Phase 2A
Co-Pilot Contributor
Contribute calibrated observation data to a PSOF-governed MTSS meeting using the seven-step Co-Pilot facilitation surface.
Available after the validation study.
Available after the validation study
PSOF Foundations · Educator Pathway
Train your eye for the signals that change how a child is understood.
The Pediatric Symptom Observation Form is a structured method for observing neurodevelopmental signals inside an ordinary classroom day, currently in active IRB-aligned psychometric validation in partnership with Webster Central School District. Start with the required Cross-Domain Calibration, which unlocks PSOF Digital. Build the observational discipline that gives every child richer context.
Required · Cross-Domain Calibration
About 25 minutes. Practice scenes with feedback, then the scored gate. 80% agreement earns your credential and unlocks PSOF Digital.
Optional · Nine domain modules
Optional depth and the continuing-education path. Each module is a guided 10-step path through one domain.
Optional module time
About 72 min per optional module. Not required for PSOF Digital.
The Premise
“Academic readiness is neurologic before it is academic.”
Dr. C. Robert Luckey, DC · Principal Investigator · PSOF v3.1 (Amended) · IRB Protocol v3.2
Most districts ask the wrong first question. Not which intervention to apply, but whether the student's neurologic system is ready to receive one. PSOF is the observational discipline, and the governance infrastructure, that makes that question answerable, at the district level, by the teachers who are already in the room.
PSOF v3.1 (Amended) · IRB Protocol v3.2
Active psychometric validation
In partnership with Webster Central School District · Monroe County, NY
Clinical Authority
20+ years · 10,000+ encounters
Constraint-Based Medicine framework · Pittsford Performance Care
NYS Compliance
NY-DPA executed · FERPA governed
Continuing Education sponsorship application in process with NYSED
The nine PSOF domains
Optional domain modules
All nine domains are available, I Frontal through IX Visual–Oculomotor. They are optional depth and the continuing-education path; the Cross-Domain Calibration is the required gate for PSOF Digital.
Unit 01
Frontal
Executive function, working memory, and regulation
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 02
Cerebellar
Coordination, timing, and motor scaling
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 03
Vestibular
Balance, spatial orientation, and postural stability
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 04
Proprioceptive
Body awareness, force grading, input regulation
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 05
Limbic-Prefrontal
Emotional regulation in service of cognition
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 06
Autonomic ↑
Sympathetic activation, hyperarousal, settling difficulty
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 07
Autonomic ↓
Low energy, underactivation, somatic complaints
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 08
Brainstem
Postural readiness, reflexive control, midline organization
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Unit 09
Visual-Oculomotor
Gaze efficiency, saccade accuracy, smooth pursuit
10-step pathStep 0 / 10
Begin with Step 1: Domain Foundations.
Beyond observer certification
Phased certification pathway
Phase 1 trains what to see. Phase 2 trains what to do with what you see, inside a structured team process. Phase 3 trains the coordinator who runs it.
Locked
Phase 3
MTSS Coordinator
Train the coordinator who facilitates all seven Co-Pilot steps, manages competing voices, and writes the immutable Coordination Context.
In development
A note on pace
“Walking the ten steps thoroughly, not quickly, is what produces the observational discipline that changes how a child is understood.”
This platform is not a course you finish. It is a discipline you build.