Professional Development Activities

Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)

Moderator, Workshop, Learning Disabled Students and the College Process

Panelist, Workshop, Paying for Extracurricular Honors: Are They Worth the Price?

Participant, Seminars and Workshops

General Topics

• The Importance of Counseling in Educational Success
• The Power of Mindsets: Nurturing Motivation and Resilience in Students
• The Relationship Between the Latest in Brain Research, Gender Fairness, and Education as We Move Beyond 20th Century Schools of Thought
• HIPAA and Educational Consultants
• On Becoming a Certified Educational Planner: Demystifying the Process

College Consulting

• College Admission Testing: Beginning in March, 2005, “What’s New”?
• Writing ‘Those’ Essays! How to Distinguish Yourself from the Pact
• The Current and Future Climate in College Admissions
• Discussion: What Top Colleges are Looking for in 2004

Advising Students and Families with Special Needs

• Advising Students with Learning Disabilities
• The Special Needs Student Population
• Interpreting Psycho-Educational Testing Data
• Test Accommodations for Learning Disabled Students
• The Latest on Campus Visits
• Why a Junior Boarding School: The Pros and Cons of Making Such a Choice
• Teens At-Risk: “Getting to the Heart of the Matter”
• Understanding the Inner and Outer Lives of the Adopted Person

Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admissions Counseling (PCACAC)

Participant, Summer Mini Institute for College Admissions Counseling Seminars and Workshops

• College Admissions: From Both Sides
• What Tips the Scales In Admissions?
• Ethical Dilemmas in Admissions
• Ride the Technology Wave: Innovative Uses of Technology in College Advising
• More Cases Than Spaces: Real Life Case Studies
• Hot Decisions in College Admissions
• Current Trends and Issues in Admissions

Small Boarding Schools Association (SBSA)

Participant, Conference Workshops

• Learning Skills Programs at College Prep Schools
• What Do You Know? How Can You Tell It? Cultural Changes and the Impact on the Boarding School Experience
• Meeting the Needs of the Immature 8th and 9th Grade Student: Determining the Best Placement
• How Should Schools Determine and Award Financial Aid?
• From Extra-Curricular to Ecstasy: The Secret Life of American Teenagers

Washington Independent Services for Educational Resources (WISER)

Participant, Presentation Meetings

• Workshop on Reading Approaches
  • The Wilson Reading Program
  • Phonographix
  • Enhancing Reading Fluency
• The New SAT: Changes Beginning in 2005
• Understanding Special Education Law

Workshops and Seminars

• Paying for College Workshop
  Sponsored by: The Sallie Mae Fund
• Interpreting the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC – IV) for Independent School Placement Evaluation
  Sponsored by: A Consortium of Independent Educational Consultants