Troubled Teen Help Directory

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Resources for parents of teens with special education needs on policies, including the No Child Left Behind Act, legal issues and academic support services to ensure equal educational opportunities exist for students with disabilities.

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• Boarding Schools Directory

  The Boarding Schools Info Directory has all the information you need about boarding schools for children of all ages. Here parents can learn about schools for troubled teenagers or adolescents with special needs including emotional or behavioral problems. Find the perfect program for your son or daughter in specialty schools that cater to kids who are having difficulty in a traditional public school setting. Locate a residential treatment center with academic programs to help teens struggling with motivation and low self-esteem. In the structured, emotional growth boarding school environment, students get the tools they need to get back on the right path. Traditional academic and specialized programs for boys and girls are also included and are listed by state and region. The directory lists just about every kind of boarding school - youll find religious schools, military schools, junior, and pre-professional arts elementary and secondary schools, and specialty programs for students with ADD, ADHD, or other learning disabilities. Find a girls only, boys only or co-ed, college preparatory high school with campuses in the United States, Canada, Europe or Asia. Educate yourself with articles on ways to pay for private education including loan programs and scholarships; trends in education like character education, multiple intelligences, distance learning and single sex classroom; what to look for when picking a school; and the latest news about teaching and learning styles. Learn more about the No Child Left Behind Act and what it means in getting the best education for your children.

• Boarding Schools for Boys

  Looking for a boarding school or private school for your son? Boarding Schools for Boys is a great site that lists schools just for boys and explains why boys do better in schools without girls and how boys learn differently.

• Creating Useful Individualized Education Plans

  The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the cornerstone of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which ensures educational opportunity for students with disabilities. The IEP is a quasi-contractual agreement to guide, orchestrate, and document specially designed instruction for each student with a disability based on his or her unique academic, social, and behavioral needs.

• Education News

  Education news and articles. Everyday actuality articles about education.

• Education News Blog

  Education news blog with the latest news and articles.

• Girls Learn Differently

  About girls' learning styles and why girlsmay do best in the single-sex classroom.

• Learning Disabilities Information

  Nearly 3 million students receive special education services every year, and of those, half are diagnosed with a learning disability. Though learning disabilities can't be cured, they can be managed. Learning programs help students find ways to work with and around their learning disorders, and can help them achieve academically in middle school, high school, and beyond. This website offers information and support to parents and students. Though students will learning disabilities have some unique challenges to overcome, their current and future successes to not have to be defined by their disability.

• MegaSkills Online Education Center

  MegaSkills are the attitudes, the behaviors, the habits that determine achievement in school and beyond. The work of the MegaSkills Education Center is to build success for children, parents and teachers through books, trainings,conference presentations, and partnerships with schools and communities nationally and internationally.

• National Youth Network

  Since 1990 the National Youth Network (initially known as the Western Youth Network) has been helping parents and professionals alike in providing education and information regarding programs and services for underachieving youth. Their wide range of services include self help online information, assessments, directories, and telephonic assessments with a masters level clinician. They hope that you find the right program for your child.

• Options for Troubled Teens After High School

  A teenager who has been struggling academically or behaviorally often finds the prospect of finishing and graduating from high school much more frightening than it is for teens who have set a course and been able to stick to it. There are transitional programs available, sometimes known as "life skills" programs, that can help your adolescent learn how to live independently.

• The No Child Left Behind Act

  The No Child Left Behind Act is President Bush's education reform law passed by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Read the 10 facts that every parent should know about how this historic law helps your child.

• The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

  The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.