Thanks to a generous endowment from the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, Stanford students receive SLC services free of charge.
The SLC celebrates the diverse ways in which everyone learns. We’re excited to support you on your educational journey!
Meet regularly with a learning specialist on site or remotely.
Understand learning challenges, improve executive functioning, develop self-advocacy.
Foster academic success, smooth transitions, and lifelong independence.
Meet regularly with a learning specialist on site or remotely.
Understand learning challenges, improve executive functioning, develop self-advocacy.
Foster academic success, smooth transitions, and lifelong independence.
Working one-on-one with a learning specialist, clients can learn strategies tailored to how they learn best.
Strategies tailored to fit how you learn.
Tools to improve organization, time management, and focus.
Specialized approaches for students with dyslexia.
Techniques for minimizing distractions and boosting productivity.
Empowering students to ask for what they need and take control of their learning.
We provide evaluations for suspected learning disabilities or ADHD. These evaluations provide insights into how you think and learn, offering practical strategies to overcome challenges and build on your strengths—whether at school, work, or in daily life.
An SLC learning specialist is a dedicated expert who will help you understand your learning and attention challenges and work with you to develop a personalized toolkit with solutions designed to maximize your potential.
We do not offer content tutoring. Instead, the strategies we teach are designed to be applied across various subjects and assist in managing life’s daily demands.
Growing self-awareness, skills and behaviors to optimize performance in and out of the classroom
Realizing personal strengths and attributes you can employ effectively in the classroom
Developing self-advocacy skills to further accentuate your innate talent and intellectual prowess
Practicing to become an efficient user of recommended accommodations
Mastering the use of technology designed to improve reading, writing, time management, and productivity
Preparing for tests and post exam analysis
Preparing for success in adulthood after graduation to college or the workplace
Transforming your lived experience by focusing on your strengths
Complete our registration form to get started with SLC services. Please email [email protected] if you have questions. One of our staff members will reach out to you shortly.
Learning specialists use an e-portfolio tool to document the recommended strategies that have been effective or ineffective. Students are encouraged to implement these strategies in their schoolwork between sessions. The learning specialist establishes learning goals at the beginning of each session and students are invited to provide feedback on their progress toward these goals every 4 to 5 sessions.
Our address is 650 Clark Way in Palo Alto. We are across from the Stanford Mall, north of Sand Hill Road. We offer free parking. The Stanford Marguerite Shuttle – S Line stops just minutes from our building. We are a 10-minute bike ride from White Memorial Plaza.
Aside from not completing the eligibility requirements, the following are some potential reasons students are not eligible for an evaluation with the SLC. Please note this is not an exhaustive list.
Sessions are available online via Zoom or in person, with flexible scheduling from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday
You will be given one chance to reschedule an appointment due to illness or emergency. Our Program Coordinator will try their best to reschedule you at the Assessment Psychologist’s earliest convenience. If you need to reschedule a second time, you will be placed back on the waitlist.
Intake Meeting: Attend a 90-minute intake meeting (virtual or in-person) with our Assessment Psychologist. The psychologist will gather the questions you want addressed during the evaluation, your presenting concerns, and your developmental, medical, family, and educational history.
Testing Sessions: Testing takes place over two to three 3-hour testing sessions. Testing is done in person with the Assessment Psychologist. Sessions can be scheduled within the same week or in consecutive weeks.
Feedback Session: You’ll meet with the Assessment Psychologist and assigned learning specialist to review the results and recommendations. This session will be one hour long and conducted via Zoom.
Please note that due to California Board of Psychology restrictions, you must be physically located within the state of California for all meetings with the assessment psychologist.
For additional questions, contact [email protected], and a team member will get back to you within 1-2 business days.
Our team of learning specialists and assessment psychologists will help you understand how you learn and leverage your strengths. We offer customized strategies to optimize your performance in the classroom, workplace and beyond.
PhD student learns to manage learning differences and completes her dissertation. Read more about Megan’s journey with the Schwab Learning Center at CHC
