rng, Author at RNG International Educational Consultants

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:Reading

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:Boarding Schools

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…

ADHD

Post author:rng
Post published:April 23, 2014
Post category:Boarding Schools Educational Consultants Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Learning Support Parenting Special Needs Struggling Teens

Boarding school students: ADHD FAQ's Is your child struggling with attention issues? Planning? Short-term ? Perhaps he or she has been diagnoses with Executive Function Disorder (EFD) or Attention Deficit…

A Primer on Assessment Tests

Post author:rng
Post published:January 10, 2014
Post category:Learning Differences Learning Support

Recently, the following question was posed to us (slightly changed for privacy): It has been recommended that I get a psycho-educational evaluation for my young child. Is there a downside? Do you…

Struggling Young Learners

Post author:rng
Post published:November 1, 2013
Post category:American International Schools Education for Expat Kids Families in Global Transition International Schools Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Parenting Special Needs Struggling Teens

Concerned about your student's progress at school? Insider tips Missed Parts 1 and 2? Check them out here: part one and part two. written by, Michelle Grappo, former school psychologist…

Young Learners Struggle

Post author:rng
Post published:October 22, 2013
Post category:American International Schools Education for Expat Kids Families in Global Transition International Schools Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Parenting Special Needs Struggling Teens

Concerned about your student's progress at school? (part 2) As a former school psychologist, here are my "insider" tips... Missed Part 1? Check it out here. Today's post is all…

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