About Erin Crawford & Crawford Educational Psychology
19 Years of Experience with One Clear Mission
Understanding and supporting your child shouldn't feel this hard.
Comprehensive, neuroaffirming evaluations that give San Francisco Bay Area families the answers they need and a clear plan for what to do next.
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A Chance to Go Deeper
For nearly two decades, I worked as a school psychologist inside public districts across Marin, Sonoma, and Contra Costa counties, as well as in Newton, Massachusetts.
I showed up for other people's children the way I'd want someone to show up for my own, sitting with them during their hardest moments and advocating for the support they needed to succeed. The work was, and still is, incredibly important.
But I kept noticing a gap.
Where the System Falls Short
Families would leave meetings with paperwork, reports, eligibility decisions, meeting summaries, and still not quite have what they needed most: time with someone who could explain what it all meant, clarity about the next step, and a real partner for the road ahead.
School psychologists working inside districts carry enormous caseloads and serve many students at once. That structure exists for many reasons, but it leaves limited room for the kind of depth most families need.
What Private Practice Makes Possible
Opening Crawford Educational Psychology wasn't a departure from that work. It was a chance to go deeper into it.
In private practice, I can spend the time your family deserves. Every evaluation is thorough, unhurried, and built around your child as a whole person. The heart behind the work hasn't changed. What's changed is my capacity to show up for your family more fully.
Erin Crawford, LEP
Diplomate in School Neuropsychology (ABSNP)
Licensed Educational Psychologist, CA (LEP #4341)
Licensed Educational Psychologist, MA (LEP #1173)
Master's in School Psychology, St. Mary's College of California
BA with Honors in Psychology, UC Davis
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
California Association of School Psychologists (CASP)
Marin Educators in Private Practice (MEPP)
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
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Additional Clinical Support:
Briana Drimmer, LEP
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She completed her Bachelor's in Psychology at the University of Southern California and earned both a Master's in Education and an Educational Specialist degree in School Psychology from San Diego State University. She has spent the past eight years working as a school psychologist with every age group, across California, and has found her home in Marin County.
Evaluations Built for Real Life
Every evaluation starts with the same goal: to understand how you or your child thinks, processes, and learns, to surface their unique strengths, and to identify what may be creating barriers, so your family has a clear, actionable path forward.
A Specialized Approach
Neuroaffirming.
A child who learns or experiences the world in a non-typical way isn't broken. Their brain simply works differently, and that difference deserves to be understood, not corrected or shamed.
Strength-based.
Good evaluations don't just document what's hard. They surface what a child does well, too. This isn’t just encouraging. It's useful. Strengths can be leveraged to support areas of challenge, and every recommendation is built with both in mind.
Neuropsychologically grounded.
I hold a Diplomate in School Neuropsychology (ABSNP), one of the highest levels of credentialing in the field. That training allows me to examine how brain function directly shapes the way your child learns, processes, and performs.
School system understanding.
Having spent nearly two decades inside public school districts, I understand the system your child is navigating. I know how IEP meetings run, how eligibility decisions get made, and how to write findings that school teams can act on.
From First Grade to Graduate School
Most of my clients are children and teenagers between 6 and 21, though I work with students of all ages, including adults seeking testing accommodations for college, graduate school, or professional licensing exams. I also see adults of all ages who are seeking an assessment for diagnostic clarification and potential workplace accommodations.
Families or individuals typically come to me when:
Their child is struggling to keep up with their peers in school, despite effort
A teacher or pediatrician has raised concerns about attention, learning, or behavior
They've received a school evaluation but want an independent perspective
They're preparing for a transition to a new school, high school, or college, and need current documentation
Their child is struggling socially, emotionally, or behaviorally in ways that connect to their learning
They're preparing for a high-stakes exam and need documentation to support an accommodations request
Evaluations & Support Services
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Crawford Educational Psychology offers a range of educationally-related evaluations, along with consultation and advocacy services for families navigating the school system.
Evaluations Include:
Support Services Include:
Not sure what fits your situation?
A free consultation is the best place to start.
In Their Own Words
Based in San Rafael.
Serving the North Bay & Beyond.
Crawford Educational Psychology is located in San Rafael, California, at:
1299 4th Street, Suite 306
San Rafael, CA 94901
Families are seen in the office for most testing sessions. For Independent Educational Evaluations that include classroom observations, I travel to the school site.
Primary service areas include:
Corte Madera, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Tiburon, as well as families throughout Marin County, Sonoma County, and the greater Bay Area.
Virtual services are available for consultation and select evaluation services throughout California and Massachusetts.
Start With a Conversation
The first step is a simple conversation. Schedule a free consultation, and we'll talk through what you're seeing, what questions you have, and if an evaluation might be the right fit for you or your child.
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