Castle O'Neill Consulting -

Alica Grafe

Castle provides a clear and comprehensive look at Montessori education through an unbiased but appreciative lens. At our recent parent workshop on Montessori 101, parents shared their enthusiasm to learn more about Maria Montessori and the opportunity to better understand this pedagogy. We are excited to add her second workshop on Building School Communities of Connection and Grace to our calendar and continue supporting our families in their Montessori journey.

Alison Evans

Castle presented two virtual parent workshops to our Montessori parent community. The first focused on techniques to reduce anxiety in children and the second on cultivating a non-intensive parenting style. Castle’s experience as a Montessorian and a parent make her a natural for these types of presentations. She is knowledgeable, relatable, and reassuring while also offering gentle guidance for some of our families' biggest parenting challenges. Castle has a great list of relevant, timely parenting workshops and is eager to work with parents and schools to develop new offerings. She is responsive and organized, making her a pleasure to work with. I can’t recommend her enough - we look forward to working together again in the coming school year.

Katie Anderson

Castle presented a virtual parent education offering for us. Her wisdom from being an educator and parent kept families engaged. She made the Montessori philosophy easy to understand for young, first time parents. Her concrete action steps to helping parents help children grow into capable humans was much appreciated and gave parents actionable items they can implement at home.

Lindy McGrail

Castle is a fabulous educator, coach, and presenter. She brings humanity and authenticity to the work she does with families and teachers. She presented a workshop for our school community titled "The Gift of Non-intensive Parenting" which was incredibly well received. Highly recommend working with Castle for teacher professional development, coaching, and referring families who are interested in deepening their parenting journey and intentionality!

Lorna McGrath

It was such a pleasure to have Castle as a guest speaker on our webinar series for parents and caregivers. Her calm manner as she presented practical suggestions for helping adults recognize childhood anxiety and provide support as their children work their way through anxious times made it easy to relax and absorb this important information.

Melinda Kozo

During my leadership at a Montessori preschool Castle coached us several times. Her coaching style is gentle yet very honest and down-to-earth. By asking excellent questions she guided us to find the suitable solutions that worked best for us.
At the same time, she never forgot emphasizing and encouraging us to prioritize our emotional well being. It feels like you get advice from your best friend!

I also attended her latest presentation titled "The Gift of Non-intensive Parenting" at the recent AMS conference. Since in our society anxiety among children and adolescents is on the rise, I wish her thorough research and useful suggestions can reach as many parents and caregivers of young children as possible.

Emily Riddle

Castle has tutored my daughter in math twice a week for a year. Castle is a gem. She is patient, thoughtful and creative— She continually worked to better understand how my daughter learned best and always created a peaceful space for her to learn. I would highly her to anyone!

BIS Accounts

Excellent Inputs! Loved the workshop