Hi, I’m Dr. Edel Sanders, educational consultant & developmental psychologist.

I am dedicated to helping you integrate music, nature and/or social & emotional learning (SEL) into the curriculum, whether for your child or for your school. A plethora of peer-reviewed research has shown that including learning and engagment in these three areas greatly enhances and creates a holistic educational experience for children benefiting both their cognitive and emotional lives and even enchancing society as a whole.

With over 30 years of experience as an educator, teaching students from two to eighty-two and teaching and building programs across 5 universities, and serving for ten years as an educational leader including posts as the Dean of Psychology, Student Academic Advisor, Program Developer, Teacher Training & Academic Writing Director aas well as Head of Research in Psychology, I am inspired and well equipped to offer consultations for parents who would like to teach their children at home or for schools that would like to enhance their curriculum in alignment with international guidelines and recommendations based upon decades of research. I can help you with ideas for the creation and implementation of valuable areas often neglected in standard curricula, such as art, music, nature and social-emotional skills to the existing curricula from broader concepts and mapping to course and activity development based upon your chosen pathway and goals in the service to the cognitive and emotional heatlh of our youth.


My Approach & Vision

A diverse group of students sitting around a table in a classroom, smiling and engaging with a woman teacher who is standing and smiling at them, holding papers. The classroom has a motivational poster on the wall that reads 'Discover. Grow. Achieve.'

I honor the uniqueness of each child and recognize the need to expand their horizons in a healthy way. Founded upon age-old wisdom and contemporary research showing the profound need for engaged creativity, connectedness with nature and development of consideration and compassion for self and others I help you and the youth in your care to incorporate any or all of these three areas into their learning ecosystem. In an era driven by technology, it is essential to celebrate our humanity and engage fully with one’s heart and the world around us. Evidence continues to be revealed through research that enhancing these areas transfers to academic excellence and overall wellbeing.

I am here to foster academic and personal development in the most encouraging and effective way specifically for you. Let’s connect!

With warmth and compassion,

Dr. Edel

Start your positive growth journey today!