Kathryn Tournat, M.S., ET/P
Educational Therapist
BellaMenti Thinking & Learning Solutions
Kathryn Tournat, M.S., Professional Educational Therapist, is the Director of BellaMenti Thinking & Learning Solutions in Pleasanton, California - Serving the Tri-Valley and 680 corridor.
* REMEDIATING Reading, Writing, Math. Plus ADHD & Mindfulness
* Specializing in Whole-Person Systems Analysis, Remediation and Management for All Ages Elementary through Professional.
* We provide Individualized Solutions: Driven by the most recent and widely accepted human brain development models, scientific methods, and client collaboration.
* BellaMenti Educational Therapy services provide intensive, individualized educational interventions for children and adults with classroom learning challenges such as dyslexia, ADHD, dyscalculia (math challenges) language processing problems, poor motivation, low performance, low self-esteem, performance anxiety...or even, poor classroom social, organizational, and/or study skills.
* Clients are 2nd gr. through Adult/Professional students needing academic/learning evaluation, remediation planning, and implementation methods that are appropriate to their situation.
* Clients also include adults needing customized learning and memory assistance who do not have diagnosed brain trauma.
Education/Training
Master in Science, Cognitive Science: Emphasis in Human Information Processing (since 1988)
Plus: Human Factors Engineer (since 1988)
Plus: Ergonomic Programmer (since 1991)
Add: Post Grad at Georgetown U. for OD in W.D.C
Plus: Organizational Development (OD) Consultant (since 1991)
Plus: Mom (since 1992)
Plus: Senior Usability Engineer (since 1994)
Add: Post Grad at UC at Santa Cruz for Educational Therapy
Plus: Professional Educational Therapist, Private Practice (since 2005)
Plus: Mindfulness Educator (since 2009)
Bio
Kathryn has her Master of Science in Cognitive Psychology, with emphasis on Learning and the relationship between automatic and effortful processing (key to understanding applied methods for ADHD, Executive Functioning, emotional regulation, … ). She is an expert at facilitating problem solving and executive functioning development.
While she started working with Astronauts in the Space Shuttle program (1988), she has since acquired two post graduate certifications through Georgetown (1992 – Organizational Development and Systems Management) and UCSC (2001 – Educational Therapy) for an even deeper understanding of how to facilitate learning in formal environments, and chose to focus on applications to learning in educational settings.
In addition to that, to be certified as a Professional Educational Therapist, she had over 2000 hours of SUPERVISED assessment, remediation, coaching and case management work.
Since then she has practiced for 12 years with a 35 unit per year CEU criteria to keep her Professional status as an Educational Therapist up to date. She is well versed in Lindamood-Bell™ programs (LiPS, SS, VV), Making Math Real® methodology, Orton-Gillingham methods (O-G, Slingerland, Barton, Wilson), Social Thinking and Zones of Regulation, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and other techniques that directly remediate and/or support the most appropriate way of learning for each student.
Currently, she is applying for PhD candidacy in Neuroscience at The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.
She teaches the following classes for various ages of students and their parents in her local communities: Executive Functioning: Organization; Mindfulness for Kiddos, …for Teens, …for Adults; and, Expressive Writing for Teens, Math Fundamentals: MMR® + Eureka + Saxon = Understanding .
Memberships
Association of Educational Therapists
International Mind Brain and Education Society
Association of Computer Machinery, IEEE
Helpful Links
Practice Areas/Issues Treated
 Educational Therapy
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Study Skills Development
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Attention Deficit Disorder
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Other Less Common Conditions
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Dyslexia
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Reading and Writing Difficulties
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Evaluation and Testing
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School and Test Anxiety
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Language Processing Problems
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Social Skills Development
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Learning Disabilities
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Tutoring
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Low Academic Self-Esteem
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Visual Processing Problems
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Math Disabilities
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Asperger's Syndrome
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Non-Verbal Learning Disorders
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Licenses/Certifications
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Associate Educational Therapist
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Professional Educational Therapist (ET/P)
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Master's Degree
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