serves as an educational coach and facilitates professional development workshops for school staff (prek-12) to promote a culture of understanding and support in every classroom.
Professional development workshops
Dr. Ballin was a valuable resource to teachers and administrators in building sustainable routines of classroom management, differentiation, and cooperative learning in our classrooms. Due to her calm and reassuring manner and her effective classroom strategies; teachers quickly trusted Dr. Ballin and could take risks, allowing them to grow in best practices.Kristen Nemekal, Elementary Network Chair/Instructional Coach, Pioneer Charter School of Science
Dr. Ballin has transformed a strategy that was typically used to support higher needs students and made it a highly effective Tier I intervention available to students in all grades, kindergarten through grade 12. Dr. Ballin’s Calming Corners model has been one of the most impactful Tier one interventions in our district.Brian R. Wallace, Ed.D.,Director of Social Emotional Learning,Everett Public Schools