Self-Management Academy
You shouldn’t have to run your teen’s entire week.
The Self-Management Academy is an online program used from home. Your student works a 9-month sequence in the application. You get a dashboard. A Carefree coach teaches the week live on video.
First lesson this week. $239 weekly live coach. You are not adding another job.
Cancel before the next bill. No 9-month contract. Florida Step Up accepted. First live lesson happens this week. Same program without the live lesson: Family-run — $99/mo.
The real question
Will I still have to stand over this?
Weekly live coach · $239
A person teaches the week so you do not have to.
Same program. Same dashboard. A Carefree coach on Sarah’s team, 45 minutes live every week. If they stall, the coach runs the lesson. You are not the one arguing about homework.
Family-run · $99
You run the lesson.
The sequence and the dashboard still hold the week. You teach it. Guessing “done” does not count.
What your teen sees
Not another cute kids app.
They log in to a mission board, today’s quests, and a week that has a job. It feels like a path they are walking — not a worksheet you printed. You never get dropped into their player. You get the dashboard.
The first 30 days
Day 30 you decide. Not us.
We will not promise a new teen in a month. Week 1 is the first live lesson. Day 30 is when you decide. If it isn’t a working week, cancel before the next bill.
Week 1
Account on. First missions. First live lesson.
Your family account is on. Your student starts the first missions. The first 45-minute lesson is booked this week — Coach Chyanne or Coach Rebecca, on Sarah’s team. You can see the dashboard.
Weeks 2–3
The coach holds the week. You do not.
Live lesson, practice until it sticks, real-life assignments that come back as data. You are not managing another system. You check the dashboard.
Day 30
You decide if it stays
You should not expect a new personality. You should expect a working week. If it still falls apart without you, cancel before the next bill. No argument.
Same program without the live lesson: Family-run — $99/mo.
If this is your house
The week only works because you are holding it together.
You are the entire system
Alarms, backpack checks, the 9 p.m. scramble. If you stop, the week falls apart. That is not a character flaw in your student. It is a missing skill set — and you have been filling the gap.
Nothing you try seems to stick
Planners, apps, a pep talk after every missing assignment. It works for three days. Weekly coaching that resets every Monday has the same leak: there is no path that refuses to be skipped.
You are tired of being the homework police
The relationship is paying for the executive function. You want to be the parent again. Your student wants independence too. Neither of you has a structure that builds it.
You are not imagining it
This is the week we built the academy for.
“I can run the morning, or I have a relationship with my kid. I cannot keep doing both.”
The problem — not a review
“Another weekly Zoom that my student forgets, and I still have to stand over the planner.”
The problem — not a review
“I don’t need another app. I need my student to finish something without me in the room.”
The problem — not a review
This is the week we built the academy for. A 9-month sequence, a BCBA who built it, named coaches on her team, and a first month you can walk away from.
Weekly coaching without a path is just another meeting.
Most programs sell you a person for 30–60 minutes. Then your student is alone with a planner again. We built a 9-month sequence that requires a real finish, a parent view that stays out of the student player, real-life artifacts, and — if you choose it — a 45-minute weekly lesson from a Carefree coach supervised by a BCBA.
| Typical weekly coaching | This academy | |
|---|---|---|
| The week after the call | Your student is on their own | The next skill does not open until this one is done |
| Who teaches | Whoever is on the Zoom | Same playbook. Coach or parent teaches first |
| Can they skip? | Yes — and they will | No. That is the point |
| What you see | A recap email, if you get one | A parent dashboard. Never the student player |
| What they keep | Notes from last Tuesday | Eight tools that outlast the year |
| Your job | Still the reminder app | See progress. Stop nagging the system |
How a week actually works
Teach. Practice to mastery. Use it in real life. Repeat for 36 weeks.
A real person teaches the skill
Not a video dump. The coach (or you) teaches first — then the week has a job.
The app practices until it sticks
Prompted practice and data until mastery. Guessing “done” does not count.
The next skill does not open until this one is done
Guessing “done” does not count. No hopping to the fun module.
Then your student tries it in real life
Assigned practice leaves the screen and comes back as data.
What it looks like
The board, today’s practice, and the parent view.
The 9-month journey
One theme at a time. Nothing skipped.
Know Yourself
Strengths, patterns, and what actually gets in the way.
Goal Setting
A direction your student chose — not one handed over.
Executive Function Foundations
The tools that make follow-through possible.
Time Management & Organization
Plans that survive a real week.
Habits & Accountability
Small daily reps that add up.
Emotional Regulation
Name it, size it, and move again.
Self-Advocacy & Communication
Ask for what you need, clearly.
Independence & Community Life
Skills that travel outside the app.
Future Planning & Graduation
A roadmap your student can keep using.
Relief for you. A path for your student.
Your student
Mission board, daily quests, habit streaks, regulation tools. Progress your student can see — and you can trust.
You
A clean view of only your children. Stay informed. Stop standing over the planner.
Your Carefree coach
On the $239 plan: an RBT on our team, supervised by a BCBA. Your coach teaches the week and watches mastery.
Who is behind this
Directed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Coached by our team.
A BCBA is a clinician certified to teach skills that change how a week actually runs. Sarah directs this academy and supervises the coaches. Your student works with them live on video, from home, wherever you are.
Founder & Program Director
Sarah Pistner
BCBA, M.Ed.
Sarah spent 13 years as a special education teacher before becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2022. She developed this academy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and her M.Ed. in Special Education from Penn State. She also holds certifications as a Teacher of the Deaf and in Exceptional Student Education.
She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education while leading Carefree. She has worked in schools, homes, clinics, and telehealth. That mix is why this academy is built the way it is: teach, practice to mastery, then use it in real life — not another open-ended check-in.
Coaches on Sarah’s team
Coach Chyanne
Registered Behavior Technician · Bachelor’s in Psychology
On Sarah’s team for the Academy — live lessons, real-life practice, and mastery.
Coach Rebecca
CHWC, NBC-HWC · M.S. Kinesiology
Becky is fluent in telehealth coaching, data acquisition and educational presentation delivery as well as in-person. She obtained a certificate of training from Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Plans
Start with a coach. Family-run is there if you want to teach.
$239 is the relief plan: someone else runs the lesson. $99 is the same program without the live hour. Same first month. Same cancel.
Weekly live coach
A coach runs the lesson
$239 / month
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
About $60 a week · $2,151 if you stay the full 9 months
- ✓ 9-month sequence + parent dashboard
- ✓ Coach on Sarah’s team, supervised by our BCBA
- ✓ One live 45-minute lesson every week
- ✓ About 27 hours of live coaching in the school year
One hour of private executive functioning coaching — help with starting, organizing, and finishing — often costs more than this whole month. Then you are back in the doorway. Here you get that lesson every week, plus the program after the call.
Family-run
You run the lesson
$99 / month
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
About $25 a week · $891 if you stay the full 9 months
- ✓ Complete 9-month mission path
- ✓ Parent dashboard
- ✓ Eight tools your student keeps
- ✓ You teach the week. Guessing “done” does not count.
The program without a live lesson. For families who still want to teach the week.
Billed monthly. Access turns on when payment confirms.
We invoice the scholarship. Most families never put a card on file.
Billed monthly. If it is not the structure your family needed, cancel before the next bill. You will not be billed again. No 9-month contract. No results clause — you decide.
If you run a homeschool group, school, or organization and need seats for several students, email [email protected] and we’ll talk through bulk licensing.
What your student walks away with
Not a stack of finished lessons. Eight tools your student can keep using after the year ends.
Straight answers
Is this therapy or medical care?
No. Educational coaching and structured skill practice — not treatment, diagnosis, or therapy.
Who is the coach on the $239 plan?
A Carefree RBT on our clinical team, supervised by a BCBA. 45-minute weekly lesson. Not a substitute for ABA therapy.
Is there a long contract?
No. Billed monthly. Cancel anytime — including after the first month. The 9-month path is the design of the program, not a contract. If it is not a fit, you stop. You will not be billed again.
Can a school, co-op, or organization buy seats in bulk?
Yes. Email [email protected] with about how many students and whether you want family-run or coach-supported seats. We’ll send licensing details. This is separate from a single-family $99 or $239 plan.
Do you take Florida Step Up?
Yes. Approved vendor. We invoice Step Up. Same $99 and $239 plans.
Who logs in?
You create a family account. Each student gets a login. You only see your linked children.
Start with a coach this month. Keep it if the week finally holds without you.
$239 Weekly live coach. Cancel before the next bill. Card or Florida Step Up. Built by Sarah Pistner, BCBA. Family-run is $99 if you still want to teach.
Educational coaching and skill practice — not medical care or therapy.
At Carefree Connections, we believe every person learns differently. Through personalized education, evidence-based therapies, and meaningful community experiences, we help children and teens build confidence, develop life skills, and reach their full potential in an inclusive and supportive environment.
Location
148 Roberts Village Ct Suite 1301, Saint Johns, Florida 32259
Contact Us
904-584-2780
sarah@carefreeconnections.org