Homework Help in Perth, WA
Homework shouldn't cost you the evening.
I help turn what you already know about your child, and whatever the school or allied health team has given you, into something that actually works at the kitchen table.
No diagnosis? Mid-assessment? Still waiting on reports? All fine. You just need to be able to tell me what homework night looks like at your place.
15 years teaching, 7 in learning support, and a mum of two.
Nobody appointed you the case manager. It just landed.
The reports, the plan, the meetings, and then the homework fight every night on top of it.You don't want to be the homework police, and most nights the fight isn't even about the work. It's that there's no entry point. Not too hard. Just too hard to start.The twenty-minute task that takes three hours.
Telling them to study harder, watching them do it, and still getting the same mark.
Raising your voice at 8pm, then lying awake at 11 feeling awful about it.
The folder in the kitchen drawer that explains everything and helps with none of it.None of this means you've got it wrong. You were handed documents written to inform professionals about your child, and you're the one googling how to use them at 7pm on a Tuesday.
The standoff ends because the starting does.
"We have a much better understanding of how to support our son, not just what he has to do, but why it works." — Catherine, Year 8 parent
Three things I promise
It will make sense
No jargon, no acronyms you have to look up. If I use a word from the report, I’ll tell you what it means so next term’s report makes sense too, not just this one.
Less of it will fall on you
You've got enough. The tools carry the structure, so you're not the one holding it together every night.
You can use it within days
Not a plan for next term. Something your child can start with now.
Not ready to book a call yet? Start here.
Steady Homework
For homework nights. Launching Tuesday 13 October.Tap what's happening at homework time and get one thing to try, plus the words to say. No account needed.
Writing Skills Check
For writing tasks, OLNA and assessments.Shows you where it's breaking down.
One page, use it tonight.
Three ways I can help
I support families from Kindy to Year 12, with a particular focus on Years 6 to 9, when the move to high school often means more subjects, more homework, more to keep track of and less day-to-day structure.I work with you, the parent. Everything I create is designed for your family to use at home.Not sure which option fits? Book a free 15-minute call. I’ll tell you what I think would be most useful for your family, including if you don’t need my help at all.
Parent Consultation
$150 · 45 mins · in person or online
For when you're not sure what's needed.
We go through your child's paperwork and what's happening at home, and work out where homework is breaking down. You leave with one strategy to start with, plus a written summary within two working days.
Extra time: $50 per 15 minutes, by agreement.
One Tool
$180 · ready in three working days
For when you know what's needed.
One thing, built from your child's report or paperwork. A scaffold for an assessment that's due, or an organiser for exam block.
Homework Starter Kit
$450 · ready in three working days
For when you want it all handled at once.
A homework plan, study organisers and visual aids, an assessment scaffold, and a one-page summary for you. All built from what you already have.
Had a Parent Consultation? The $150 comes off the Homework Starter Kit if you order within 60 days.
Travel applies to in-person consultations only: free within 10 km of Melville, $10 for 10–20 km, $20 for 20–30 km, quoted beyond that. Online consultations have no travel fee.
Consultations are invoiced after the session. One Tool and the Kit are paid before work begins. See our Terms and Conditions for more information.
Questions about ages, online sessions or payment? See common questions.
"Step-by-step guides for the situations we found hardest. We can go back to them whenever we need to, and homework has become a much easier task." — Val, Year 6 parent
The Homework Starter Kit
Built for one child, from what you already have.
Send me what you’ve already got and you'll get back a set of tools your child can actually pick up and use.Not a template with their name swapped in. Not a 20-page plan to decipher. Things that sit on the table and get used.$450 · Three working days
Had a Parent Consultation? The $150 comes off if you order within 60 days.
What you get back
1. A homework plan
Built from what you've told me and any reports you have, not a generic checklist. What order to do things in, how long each part should take, where the stopping points are.
2. Study organisers
The strengths and strategies named in the paperwork, turned into something they can pick up the same week. One page, nothing to set up.
3. An assessment scaffold
A scaffold for a task that’s due now, or one built for the type of task they find hardest, translated into steps, in the order your child would do them.
4. A one-page summary
What the paperwork means for the way your child works at home, so what happens at your kitchen table complements what’s already being done at school.
How it works
1. Get in touch
Book a free 15-minute call to chat about what’s happening and I’ll tell you honestly whether a kit is the right thing, or if I think it isn’t.
2. Payment and paperwork
I’ll send a payment link and a secure upload link for your child’s documents. Send whatever you’ve got, or fill in a short form instead.
3. Three working days later
Once I have payment and enough to work from, your kit arrives as PDFs by email. If I need anything else, I'll ask, and the clock starts from there.
4. Not quite right?
If something doesn't fit how your child works, tell me within 14 days of delivery. I'll revise it at no charge, so you're not stuck with a tool that doesn't work at your table.
"Alana gave us the clarity we needed. She was responsive and followed up with clear, practical tools and advice. I highly recommend this service for support during difficult times.” — Jasmine B
Your child's paperwork
You're about to send me documents about your child. Here's exactly what happens to them.They stay with me. I don't contact your school. Nothing is shared with your child's teachers or anyone else, unless you ask me to in writing, or the law requires it.They're stored securely. Google Workspace, with two-factor authentication on my account and password protection on the documents themselves. I'm the only person with access.I keep them so you don't have to start again. Most families come back at the next report or plan review. I hold what you've sent for up to seven years, so you're not re-sending the same folder in eighteen months, unless you ask me to delete it sooner.You can send less. Remove your child's name first, and I'll work from a redacted copy. Or skip the documents entirely and fill in a short form about what's happening at homework time instead.No formal report yet? That's fine. Plenty of families come to me pre-diagnosis, mid-assessment, or still on a waitlist. Describing what's going wrong is enough to build from.You can ask for a copy of what I hold, or ask me to delete it, at any time.
I've been on both sides of that kitchen table.
I've spent over 15 years teaching in secondary schools, and the last 5 as the coordinator who writes IEPs and learning plans and case-manages the students they're written for.I'm also the parent of two neurodivergent children. I've sat with the same reports at my own kitchen table, trying to make sense of what any of it meant for the next morning.A friend understood her son's report perfectly. What she couldn't work out was what to do differently at home. Then another asked the same thing. Turns out everyone had a folder, and nobody had a translation.That's how this began: one folder at a time.I write these documents for schools. I live them at home. That's why I can tell you what yours means what yours means when it's time to start Tuesday night's homework.
Qualifications & experience
Graduate Diploma of Education (UWA)
Graduate Certificate in Innovative Learning Design (QUT, in progress)
Registered teacher, Teacher Registration Board of WA
15 years teaching in WA and NT secondary schools
7 years in learning support, 5 as a coordinator
Current Working With Children Check
Perth-based, working with families across WA
I work alongside, not instead of
A tutor re-teaches the content.
An OT or psychologist works on the skills underneath.
An advocate helps you push the school.
All of it is useful. None of it builds the thing your child is actually holding at 7pm so they can start their homework.
If you're already seeing someone, bring what they've given you. It only makes what I build better.
"Alana is one of the most intelligent and genuinely caring teachers I've met. Her experience, insight and compassion shine through." — Rosemarie, teaching colleague
Common questions
What ages do you work with?
Kindy to Year 12, with a focus on Years 6 to 9, when high school brings more subjects, more homework and more to manage independently.
Do you work with my child?
I work with you, the parent. I don’t tutor your child or work with them one-to-one. Everything I create is designed for your family to use at home.
Will you talk to my child's school?
No, not unless you ask me to in writing, or the law requires it. Everything you send stays with me. Here's exactly what happens to your child's paperwork.
Is it in person or online?
Parent Consultations can happen at your home in Perth or over video. One Tool and the Homework Starter Kit are delivered by email, so they’re available to families anywhere in WA.
How do I pay?
By EFT or secure payment link. Parent Consultations are invoiced after the session. One Tool and the Homework Starter Kit are paid for before I start.
Do I need a diagnosis or report?
No. Plenty of families come to me pre-diagnosis, mid-assessment or still on a waitlist. If you can tell me what homework night looks like, that’s enough to start.
Can you help if my child has ADHD, autism or dyslexia?
Yes. Most families I work with have a child who is neurodivergent, diagnosed or not. I build around how your child actually works.
What is executive function?
The skills that get a task started, planned and finished. It's usually where homework breaks down, and what my tools are built to support.
Can I use NDIS funding?
I’m not a registered NDIS provider. Families who self-manage or are plan-managed may be able to use their funding. Check with your plan manager or support coordinator first.
What if it doesn’t work for my child?
If a One Tool or Homework Starter Kit doesn’t fit how your child works, tell me within 14 days of delivery and I’ll revise it at no extra charge.
Start a conversation
No obligation, no pitch. Tell me what's happening at homework time and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help, including if I think I can't.A few lines about what's going wrong is enough to start. You don't need to have anything ready, and there's no version of this where I think you should have got here sooner.I usually reply within two working days.Quick question? It might already be answered in common questions.
Cancellations & Refunds
This Cancellation & Refund Policy outlines the conditions under which Parent Consultations may be cancelled or rescheduled, and the conditions under which the Homework Starter Kit and One Tool may be cancelled or refunded. It applies to all services currently provided by Steady Minds Learning Pty Ltd: One Tool, Parent Consultation, and the Homework Starter Kit.Nothing in this Cancellation & Refund Policy excludes, restricts, or modifies any guarantee, right, or remedy available to the Client under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified. Where a conflict arises between this Policy and the Australian Consumer Law, the Australian Consumer Law prevails.
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