Guided by Experts in Learning and Development

Coach Aandi is being shaped with input from specialists across learning support, occupational therapy, literacy, music, regulation and neurodiverse education.

We believe children learn best when support is personalised, not just to their year level or curriculum outcome, but to how they think, process, regulate, communicate and engage.

That is why Coach Aandi is being developed with expert guidance behind the scenes. Each specialist brings a different lens to how children learn: from dyslexia and visual literacy, to sensory regulation, movement, music, executive function, emotional readiness and learning confidence.

Their expertise helps us build a system that can better understand the child in front of it and adapt the learning pathway accordingly.

Our Experts

Maria Johnson

Supports readiness for learning through brain–body development

Sarah Charlton

Supports students with dyslexia and
learning challenges through practical,
confidence-building approaches

Carlyn Cooper

Supports children’s regulation and learning readiness through sensory-informed occupational therapy insights

Louise Debreczeny

Supports visual learners with literacy
through Story Pictures, a picture-based
approach to reading and writing

Tim Hansen

Supports memory and engagement
through music-based learning structures
and auditory learning strategies

Kylee Leota

Supports personalised learning
through regulation, learner profiling and
strengths-based Zones of Genius insights

Why this matters

Many children do not struggle because they are unwilling to learn. They struggle because
the pathway into learning has not been designed for the way their brain and body work.

Coach Aandi brings together expert thinking from different fields so that support
can become more responsive, practical and personalised.

One child may need a visual pathway, another may need movement, rhythm or music, another may need regulation support before they are ready to engage and another may need information broken down differently, repeated differently or connected to their strengths.

Our goal is to make this expertise more accessible, so families, educators and professionals can support children in ways that feel more aligned, more human and more effective.

We are continuing to grow our expert network

Coach Aandi is still evolving and we are actively looking to connect with more specialists whose work could help shape the way children are supported.

We are particularly interested in hearing from experts in:

ADHD and executive function

Autism and communication differences

Emotional regulation and anxiety

Sensory processing and occupational therapy

Vision, visual processing and developmental optometry

Dyslexia, dysgraphia and literacy intervention

Learning science and cognitive load

Giftedness, twice-exceptionality and strengths-based learning

Trauma-informed and polyvagal-informed practice

Music, rhythm, movement and embodied learning

Speech, language and communication support

Gamification, motivation and student engagement

Neurodiversity-affirming education