Mai G. Baconi is an Adolescents and Parent Coach with extensive experience supporting young people and families in education and mental health contexts. She specializes in working with adolescents and parents, with expertise in ADHD, generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, study skills, and executive functions. She also has significant experience with neurodevelopmental disorders and supporting student inclusion.
Mai integrates Solution-Focused Brief Therapy into her coaching practice and is guided by the belief that all children are educable, all adolescents are coachable, and all parents are caring and coachable. She established the Special Education Department at the Amman Baccalaureate School, worked with the International Baccalaureate Program in Amman and Beirut, and collaborated in the student class inclusion project at the American University of Beirut.
Certifications & Training
· ICF Certified Parent Coach — International Coaching Federation
· Special Education Consultant Training
· International Baccalaureate Training
· Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Education
· M.Sc. in Special Education, Framingham State University, USA
· M.A. in Education, University of Bath, UK
· B.A. in English Literature, American University of Beirut
· Teaching Diploma, American University of Beirut
