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Harvard and Other Elite Schools End Test Optional Applications: What You Need to Know
In a move that has rekindled discussions about the role of standardized tests in college admissions, Harvard University has recently announced that it will reintroduce SAT and ACT scores as a requirement for its application process. This decision marks a significant shift from the temporary test-optional policies adopted by many institutions during the pandemic. Understandably,…
Why I Believe In The ‘Let Them Bleed’ Style Of Parenting (and why YOU should too)
I simply cannot stand whining or the sound of a blubbering child, adolescent, or an adult for that matter! This was most evident, when, as a young camp counselor, one of the 5 year olds fell- skinning their knee- I checked them out, after all, I am the one with the band-aids. “When I fall…
An Update on the IEP Procedure
This blog is a follow-up to an earlier blog (from this year) that discussed signing your IEP document. The IEP meeting (one which determines the Individualized Educational Program for a child with a disability) can be a long and exhausting meeting. In this blog, Iʼm not going to go into the meeting itself, but instead…
When My Child With Autism Was Diagnosed With Cancer
This week I want to share a guest post from Jess Block Nerren. Her son has autism and was recently diagnosed with cancer. Here is her heartfelt story:Autism and pediatric cancer. Autism and Hodgkins Lymphoma. No matter how you say those two together, it sounds tough.My son Royce, 8, with autism was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma about 60 days ago, on March 3, 2014.We went to the hospital for back …
“Inclusion” for Children with Autism
You want inclusion, said Rick Clemens, an inclusion specialist who spoke at a conference I recently attended. Rick gave one of the keynote speeches at the All Ages and Abilities Autism/Aspergers Conference in Huntington Beach.