10 TIPS and TRICKS I’ve learned homeschooling during quarantine
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…
April 28, 2020
Learning Support
Five Signs a College Student may Benefit from Extra Support
Challenge is a part of the normal transition to college. The difficult parts of life are the parts where we learn and grow. And, sometimes students struggle an extraordinary amount…
May 22, 2019
Texas Colleges and Universities: Texas A&M, Rice University, Trinity College, Schreiner University and the University of Houston
Starting the Texas Tour Prior to the IECA Conference in Austin this year, I had the opportunity to visit 6 Texas colleges and universities in east and central Texas…
July 25, 2018
Quoted: Michelle in the Washington Post
Taking a special needs child abroad? Do you live abroad already with a child who has special needs? How have you made it work? Jackie Spinner takes us on her…
January 28, 2018
Recently Published: Psychoeducational Testing for the Bilingual Student
Check out Michelle’s latest article, which appears in our monthly educational consultant newsletter, IECA Insights. She explores the process of getting high-quality psychoeducational assessment, e.g. psychological testing for learning disabilities, for…
September 13, 2017
Success Story: RNG Helps Adolescent with Undiagnosed Learning Disability
We are a Foreign Service family and we have two daughters, one of whom was an adolescent with an undiagnosed learning disability when we first contacted RNG International. We have…
December 2, 2016
Six Questions to Ask When Deciding Which Boarding School Fits Your Child
How do you choose a boarding school with so many good schools throughout the United States, how do you distinguish which one is best suited to your child’s needs? In…
November 22, 2016
Back to School Shopping: Graduate Level Organization 101
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…
August 6, 2014
A Primer on Assessment Tests
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…
January 10, 2014
How I Survived Grad School with a Learning Difference
How I survived Grad School with a Learning Difference (and overachieving perfectionitis) Although I have worked with students and their families for years on self-advocacy around learning…
November 26, 2013
What Having Learning Disabilities and International School Attendance Means for Self-Esteem and Future Plans
Today I just finished reading a college essay written by one of my students about coping with learning differences in an international school that refuses to acknowledge or accept learning…
January 15, 2011
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