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		<title>IECA Conference &amp; Special Needs&#8230;Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/07/21/ieca-conference-special-needs-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association (Part 2 of 2) Yesterday we published the results of  the specific suggestions we received for making the conference more valuable to IECA members, schools, and programs that work in the area of emotional and behavioral needs. With the results we noted the numerous changes we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to Surveys: Special Needs &amp; the IECA Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/07/20/responding-to-surveys-special-needs-the-ieca-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association (Part 1 of 2) Last month we invited special needs consultants, as well as representatives of wilderness and emotional growth schools (more than 1,000 professionals), to provide us with feedback on a number of ideas about ways to make the IECA conferences more meaningful and valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes the IECA Conference Unique?  &#8220;No Where Else&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/03/10/what-makes-the-ieca-conference-unique-no-where-else/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IECA Toronto Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Sixteen years ago, my first day with IECA was at the start of the spring conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. I believe there were fewer than 250 attendees, including some 80 IECA members. There was no NATSAP back then, Small Boarding School Conferences were intimate events, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is Early Bird Registration Week for IECA</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/22/this-is-early-bird-registration-week-for-ieca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/22/this-is-early-bird-registration-week-for-ieca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Our spring conference registration opened less than a week ago, and registration is already approaching 250. Early bird discounts end THIS FRIDAY (February 26), so if you are planning to attend our gathering in Toronto (May 12-15), get your registration completed right away. Full details on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Update: Therapeutic Programs &amp; Miller Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/01/legislative-update-therapeutic-programs-miller-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/01/legislative-update-therapeutic-programs-miller-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA From the NATSAP Conference in San Diego On Thursday morning we received a briefing by NATSAP&#8217;s government relations representative, Kristina Pisanelli. She both provided an update on the Miller bill as well as set the scene for the legislative landscape in DC. Back in 2007 when the Miller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Therapeutic Consultants, Schools, and Programs: an Amazing IECA Conference is Planned</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/01/21/for-therapeutic-consultants-schools-and-programs-an-amazing-ieca-conference-is-planned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA We are excited to announce that many of the innovations that IECA introduced as experiments at the 2009 Fall Conference were so enthusiastically received that we are bringing them back, with a few changes to make them even more valuable. When IECA gathers in Toronto this May, the Speed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Years-Long Effort Results in Major Step Forward for the Profession of Educational Consulting</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/12/16/years-long-effort-results-in-major-step-forward-for-the-profession-of-educational-consulting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/12/16/years-long-effort-results-in-major-step-forward-for-the-profession-of-educational-consulting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Nearly 30 years ago IECA set the standard for the profession of educational consulting by establishing the first Principles of Good Practice. Major revisions several years ago made these ethics guidelines stricter and more demanding, setting limits on the value of gifts, articulating the limits on commercial activities, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Meetings? Here&#8217;s What We Heard</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/11/19/speed-meetings-heres-what-we-heard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/11/19/speed-meetings-heres-what-we-heard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA We tried a number of new things at the conference: from a bookstore and Conference Central to debates and a master class. Among the most anticipated were our first Speed Meetings that gave participating schools and consultants a series of short, seven-minute appointments over a three-hour block of time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/11/16/looking-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily Snyder, IECA Professional Member (Virginia), and Chair of IECA&#8217;s College Committee For those of you who follow national development of educational issues, I returned home from the IECA Conference to hear Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich, and Arnie Duncan come together with David Gregory on NBC&#8217;s Sunday morning &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; to discuss forming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Regulation of Therapeutic Programs?  Both Sides Explored at Extraordinary IECA Session</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/11/13/federal-regulation-of-therapeutic-programs-both-sides-explorted-at-extraordinary-ieca-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IECA Charlotte Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA From the IECA Conference in NC I had the opportunity to moderate a truly extraordinary session before 400 attendees at the IECA Conference in Charlotte. A panel of seven represented divergent views on legislation currently being considered that would regulate the therapeutic industry. Brian Lombrowski, president of CAFETY supports [...]]]></description>
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