I Was a School Psychologist First. That's Why We Built LilyAssist the Way We Did.
When I was a practicing school psychologist, report writing was often the part of the job that followed me home.
Like many school psychologists, I didn't become a psych because I loved writing reports. I became a psych because I wanted to help students, support families, collaborate with educators, and make meaningful decisions that could change a child's educational trajectory.
Yet somehow, I found myself spending countless evenings and weekends staring at reports.
Later, when I moved into leadership and supervision roles, I saw the same pattern across my entire team. Talented, dedicated school psychologists were buried under growing caseloads, increasing compliance requirements, and documentation demands. The work wasn't difficult because school psychologists lacked expertise. It was difficult because there simply weren't enough hours in the day.
That experience is what ultimately led to the creation of LilyAssist.
One thing I knew from the beginning was that I didn't want another AI tool that claimed it could "do the job for you." School psychologists spend years developing expertise in assessment, interpretation, and data-based decision-making. No AI should replace that.
Instead, I wanted a tool that handled the repetitive, time-consuming writing tasks while preserving the psychologist's professional judgment.
That's why LilyAssist intentionally does not provide interpretation, make eligibility decisions, or generate conclusions. Those decisions belong to the school psychologist. Always.
What LilyAssist does do is help organize information, draft parent-friendly summaries, support report writing, and reduce the amount of time spent staring at a blank screen. It was designed to help school psychologists spend less time writing and more time thinking.
As a former school psychologist and supervisor, I believe our profession deserves tools that support us without compromising our expertise.
LilyAssist isn't about replacing school psychologists.
It's about giving them some of their time back.
