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Social Skills, Not Just An Autism Community Challenge
With the addition of Cindy Ziobrowski to our team this past year, my world has expanded immensely into the needs and challenges of the Autism community on many levels. One of which is the underdevelopment of the social skills piece for these individuals. As I have...
New Course in Social Competency of Health Education
New England Tutors, under the professional guidance of our special education program director, Cindy Ziobrowski, has created a new class for parents of ASD children and those with social skills deficits. To be started in October of this year, this class is designed with the particular needs of this population and their parents in mind. If you are the parent of a special needs child, you know the need for directed help in certain areas, health education being one of the most important.
To learn more about the new class offering please read our full summary at the link below, or please feel free to contact us!
Advocating for your Student: Lets Plan the 2014-2015 School Year Together
As part of "Back to School Preparedness Week" New England Tutors hosted two workshops at the Portsmouth and Dover Chamber of Commerce. If you missed it, you can read up on the "Financial Planning for your Special Needs Child" by clicking the title or visiting our...
A No-stress Back to School Experience
Some important information from Cindy Ziobrowski, MS Ed. Back to school time is a transition, and can be stressful for any child, particularly for some children with disabilities. In most circumstances, there are many things parents can do to make the transition less...
Rethinking the College Admissions Process
A recent New York Times article drew attention to the fact that College admissions are getting exponentially harder and that despite exceptional standardized test scores and a decent admission essay, many still receive rejection letters from schools they SHOULD have gotten in to. The million dollar question is why?
Parents should ready themselves to rethink questions about which college is best for their child! After all, on the first day of class they’ll be the one flying solo.
Make sure to visit the below link to read the full posting regarding the questions to ask and steps to take to help empower your student to take ownership in her or her educational future. We’ve also included our “Senior To-Do List” for you to download!
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to let us know!
Financial Planning for your Special Needs Child
Over the past several days New England Tutors has hosted four Chamber of Commerce workshops and a free Mock SAT as part of celebrating “Back to School Preparedness Week”. Held at both the Dover and the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, the “Financial Planning for your Special Needs Child: Planning to Meet a Lifetime of Needs” workshop went exceedingly well.
Robert J. Kennelly, CFP, MBA, CRPC of AmeriPrise Financial delivered this presentation and he covered general information on tax planning, financial assistance, government assistance, education expenses and more.
For those who were able to attend Robert made his presentation available and has given New England Tutors permission to share it with our clients as well. Below you’ll find a link to the full summary of the workshop where you’ll find a PDF of Robert’s presentation – we hope this is helpful to you!
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to let us know!
Back to School Preparedness Week
We believe that a “Back to School Preparedness Week” creates one more tool parents and students can use to ensure that education stays foremost in the minds of our citizenry and institutions. We have always maintained that education is not an event or a task or even a chore, but an ongoing process that strengthens us all, thus strengthening our families, communities, state, and country.
In celebration of “Back to School Preparedness Week” New England Tutors is offering 4 free workshops in the Dover/Portsmouth area, a free mock SAT, and a discount when signing up for the 2014-2015 school year. Make sure to read our full post to get all of the information!
New White Paper – Our Approach to ADD/ADHD
New England Tutors does not view ADD and ADHD as a disability, but as a unique ability that should be more openly embraced in the education community. In support of this belief we’ve just released our latest white paper, “Our Approach to ADD/ADHD.”
In this paper we discuss a complete definition of ADD/ADHD, the effects, the consequences, and quite frankly the utter frustration that some teachers, professionals, and parents encounter when faced with a child or young adult with ADD/ADHD. We’ll also help guide parents in a direction that is geared toward assisting the child positively make his or her own way in the world. Our experience has shown us that many students with ADD/ADHD are extremely intelligent but simply lack the skills necessary to put their intelligence to good use. Paired with one of our tutors that has been trained in the latest techniques of working with ADD/ADHD we’ve seen some of our students have great success at schools such as…
An update on Camp CARD NE!
Earlier this year we posted about The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities New England (CARDNE) and include some great information regarding their Summer Camp Program - CAMP CARD NE, which offers experiences uniquely designed for children with autism spectrum...
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…Traditionally, this tends to be the same for kids of all ages. Leaving the confines of the classroom for unlimited outdoor play, lax bedtimes and new and exciting encounters is welcome and embraced. This experience always makes me ponder the question, why can’t the classroom be more like summer break and why can’t summer break adopt more of the classroom learning?…
