by Fick Education | Feb 12, 2019 | academics, chester county, confidence, education, educational advocacy, exton, IEP, malvern, organization, paoli, positivity, success, tutoring, west chester
Did you know you, as a parent, can request a reevaluation of your child’s IEP? So often it seems that the IEP is the end of the evaluation, but the reality is that sometimes we don’t get it all right the first time. This brings to mind the old adage from Thomas...
by Fick Education | Jan 7, 2019 | academics, brain, chester county, education, exton, malvern, new marking period, paoli, Reading, success, tutoring, west chester
It’s a new year and everywhere we look, we’re inundated with resolutions! What a perfect time to take a quick assessment of your student’s education and make a plan to start the new year off right. If you got off track before the holiday, have no fear. A few keys can...
by Fick Education | Dec 23, 2018 | academics, anxiety, back to school, chester county, confidence, education, educational advocacy, exton, malvern, new marking period, paoli, positivity, success, west chester
It’s that time of year again! The calendars are filling up, to do lists are growing, and the stress is mounting! The holidays can be a fun time, but they can also be daunting especially for those with ADHD or executive function struggles. The busy schedule and...
by Fick Education | Dec 14, 2018 | back to school, chester county, confidence, education, educational advocacy, exton, malvern, paoli, study skills, success, tutoring, west chester
We’ve all seen the commercials – the mom who has to turn off the wifi just to enjoy a family meal without distraction, the dad whose kids sit on the couch playing games or looking at their phones until he shuts down their data usage, and the advertisement for...
by Fick Education | Nov 12, 2018 | back to school, chester county, education, educational advocacy, exton, IEP, malvern, organization, paoli, positivity, success, tutoring, Uncategorized, west chester
Inattentive ADHD is the rather silent sister of the more gregarious and apparent hyperactive ADHD. As such, it can often go unnoticed for a number of years. Because it can go undetected, it isn’t unusual to become apparent in the teen years. As if growing up wasn’t...
by Fick Education | Oct 15, 2018 | academics, back to school, chester county, education, educational advocacy, exton, IEP, malvern, new marking period, paoli, success, west chester
Ambiguous language choices can get us into a whole heap of messes. Don’t agree? Well, consider the following scenario. You’re invited to a dinner party at your neighbors’ house and you spend the afternoon baking a cake. You stop to chat with your neighbor and they...
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