These links and bibliography are a sampling of materials that we have found helpful. Periodically, these pages will be amended to offer other fine resources.
Attention and Learning Differences · Boarding Schools · Emotional Growth and Theraputic Schools · College Planning · Educational Planners · Bibliography
Resources for Attention and Learning Differences
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
www.ldanatl.org - The International Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org - Attention Deficit Disorder
www.adhdnews.com
Resources for Boarding Schools
- The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
(800) 541-5908
www.schools.com - The Association of Junior Boarding Schools
www.jrboarding.org - National Association of Independent Schools
www.nais-schools.org - AdmissionsQuest
Customized online admission applications for boarding & day schools. Offers a research database of 1000+ schools.
www.admissionsquest.com - International Coalition of Boys' Schools
(216) 831-2200 - National Coalition of Girls' Schools
(508) 287-4485
Resources for Emotional Growth and Theraputic Schools
- Information on how to help at-risk teenagers
www.strugglingteens.com - National Association of Theraputic Schools and Programs
www.natsap.org
Resources for College Planning
- Peterson's Guide
www.petersons.com - College Board
www.collegeboard.com - Fastweb
www.fastweb.com - FinAid
www.finaid.org - College Foundation of North Carolina
www.cfnc.org
Resources for Educational Planners
- Independent Educational Consultants Association
www.iecaonline.org
- The Educational Register
Vincent-Curtis
(617) 536-0100 - Handbook of Private Schools
Porter Sargent Publishers
(617) 523-1670 - The Association of Boarding Schools 2001-2002 Directory
(800) 541-5908 - The College Board College Handbook
The College Board - Colleges That Change Lives
Loren Pope
Penguin Books - Looking Beyond the Ivy League
Loren Pope
Penguin Books - The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2002
Edward B. Fiske
Sourcebooks, Inc. - The K&W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled
Marybeth Kravets, M.A. and Imy Wax, M.S.
Random House - The Princeton Review / The Best 331 Colleges
Random House - The College Finder
Steven R. Antonoff, Ph.D.
Fawcett Books - Ballantine Publishing - Don't Miss Out: The Ambitious Student's Guide to Financial Aid
Anna and Robert Leider
Octameron Associates - Letting Go (for parents)
Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
Harper Perennial - HarperCollins Publishers - The Launching Years
Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt - The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
Wendy Mogel