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7 Tips for Students with Summer Jobs
It’s about that time: Summer job time, that is. In just a few weeks, high school and college students will be looking for and filling short-term jobs that can help them earn some money before classes start again in the fall. From lifeguard to office assistant,...
College / High School
Helping College Students with Autism Advocate for Themselves
Parents of children with a disability, particularly autism, have a daunting task when it comes time to send them off to college. Every student who goes to college has to navigate a major life transition, but this is even more true for a students with autism. Legally,...
College / High School
A Parent’s Perspective on Autism and College
I am a college educator with a daughter who has autism. One day, when my child was in first grade, I made the offhand comment after a school meeting that I would have so much free time if I didn’t have to attend constant meetings about services and therapy. A...
College / High School
What Students and Parents Need to Know about Plagiarism
The word plagiarism just sounds bad, doesn’t it? Like a skin disease or an ancient legal tactic used by the merchant class during the Middle Ages. For high school and college students, the word seems to conjure fear more than anything else. Plagiarism is often...
College / High School
Money, Money Money: Financial Adjustments in the First Year of College
The financial adjustment from high school to college is complicated and intimidating. In my family, as my older daughter completes her senior year of high school right now, that area of adjustment to college is already beginning. Here are some key areas of the...Latest Posts
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