Services
Services
You know your child better than anyone. If school meetings go nowhere, grades slip, or evenings fall apart after class, trust your instincts. You are not overreacting.
Services are the ongoing work: counseling for your child, coaching for you at home, consultation on the school side, and forensic work for counsel. Formal testing, including Independent Educational Evaluations, social and emotional assessment, and behavior assessment, lives on Evaluations.
You do not need the perfect label to start. Tell us what's happening, and we will help you sort the next step.
Who we help
You have been carrying a lot, and sometimes even school professionals are not sure how to help.
Whether your child is struggling academically, having big feelings, or exhibiting challenging behaviors, we can come alongside you and share the load. We can also help you understand the educational side of things and help you get the most out of the support available to you at school.
The work we do
Four ways we work alongside families.
Counseling
Individual counseling for children and adolescents when worry, frustration, or behavior is getting in the way of learning and school. The work is practical: understanding what is making school hard, and building the skills that help your child get back on track.
CounselingParent coaching
Support for you when your child is struggling emotionally or when challenging behavior has started to run the day. We work out what is driving it, what to try at home, and how to respond in the moments that keep going wrong.
Parent coachingSpecial Education Consultation
Help with the school side. We review the records, explain the IEP or 504 plan and the assessment reports in plain language, and prepare you for the meeting. Between meetings, it is also a place to think through what to raise with the team, and how.
Special Education ConsultationForensic Consultation and Expert Witness Testimony
Independent evaluation, record and evaluation review, and testimony for counsel in California special education matters. Retained by either side, and the work does not change depending on which. Full detail is on the forensic page.
Forensic consultation
Formal evaluations
Looking for an assessment?
Independent Educational Evaluations, psychoeducational assessments, autism evaluations, social and emotional assessments (ERMHS), and behavior assessments are all on Evaluations.
EvaluationsLooking up a condition
Start at What We Assess/Treat
If you are matching a concern by name, start at What We Assess/Treat.
What We Assess/TreatHow it starts
First contact stays simple.
Tell us what's happening.
Do not send records, reports, or sensitive details about your child through a public form. We will use that first conversation to understand your concerns and point you to the right kind of work. Fees are discussed at consultation.
What happens after that depends on the path: counseling for your child, coaching for you, a consultation on the school side, or a move into evaluation.
Choosing the right path
Use this as a static orientation, not a test.
If more than one sounds right, that is common. Start with the conversation you need this week.
Your child is struggling emotionally and needs a place to talk
CounselingBig feelings or challenging behavior at home need a plan
Parent coachingA report, IEP, Section 504 plan, or school meeting you cannot parse
Special education consultationYou need testing or an IEE
EvaluationsYou are looking up a concern by name
What We Assess/TreatYou are not sure yet
Tell us what’s happening
If something still feels off after months of trying to explain it, trust your instincts. You are not overreacting. We can help you name the question without asking you to become the specialist in the room.
For school professionals & providers
Helping a family reach Crescent?
If you are a school professional or another provider helping a family reach Crescent, use the same contact path. Send the family. Do not put child records in a public form.
Crescent stays independent. We do not align with or against a district. We do not offer advocacy. The pages a family needs are the same ones listed above.
Where we work
By appointment, serving California’s Central Valley and Central Coast.
In person in Fresno, Madera, Merced, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. Virtual throughout California.
Start with a conversation
Restore your peace.
You do not have to carry this by yourself. Tell us what’s happening, and let’s figure it out together.
Prefer to talk? Call or text (559) 287‑8351.
Marcia Lynn Miller, LEP #3015 · Independent practice