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Educational Connections is dedicated to helping families strengthen their child’s social, emotional, psychological, and academic well-being. Since our firm was founded in 2001, we have assisted over 2,000 families in making an informed and intelligent decision about the most appropriate educational and/or therapeutic setting for their child. We have worked with families throughout the United States as well as abroad.
Educational Connections provides advice and assistance to parents searching for appropriate therapeutic and academic options for:
- Struggling pre-adolescents and adolescents with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges (including youth who are depressed, angry, anxious, oppositional, self-destructive, failing or bored in school as well as youth with significant mental health diagnoses).
- Children and adolescents with learning differences such as ADHD, dyslexia, executive functioning issues, and non-verbal learning disorder, as well as challenges with social and communication skills that stem from these issues.
- Children with developmental delays or challenges including children on the autism spectrum.
- Young people struggling with drug and alcohol issues, as well as chemical dependency
- Young adults (18 – 30) with mental health challenges, learning and developmental issues, as well as those needing assistance with school, work, and career planning and placement. Many of our young adult clients also need help acquiring the life skills necessary to transition into productive adult roles and responsibilities.
- Pre-school and school-aged children, including those with learning differences and those who are gifted and under-challenged or bored in school.
As a family living overseas, Educational Connections was beyond efficient in helping us find just the right wilderness program and therapeutic boarding school for our 17-year-old daughter. We had a difficult situation because we are based in Shanghai where resources are few and distances are great. In an already stressful situation they put us at ease by thoroughly understanding and addressing our needs. As a result, our daughter is happy and thriving as a mature, self-actualized young adult. There are not enough words for how grateful we are.
To put it simply, Ann and Pat saved my 16-year-old daughter’s life. It was a long, painful process. Without it, though, she probably would not be with us today. And she most certainly would not have graduated high school, graduated college, married an incredible person, be gainfully employed, happy, and giving back. Thank you, Ann and Pat.
Ann and Pat have been invaluable resources. They quickly engaged with us and with those most familiar with our son to understand his situation and needs in order to provide us with critical advice and guidance. Their knowledge of available programs, and specific therapists within these programs, led to recommendations that were highly tailored to the needs of our son. The parent support group they run has been invaluable support to us as parents.
Note: Names of clients have been changed for confidentiality.