TRANSPORT FOR AT-RISK-YOUTH

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SafePassage – Uncle Guido

It has come to my attention that some Educational Consultants are taking the initiative to help parents figure out how to manage a transport for an at-risk adolescent themselves instead of referring parents to seek the assistance of a professional transport company. When I posed the question why, I was told that the programs and...

SafePassage – The Brain

Recently I shared a cab with Dr. Sandy Newes, PhD.; we talked about business, mutual friends and families and her work with Q & A Associates. Sandy and I were heading to IECA Chicago where she and Steve Sawyer LCSW, CSAC, New Vision Wilderness, were presenting some of their research on Brain-Based Therapy and Advanced...

SafePassage – Dr. John Ratey MD

A few weeks ago I attended the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs Annual Conference in Irvine, CA where keynote speaker Dr. John J. Ratey, an Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School discussed his research linking exercise to brain power. During the keynote address Dr. Ratey also introduced his latest book: Spark: The...

SafePassage – Pinnacle Schools Update

The Pinnacle Schools has added a new Director of Admissions: Kathy DeMillier. According to the Press Release distributed by Selina Mason, Marketing Director at Pinnacle, DeMillier will be responsible for guiding parents through the process of selecting The Pinnacle Schools for their at-risk adolescent and working with the family as they are assimilated into the...

SafePassage – Ron Clark

Nine-hundred of my closest friends and I had lunch with Ron Clark at the Independent Educational Consultants Association National Conference in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Ron Clark, who is the recipient of the 2000 Disney Teacher of the Year; two-time New York Times best-selling author; founder of the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta and...

SafePassage – Peer What?

I nearly choked on my coffee as I heard the phrase peer massage roll off the lips of Greta VanSusteren Fox News anchor this morning. “Peer, what?” I asked her as my mind flashed to an assembly of out-of-control adolescents trying to master this technique. Ok, I’m not trying to offend any of my colleagues...