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Self-Management Academy
You shouldn’t have to run your teen’s entire week.
A 9-month path to independence — so your student learns to manage time, tasks, and emotions, and you get to stop being the reminder.
Built for teens and young adults with ADHD, mild autism, or executive-function challenges. A real person teaches. The path will not let your student skip. You see progress without becoming the homework police.
Billed monthly · Cancel anytime · No 9-month contract · Florida Step Up accepted
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
These are not reviews. We do not have a wall of testimonials yet — and we will not write fake ones. Trust the structure: a 9-month path your student cannot skip, 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 EF programs sell you a person for 30–60 minutes. Then your student is alone with a planner again. We built a 9-month mastery sequence your student cannot skip, a parent view that stays out of the student player, real-life artifacts, and an optional 45-minute weekly lesson from a Carefree RBT supervised by a BCBA.
| Typical weekly coaching | This academy | |
|---|---|---|
| The week after the call | Your student is on their own | Missions stay locked until mastery |
| 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.
Your student cannot skip ahead
Missions stay locked. No hopping to the fun module.
Then your student tries it in real life
Assigned practice leaves the screen and comes back as data.
The first 30 days
You will know if this is the structure your house has been missing.
We will not promise a transformed teen in a month. We will tell you what should be true if you start.
Week 1
The house is set up
Your family account is on. Your student is on the first missions. You can see the dashboard. On Academy + Coach, the first live lesson happens this week.
Weeks 2–3
A rhythm, not a pep talk
Practice until mastery. Real-life assignments leave the screen and come back as data. Your student cannot hop ahead. You will feel whether the week has a spine.
Day 30
You decide if it stays
You should not expect a new personality. You should expect a working structure and a clear picture of effort. If it is not the support your house needed, cancel before the next bill.
If day 30 does not look like a working week, cancel. You will not be billed again. No argument. No 9-month contract.
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 cannot fake.
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 — not a tutor with a worksheet. 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 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
Certified Life Coach · Bachelor of Science
On Sarah’s team for the Academy — the same playbook, the same supervision.
Plans
One academy. Choose whether a specialist sits in the week with your student.
Tuition for a school-year journey. Both plans are billed monthly. Cancel anytime. No 9-month contract.
Academy
You run it as a family
$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 at home; the app handles mastery
One private EF coaching meeting often costs more than this entire month.
Academy + Coach
A specialist teaches the week
$239 / month
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
About $60 a week · $2,151 if you stay the full 9 months
- ✓ Everything in Academy
- ✓ Carefree RBT, supervised by our BCBA
- ✓ One live 45-minute lesson every week
- ✓ About 27 hours of live coaching in the school year
Private EF coaching often runs $124–$220 per meeting, or $400–$800 a month. This is that lesson every week — plus the Academy — for $239.
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.
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
You just opened. Why should we start now?
Because the thing that makes this work is not a wall of reviews. It is a path your student cannot skip, a BCBA who built and supervises it, and a monthly bill you can stop. Carefree already works with neurodivergent students. The Academy is the school-year, at-home version of that work. We will not invent testimonials. We will tell you what the first 30 days should look like, and you can leave if it is not a fit.
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.
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 the month. Keep it if the week finally has a spine.
$99 or $239, billed monthly. Cancel anytime — including after the first month. Card or Florida Step Up. Directed by a BCBA. Coached by our team, live on video.
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