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IECA Shares Stage with Leaders of 9 National Organizations

January 25, 2011no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA from the NATSAP Conference in Tucson, Arizona The final morning of the NATSAP conference featured a panel of leaders from a number of national organizations working in the area of adolescent behavioral health. While I would have preferred a format that permitted more time for discussion and questions (more … Read more »

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Meeting with IECA’s Therapeutic Members Produces Outline for Creative Initiatives

January 24, 20114 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA from the NATSAP Conference in Tucson, Arizona Two important meetings occurred Friday in Tucson: During the afternoon, IECA staff and Board member Bar Clarke (ME) met with a number of representatives from therapeutic schools, wilderness programs, and residential treatment centers. I’ll report more on this in my next blog. … Read more »

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Transitioning Adopted Students to Boarding Schools, Colleges & Programs

October 14, 20103 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Directory, IECA [From Gayle Ward, Kinship Center: a preview of her general session at IECA's upcoming educational consulting conference] Adopted teens and their parents have special emotional needs. Very often the teen and parent are not aware of their areas of vulnerability, and can be emotionally triggered at times of transition. … Read more »

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With IECA Conference Approaching, Focus on ROI

September 21, 20101 comment

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA With the fall conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association just six weeks away, many are deciding whether to attend. Given the nature of the economy and budgets, one way to evaluate is by examining the ROI or Return on Investment. For schools that often means the ability to … Read more »

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Six IECA Conference Innovations You May Have Missed

September 1, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consulting Association We are still in the early stages of conference registration for IECA’s Fall National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. However, we have already passed 600 attendees and are looking forward to a wonderful gathering. Here are six new, improved, or unique aspects to the conference that you … Read more »

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A Teen is not a Commodity for Admission: Why IECA Stresses Understanding the Entire Child

August 19, 20103 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Recently I came across a comment on a blog where someone expressed an implied criticism of IECA. The criticism was that the Independent Educational Consultants Association does not focus its energies exclusively in school selection, application, and admission. The criticism actually kept me up all night—quite a feat for … Read more »

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Summer Training Attendees Examine Ethical Practices

July 30, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association The attendees at the IECA Summer Training Institute found themselves facing a series of ethical conundrums this morning. Drawn from actual cases from IECA’s files, the participants had to look inward to ensure they practice using ethical and professional approaches. One case explored the need to … Read more »

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IECA Conference & Special Needs…Part 2

July 21, 20103 comments

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 … Read more »

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Responding to Surveys: Special Needs & the IECA Conference

July 20, 2010no comments

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 … Read more »

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What Makes the IECA Conference Unique? “No Where Else…”

March 10, 20103 comments

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, … Read more »

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