Michelle Grappo, Ed.M, and Rebecca Grappo, M.Ed, Join Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) Leadership Team
At the recent Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) conference in Austin, Texas, Michelle Grappo and Rebecca (Becky) Grappo both took on new leadership roles in their professional organization of IECA. Michelle took the helm of the Therapeutic Committee as Chair after serving for two years as vice-chair. This committee seeks to advance the collaboration between […]
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 incredible journey to Morocco with her young adopted sons who are on the Autism Spectrum in her Washington Post Perspective special, “Special needs parenting in Morocco.” It was […]
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 non-native English speakers. Here’s a snippet! Finding good psychoeducational and neuropsychological testing in the United States for native-English speakers is a difficult task. But if […]
Parent Testimonial
Parent Testimonial: Success Story of a Gifted but Struggling International Student We are a Foreign Service family with a college transfer success story of a gifted but struggling international student. We had used RNG International Consultant Rebecca Grappo (Becky) with our first daughter who had an undiagnosed learning disability. We went back to Becky for […]
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 used Rebecca Grappo (Becky) several times now. She is top notch. Her portfolio includes special needs, boarding school, college applications, and a wide variety of […]
What Does an Educational Consultant Do?
RNG – What does an educational consultant do? Educational consultants have a very diverse skill set. At RNG, this includes individualized college admissions counseling, choosing appropriate boarding schools, selecting the right international schools, and transition and resilience issues for Third Culture Kids. RNG also provides identification of resources for children with special needs As […]
Why Do Educational Consultants Travel So Much?
Let’s be honest. Most people don’t even know what an educational consultant is, nor do they know if and when they need one. But those who have had positive experiences with one will be our best referral sources when they tell their friends and family that our work changed the life of their child. That’s […]
Why Did This Educational Consultant Cry at Graduation?
The band started playing “Pomp and Circumstance” as the graduating class of 2010 processed into the gym. Coming to see the graduation of some of the students I had worked with on college applications was the culmination of a busy week in which I had blogged, posted, emailed, and spoken to parents about the transition […]
Personality Tests and College Advising
Anne O’Connell, journalist extraordinaire, recently interviewed me on background for an article she was writing about using personality tests for career planning. Obviously the entire interview could not be used for the article, so I thought I’d share with you the transcript of that interview instead. Anne: How effective are personality tests in providing guidance […]
What Do Kids Have to Say about their Therapeutic Program Experiences?
“I used to be a good manipulator, and here it just doesn’t work….things get questioned here. I lied to myself a lot, too. I ask myself, “What is the truth?” In order to really understand what happens in a therapeutic program, it’s important to listen to the kids themselves. At almost every school or program […]