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		<title>IECA Conference &amp; Special Needs&#8230;Part 2</title>
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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>
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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>IECA&#8217;s 34th Year Comes to Close with an Eye to the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/06/29/iecas-34th-year-comes-to-close-with-an-eye-to-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA June 30th marks the close of our Fiscal Year and IECA&#8217;s 34th serving as the principal voice of the profession of independent educational consulting. We entered the year committed to helping our members thrive, and exploring ways to strengthen the profession, promote the value of the work we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attendees Span North America as Conference Registration Passes Early Deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association One of the unexpected consequences of holding our first-ever meeting outside of the United States has been the musings of some about whether &#8220;consultants are really going to Canada&#8221; for the conference, or, in the minds of IECA members, whether schools, colleges, and program representatives are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes the IECA Conference Unique?  &#8220;No Where Else&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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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>Speed Meetings are Back at IECA Spring Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/23/speed-meetings-are-back-at-ieca-spring-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/23/speed-meetings-are-back-at-ieca-spring-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback from consultants and school representatives, we are pleased to announce that the Speed Meetings test-run in 2009 will return as part of IECA’s upcoming Spring Conference, although a few key changes will make them even more valuable. Two sets of Speed [...]]]></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>
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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>Speed Meetings? Here&#8217;s What We Heard</title>
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		<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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