Online specialised tuition and coaching for children and teenagers in Thailand.
One to one online sessions for ages 7 to 18 in international families, focused on transitions, belonging and social confidence, with tuition available when it is needed.
Somewhere steady to think, in the middle of a lot of change.
- London Teacher of the Year Award 2021
- BSc Psychology (Hons) and Qualified Teacher Status
- 10+ years with children in the UK and internationally
- One to one online sessions, ages 7 to 18
Some children in Bangkok and the other established international communities have already been to three or four schools. They can pack a life quickly and read a new classroom in a day. What they often have less practice at is staying, and letting themselves settle in case it does not last.
Coaching is a regular hour where none of that has to be managed. Ruby and your child look at what they are actually finding hard, whether that is a friendship, a subject teacher, or the sense of never quite being from anywhere.
It forms part of Ruby's support for international and expat families.
At a glance
- Main service
- One-to-one online coaching for children and teenagers
- Ages
- Coaching for ages 7 to 18. Tuition for ages 7 to 13
- 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
- Tuition
- British curriculum tuition, academic confidence, 7+, 9+ and 11+ preparation can be incorporated where appropriate
- Format
- Individual online sessions tailored around the child’s strengths, needs and goals
- Availability
- Online sessions arranged around Thailand after-school hours.
- Practitioner
- Ruby Cole, qualified teacher, BSc Psychology (Hons), former Assistant Psychologist and London Teacher of the Year 2021
- Scope
- Education-led, psychology-informed coaching. This is not therapy, counselling, psychological assessment or clinical treatment
Frequent moves and the questions they leave behind
Children who move often can look extremely capable and still be carrying something. A child who has said goodbye several times may start holding back from new friendships, or may throw themselves into them and be knocked sideways when a friend leaves.
Identity comes up a great deal with children growing up between cultures. They frequently have a rich, wide view of the world and no simple answer to where they are from. Sessions give them room to hold both without needing to tidy it up for anyone.
What Ruby and your child work towards
Ruby sets the focus with your child and adjust it as the year moves.
Friendships, social confidence and communication
Sessions are practical. Ruby and your child look at what they say and do in real situations, try alternatives, and work out which ones actually feel possible for them rather than for a more outgoing child.
Where a child has been hurt by a friendship, Ruby and your child spend time on repair, on boundaries, and on how to tell whether someone is a good friend to them.
The friendships and social confidence coaching covers this in full.
Organisation, planning and independence
Changing schools repeatedly means changing systems repeatedly. Children can end up with no reliable way of tracking work because none of the previous ones lasted long enough to stick.
Ruby and your child build one simple approach that belongs to your child and travels with them, whichever school they are in next.
This follows the organisation and independence programme.
Emotional regulation, confidence and transitions
Ruby and your child work on recognising a feeling early, understanding what it is telling them, and having something practical to do next. That is far more useful to a child than being told to calm down.
For families with a move coming, sessions can cover the goodbye, the gap and the arrival, which takes some of the weight off you.
SEN and neurodivergent children in international schools
International schools vary widely in the specialist support they can offer, and a neurodivergent child can be doing their best in a setting that does not quite fit. Ruby works with autistic children, children with ADHD, and children with differences in processing, working memory and executive functioning.
The work is neurodiversity-affirming. Ruby and your child look at what makes school workable and where a child's strengths are, and Ruby never teaches them to mask.
There is more on SEN and neurodiversity-informed coaching.
Where academic support is also needed
Tuition for ages 7 to 13 can sit alongside coaching, following the UK National Curriculum and supporting British, Cambridge and IB pathways. Frequent moves often leave uneven gaps rather than a general delay, so the first job is usually working out precisely what has been missed.
For selective UK entry there is 7+, 9+ and 11+ preparation.
How the timings work
Ruby works from the UK, roughly 9am to 6pm UK time. Thailand is six hours ahead in British Summer Time and seven in winter, so after-school slots here sit inside her working day without anyone getting up early.
Sessions are one to one by video call at a regular time, with a written note to you afterwards.
Who this is for
- Children who have already changed school several times
- Children who hold back from new friendships
- Children working out where home is
- Children who need one system for organising work that lasts
- Neurodivergent children in international schools
- Families with another move on the horizon
About Ruby
Ruby Cole is a qualified teacher with Qualified Teacher Status and a BSc Psychology (Hons), and winner of the London Teacher of the Year Award 2021. She has more than 10 years of experience supporting children and young people in the UK and internationally, including specialist one to one teaching across mainstream, SEN and neurodivergent profiles.
She previously worked as an Assistant Psychologist within a children and young people's clinical psychology service, and has contributed to research with UCL and the Anna Freud Centre. That background is why the work is psychology-informed: sessions start from how a child is developing, what they are carrying and how they learn, rather than from a fixed programme. Ruby works closely with parents throughout, and with a child's school where the family would like her to.
What this is, and what it is not
Ruby offers education-led, psychology-informed coaching and support. This is not therapy, counselling, psychological assessment or clinical treatment. If a child's needs fall outside the scope of coaching, Ruby will always be open with the family and recommend appropriate professional support.
Questions families in Thailand ask
My child has moved a lot and seems fine. Should we still consider coaching?
It is worth a conversation. Children who move often become very capable at arriving, and some of them stop letting things matter as a way of coping. Coaching gives them somewhere to notice that.
Can sessions help before a move rather than after?
Yes, and that is often the best time. Ruby and your child can work on the goodbye, on what your child wants to take with them, and on what the first few weeks might realistically feel like.
What does a first session look like?
Mostly getting to know each other, and finding out from your child what they would like to be different. Nothing is tested and nothing is diagnosed.
Do you work with teenagers as well as younger children?
Yes, coaching runs from 7 to 18. Sessions with older teenagers look quite different, with more direct conversation and more of the agenda set by them.
Is coaching suitable if my child is autistic?
Yes, and it is adapted to how they communicate and process. It is neurodiversity-affirming support, not an attempt to change how they are wired, and it is not assessment or therapy.
How do you keep me involved from a different time zone?
Written notes after sessions, and calls scheduled at a time that works for you. You will always know what Ruby and your child are working on.
Do you work with children at Bangkok's international schools?
Yes. Coaching and tuition both work alongside any of Bangkok's international schools, whether they follow the British, IB or American curriculum.
Where to start
If you are not sure whether coaching or tuition fits, that is what the first conversation is for. You can read more about coaching for children and teenagers, or go back to the international coaching page for the wider picture.
Talk it through with Ruby.
A free 15-minute discovery call, no pressure and no obligation.