Five things your teen walks out holding.
Not “growth.” Artifacts. By the final session, your teen has produced:
A written, signed personal code
Their own words, on paper, with their name on it — the document the whole arc builds toward.
Decision language for pressure
Words they can actually say in the moment — practiced until they come out under stress.
Three rehearsed responses
For their three highest-pressure situations — named by them, rehearsed in the room.
A before-and-after Genius Profile™
Entry and exit assessment — and the summary is shared with you, the parent.
One live declaration moment
Spoken out loud at the family ceremony, witnessed by the people who matter most.
This is not tutoring. This is not therapy. This is not babysitting. This is identity formation.
The six-week arc.
Representative session themes — final published titles follow the arc master of record.Entry & baseline
The cohort forms. Each student completes the entry Genius Profile™ and sets a personal formation focus for the arc.
Thinking for yourself
Reasoning independently: evidence, discernment, and resisting manipulation — online and off.
Staying regulated
Naming and managing emotional states; choosing behavior under pressure instead of reacting to it.
Coming back stronger
Setback and recovery: building the habits and supports that make bouncing back deliberate.
Holding relationships
Friendship, conflict, and repair — plus staying with hard work when it stops being fun.
The declaration
Students present their personal code at the family declaration ceremony. Exit Genius Profile™ closes the loop against entry.
Why twelve.
Formation happens in rooms small enough that no one can hide. Twelve is the largest group in which a facilitator can track every participant, notice who went quiet, and hold each of them accountable by name. We would rather run a waitlist than dilute the room.
Before you ask about price, ask about safety.
Every facilitator is screened and background-checked.
Facilitators hold mandated reporter status.
Parent or guardian consent is required for every participant. Registration is completed by the parent — never the teen.
Named safety protocols govern the middle weeks of the arc.
Participant writing is private to the participant and the facilitator of record — never scored on content, never reported, never surfaced individually.
STANDARD RATE $297 FROM COHORT TWO ONWARD
Small-room formation, capped at twelve per age band.
Entry and exit assessment, shared with the parent.
Written, signed, and rehearsed — the artifact of the arc.
The final week closes with a live declaration, witnessed by family.
The founding cohort happens once.
Six things every founding student receives that no later cohort will:
Grit to Genius is not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, crisis intervention, or academic instruction. Facilitators do not diagnose, treat, or give clinical advice. A participant under clinical care is welcome — the program runs alongside that care, never in place of it.
The room is only as strong as the person holding it.
Led by Yvonne G. Hall, NAMA CAMS-II Certified Applied Behavioral Researcher, or Certified Grit to Genius Facilitators™ (CGGF™).
The CGGF™ credential makes quality structural, not dependent on one person: every certified facilitator runs the same arc, the same protocols, and the same room standard — which is what makes a second city, and a tenth, credible.
12 seats per band.
Then the waitlist begins.
Founding cohort begins Fall 2026. Pre-registration is open. Registration is completed by a parent or guardian, with consent, routed by age band.
Other cities: waitlist only until a cohort is dated.
Session venue in Canyon Lake announced to registered families. Meeting locations are venues only — no venue sponsors, endorses, or co-presents this program.