rng, Author at RNG International Educational Consultants

Tips for Third Culture Kids

Post author:rng
Post published:September 26, 2020
Post category:Education for Expat Kids Expat Life Families in Global Transition Homesickness International Schools Internationally Mobile Families Struggling Teens study abroad Third Culture Kids Transition to College/University

Top 3 Tips for Third Culture Kids...who have just moved This post is for teens. First off, you should know I tried my best to make a YouTube video --…

How to Ace the Boarding School or College Zoom Interview

Post author:rng
Post published:September 21, 2020
Post category:Boarding Schools College Admissions College Applications Interviews

11 Ways to Ace the Boarding School or College Zoom Interview by: guest blogger Kristina Grappo Okay real talk. Zoom (or other video chat feature) interviews are great. You don’t…

Roommate Tips

Post author:rng
Post published:September 3, 2020
Post category:Roommates Third Culture Kids Transition to College/University

5 Tips to Survive the Worst Roommate Ever

5 Things to Know Before Taking Your Teen With Special Needs Overseas

Post author:rng
Post published:July 28, 2020
Post category:Cross Cultural Kids Families in Global Transition International Schools Internationally Mobile Families Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Learning Support Parenting Special Needs Struggling Teens Therapeutic Programs Transitions and Resiliency Tutoring

5 Things to Know Before Taking Your Teen With Special Needs Overseas I did a brief presentation at the Families in Global Transition conference in Washington, DC, for internationally mobile…

10 TIPS and TRICKS I’ve learned homeschooling during quarantine

Post author:rng
Post published:April 28, 2020
Post category:Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Learning Support Parenting Special Needs

10 tips and tricks I’m learning while homeschooling my four children. I have four boys that range in age from 6-16 years old. With a child in high school, junior…

How to Rock the Boarding School Zoom/ Skype Interview

Post author:rng
Post published:February 1, 2018
Post category:Boarding Schools Career Planning College Admissions College Applications College Readiness College Visits Interviews Transition to College/University

How to Rock the Boarding School Zoom/ Skype Interview Interviewing for anything? New jobboarding school placementcollege even making new friends (hey, it counts!) This can be nerve-wracking for most. When you’re…

Back to School Shopping: Graduate Level Organization 101

Post author:rng
Post published:August 6, 2014
Post category:Boarding Schools Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Learning Support Parenting Special Needs Transition to College/University

Heading off to boarding school this fall? College? Even graduate school? I am sure you are in the thick of back to school shopping. There's just something about it. A…

The Most Important Concepts in Learning

Post author:rng
Post published:August 5, 2014
Post category:Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Special Needs Struggling Teens

Important Concepts in Learning One of the most important concepts in learning, in my view, is automaticity. As Donna Coch of Reading Brains Lab at Dartmouth University points out in this article:…

Are Expensive Computer Training Programs for ADHD Worth It?

Post author:rng
Post published:July 9, 2014
Post category:Boarding Schools International Schools Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Special Needs Struggling Teens

Are Expensive ADHD Computer Training Programs Worth It? I was reviewing some science-y research --as opposed to fantasy-esque research-- when I came across this article: ADHD study: Expensive training programs…

Great Summer Reads that Build Character

Post author:rng
Post published:July 2, 2014
Post category:Cross Cultural Kids General Learning Differences Parenting

I was just forwarded this list of books that build character from our colleague and friend, Dana Dean Doering. I love this list because there are dozens (hundreds?) of titles,…

Is It Too Late to Apply to Boarding School for Next Year? NO!!!

Post author:rng
Post published:June 11, 2014
Post category:General

Is It Too Late To Apply to Boarding School? I just read a listserv posting today by a parent who wondered if it was too late to apply to boarding…

Michelle in Print: “When School is Hard…”

Post author:rng
Post published:June 9, 2014
Post category:Boarding Schools Education for Expat Kids Educational Consultants Expat Life International Schools Internationally Mobile Families Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Parenting Special Needs Struggling Teens

Hello all! Sorry for the silence here on the blog-- it's been a busy few weeks. I wanted to share that The Foreign Service Journal has published a piece I…

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