Lesson Options
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In-person Initial Screening Appointment
A non-refundable $150 Initial Screening Appointment is required for new students seeking to book any of Ms. Ellen’s services. She recommends going to Mindful Youth LLC’s Contact page and filling out the contact form before booking a screening appointment. All participating families must be able to pay private rates. None of the services offered by Mindful Youth LLC are covered by any insurance or other reimbursement program. After the initial appointment, based on family preferences, Ms. Ellen will create a recurring schedule of services and bill families These in-person appointments are located in the San Francisco Bay area, California.
IN-PERSON RATES
The small group and individual cost for in-person tutoring is $75-$150 per week. In-person services and events led by Ms. Ellen are available on weekdays and weekends. Ms. Ellen is triple-Pfizer vaccinated and bivalent boosted against COVID-19.
PRICE SHARING
Price sharing reduces the cost of special academic instruction via a small group format. The two-student format is the most popular starting point. Price-sharing is billed in advance per semester and must be received in full before the first session. Maximum class size of sessions are determined by the level of student instructional needs. Cost per family for 2+ students is $75 per week.
SFBA SOCIAL SKILLS PROGRAMS
Ms. Ellen’s social skills programs serve students from any schools in SFBA and are designed primarily for upper elementary students and tweens, although she does serve some high school and college students. These private programs are designed to stretch students socially where they need it most and prepare them for larger in-person social events. Visit this website’s Community page and Social Skills page for more information.
MINDFULNESS EVENTS
All of Mindful Youth LLC’s programs integrate mindfulness. To book only private mindfulness meditation lessons ($50 per class; $500 per 1:1 series) throughout the year, book an initial screening appointment on this page. A low-cost remote video option has been paused indefinitely pending national AI regulation. Thank you to President Biden for his executive order and Bill of Rights regarding AI, which Ms. Ellen hopes Congress with mirror with national legistation to protect human workers.
APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY
New students and parents can schedule initial screening appointments up to 2 weeks in advance. Fill out the full form on her “Contact” page for faster response times.
RESCHEDULE OR CANCEL
Contact Ms. Ellen directly at mindfulyouth@comcast.net to cancel or reschedule sessions. A maximum of two lessons can be rescheduled per 15-lesson series during Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. Large group events are non-refundable and cannot be rescheduled due to logistical challenges.
Mindful Youth LLC’s Commitment to Privacy
Until the development of AI is regulated to ensure rights to privacy, identity and creative copyright, Ms. Ellen will never allow the recording of students, which can be used for AI development. As a public speaker for 30+ years, Ms. Ellen McCarty is protected by California AI regulation for performers. Since 2011, Mindful Youth LLC has protected student privacy by never publishing photos of actual students as a marketing tool for its programs. Ms. Ellen’s commitment to privacy - and to practical and safe tech-blended learning - will continue as this new tech age evolves.
Beware of AI-era tech-based misinformation re: Ms. Ellen.
Yelp, Upwork and other tech companies have tried to force Ms. Ellen McCarty to give her biometric data in order to remove false information about her like this economic sector category on Yelp. It’s the right phone number but Ms. Ellen McCarty is not a therapist. She has no Yelp account. She is an education specialist (an educator) who operates as Mindful Youth LLC not her name. She should be able to correct this misinformation with a simple call or email to Yelp but tech companies want copyright ownership of biometric data instead, which can be used to steal identities for AI robot development. Ms. Ellen believes in privacy and the right to not give her biometric data to any corporation via coercion. No podcasts, reviews or statements should be considered real or valid unless they are on this website or connected to her official YouTube channel linked to this website. Two-thirds of online content is now created by AI bots. Always verify directly at mindfulyouth@comcast.net. No matter what is posted about her, Ms. Ellen will never surrender her ownership of her biometric data or her right to privacy. Ms. Ellen is verified by human beings not tech companies. “Been verified” types of biometric screening and AI monitoring has been used to undermine pro-democracy resistance movements in Asia and Russia so Ms. Ellen is boycotting all tech-company verifications of identity at this time.
Humanity first. May all people be free.