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A Boarding School Expands
Understanding that its students would benefit greatly from extending The Greenwood School experience into early high school, Greenwood is adding 9th and 10th grade programs beginning fall of 2011. Greenwood has been a boys junior boarding school up to this expansion. Greenwood’s specialized program is geared to work with “bright and talented boys with learning [...]
Read MoreFood Dyes linked to Kids’ Behavior? Diet and Adolescent Behavior Make the News Again
About two weeks ago, we wrote post about ADHD-Diet linkage, this week the possible affects of food dyes and children’s behavior makes the news- the big news being that: “The Food and Drug Administration is meeting Wednesday and Thursday to examine whether artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in children. Artificial food dyes are made from [...]
Read MoreADHD Diet Link Established
For as long as kids have been restless, impulsive, and inattentive in school, parents have been searching for solutions. I remember, as a kid, friends whose moms minimized the junk, caffeinated soda, and preserved foods. As an educator, I’ve seen diet changes work wonders in students whose behavior was virtually unmanageable before their gluten allergies [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Note on Maplebrook School
Maplebrook School (Amenia, NY) works with a clearly defined range of students between the ages of 11 and 18 in the academic program and between 18 and 21 in The Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Studies (C.A.P.S.) program. These students have learning differences and/or ADD and have low average abilities that make it difficult [...]
Read MoreVisiting a Specialized Boarding School
The Glenholme School is a 12-month, special education boarding school for 105 students with exceptional learning needs in a beautiful countryside setting in Connecticut. Students range in ages from 10 to 18; all need a highly structured learning environment. The school’s goal is to prepare and equip each student with skills and strategies that move [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Notes on The Forman School
The moment I stepped on The Forman School‘s campus, I was impressed with the students, faculty and Head of School, Adam Man. The high expectations for all students were evident everywhere. Forman is coeducational boarding and day school (172 students) for a clearly defined population- students with dyslexia and issues around executive functioning and ADD/ADHD. [...]
Read MoreA Return to Eagle Hill School
This was my second visit to Eagle Hill School and changes continue happening all over campus. Eagle Hill has a beautiful, brand new, student center that serves the school and the wider/town community- much like the school’s theater. Eagle Hill School educates students with learning differences, including ADD, ADHD, in grades eight through twelve. Faculty [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Notes on Linden Hill School
A junior boarding school for boys, ages 9-16 with learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, and executive functioning challenges, Linden Hill School (Northfield, MA) helps middle school age boys, of average to above average intelligence, with language learning differences, ADD and/or executive function issues to become increasingly successful, and independent in academic, social, and athletic environments. Orton-Gillingham methodology [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Notes on The Greenwood School
The Greenwood School, a junior boarding school, enrolls boys ages 9–14; they have 42 boarding and 5 day students. Students have been diagnosed with: dyslexia, specific language-based learning disabilities/learning differences (LD); receptive language and/or expressive language deficits; executive functioning deficits; attention difficulties (ADD or ADHD); disorders of written expression; dysgraphia; or, speech and language needs. [...]
Read MoreThe Gow School Receives $1.1 million Scholarship Fund Donation
Here’s an ideal story to wrap up the week on the blog. The estate of Gow School alumnus (1942) Donald Weston, Jr. created the Byron Weston scholarship with a $1.1 million donation to the school. At Gow , Weston found, “…a place where he felt he could be successful. He was treated in a way [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Eagle Hill School
Dana Harbert, Admission Director, sat down with me for a Getting to Know interview to introduce the approaches that make Eagle Hill School unique in its role as a college preparatory boarding school for students with learning differences and ADD. Highlights from our conversation include: -Flexible academics and approaches to learning differences. -Strong Arts program [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant Visits Eagle Hill School
Eagle Hill School (Hardwick, MA) educates eighth through twelfth grade students with learning (dis)abilities, including Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Faculty are committed to providing an intimate and individualized course of study for each student within a traditional boarding school setting. I found the community to be both encouraging and supportive, honoring the individual, valuing learning [...]
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 [...]
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