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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:…

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…

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…

Is There a College for D Students?

Post author:rng
Post published:November 2, 2011
Post category:College Admissions Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Parenting Struggling Teens Third Culture Kids Transition to College/University

A colleague asked me that question this morning. Seems the young man she is working with is “not working up to his potential”. I see this so often that I…

What Having Learning Disabilities and International School Attendance Means for Self-Esteem and Future Plans

Post author:rng
Post published:January 15, 2011
Post category:International Schools Learning Differences Learning Disabilities Learning Support Special Needs Struggling Teens

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…

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