Special Needs Boarding Schools Blog
Linden Hill School To Close
Sadly, we note the the decision of Linden Hill’s trustees to close the school at the end of the academic year in June.
Read MoreThe Experts Debate ADHD
If you’re unfamilar with The New York Times “Room for Debate” series, the paper floats a question to a panel of experts around a topic. Then, each expert addresses the question based on their research, position & perspective in the field. “Are Americans More Prone to A.D.H.D.?” is a recent “Room for Debate” question. ADHD [...]
Read MoreRaburn Gap Nachoochee School Recognizes Student iPhone App
Raburn Gap Nachoochee School granted an honorary award to student Jungsoo Kim for his development of iRGNS, the official school iPhone app (Jungsoo Kim receives honorary award for his efforts in creating the RGNS App). Kim plans to study medicine as his education continues. Right now, he’s a budding software engineer. Kim appears to have [...]
Read MoreMom Authors Heartfelt, Well-Written Take Why and How Her Family Chose A Learning Differences Boarding School
If you’ve been around boarding schools any length of time, you’ve seen this story line play-out- child struggles in school, family isn’t sure what to do and searches for answers, student is tested, a learning difference is uncovered a course of action results. Boy, if it really were that neat. That quick description does no [...]
Read MoreBlessing or Curse: Can ADHD Be Both?
Having worked their way into the open and everyday conversations and perspectives of education over the last couple of decades, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by the latest wrinkle in the ADD and ADHD world of definition and treatment. We’ve certainly known that students with ADD/ADHD are more than capable of harnessing their talents [...]
Read MoreSpecial Needs Boarding Schools
There are many different kinds of boarding schools in the United States. Some are highly academic and serve only exceptional and motivated students. Others are geared to working with the average to above student. And a few select schools work with children and adolescents with special needs which cannot be met by traditional or regular [...]
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