Ruby ColeEDUCATION & COACHING
London Teacher of the Year Award 2021

Online social & emotional coaching for children and teenagers, wherever they are in the world.

One to one online coaching for ages 7 to 18, for the friendships, confidence and motivation that come with an international childhood.

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Award-winning specialist support

Academic confidence and emotional steadiness, wherever you are.

  • BSc Psychology (Hons)
  • Qualified Teacher Status
  • London Teacher of the Year Award 2021
  • Psychological Researcher
  • Former Assistant Psychologist
  • 10+ years experience across Psychology and Education
  • One to one online coaching, across time zones.

At a glance

Main service
One-to-one online coaching for children and teenagers
Ages
Coaching for ages 7 to 18
Areas of support
Friendships, social confidence, emotional regulation, executive functioning, organisation, school transitions and independence
SEN and neurodiversity
Psychology-informed support adapted for autistic children, children with ADHD and children with other additional needs
Format
Individual online sessions tailored around the child’s strengths, needs and goals
Availability
Sessions arranged around the child’s school day and local time zone.
Practitioner
Ruby Cole, qualified teacher, BSc Psychology (Hons), former Assistant Psychologist and London Teacher of the Year 2021
Coaching for international families

Settling into a new country takes more than finding a new school.

A move abroad can look fine from the outside while a child is quietly carrying a lot. Coaching gives them a steady, structured space to work it through, one to one and online, with someone who understands both children and change.

Children who grow up between countries and cultures often carry real perspective and adaptability. Alongside that, they may be working out where home is and how to keep friendships across distance. Coaching runs from age 7 to 18, so it can continue into the teenage years, when questions about identity and belonging often surface most clearly. There is more on friendship and social confidence coaching and on support with transitions and moving school.

Settling into a new school and country

Making friends in a new school, joining a class where everything works differently, and finding a footing when home and school feel very different.

Identity and belonging

What it means to grow up between cultures and countries, and how children and teenagers can feel secure in who they are wherever they are living.

Friendships and homesickness

Missing the people and places left behind, and building new friendships and confidence in a new setting, without losing the old ones.

Growing up between cultures

The bigger questions that come with an international childhood, worked through steadily in one to one sessions that fit your time zone.

Who this is for

  • Families at a British or international school abroad wanting UK-qualified specialist support
  • Expat families whose child has recently relocated
  • Children finding a new school, new country or new friendships hard
  • Neurodivergent children without easy access to local specialists
  • Families moving back to the UK and wanting to bridge the gap before they arrive

How it works

  1. 1Book a free 15-minute discovery call, at a time that works in your time zone.
  2. 2Ruby talks through what your child needs, academically and emotionally.
  3. 3Most families start with coaching, and sessions continue for as long as they are useful.
  4. 4Sessions are delivered online, scheduled around your family and your child's school.

Online coaching and support by location

Ruby works online with children and teenagers aged 7 to 18 in international and expat families, with sessions arranged around their local school day and time zone. These pages set out what tends to come up in each place, and how coaching can help.

Questions international families ask

Is this therapy or counselling?

No. This is education-led coaching. It is not therapy, counselling, psychological assessment or clinical treatment. If Ruby believes a child would benefit from clinical support, she will always say so.

What is the difference between tuition and coaching?

Coaching gives a child tools and support for the social and emotional side of things, like friendships, confidence, feelings and settling. Tuition is more about academic support, like schoolwork and subjects.

Can coaching continue through the teenage years?

Yes. Coaching runs from age 7 to 18, so it continues through secondary school and into the teenage years, which is often when the questions about identity and belonging surface most clearly.

Do you support neurodivergent children abroad?

Yes. Ruby adapts sessions for neurodivergent children and children with additional needs, which can be especially valuable where local specialist support is hard to find.

Which countries and time zones do you cover?

Ruby works with families in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Sessions are online, and Ruby works across time zones, with slots arranged around your child's school day.

How do online sessions work?

Sessions are one to one, over video call, at a regular time agreed around your child's school day and your time zone. Everything Ruby offers in person also runs online.

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Further reading

My child's friends keep leaving, helping them cope with a changing international school community

Wherever you are, let's talk.

A free 15-minute discovery call, arranged around your time zone.

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