• Help students stay on track, working towards their post secondary goals
• Save families thousands of dollars by avoiding college drop out
• Help students select and complete appropriate transferable classes
• Ensure that students are organized and communicate with professors
• Facilitate communication with available college support services
• Provide parents and students with regular status updates on progress
• Give students weekly action items to help them reach their goals
• Build self-esteem and independence
• Encourage parents to act as consultants rather than managers of their student's academic/post secondary careers

Michael and his family are thrilled!  He's been accepted at his first choice college out of state!  Though Michael struggled during high school, he gained admission to a college program known for its support for LD students.  His parents even paid additional tuition for the supplemental support services offered.  Michael and his family are nervous, but ready.

 

Michael heads off to college in August.  He wants to start fresh, wants a clean slate.  He doesn't want to be identified any more as a student with LD, so he doesn't use the additional services that his parents paid for.  He quickly begins to fall behind.  He doesn't tell anybody because he is unhappy and embarrassed about his situation.  Soon, he fails his classes and is put on academic probation.  He is disheartened and his self-esteem takes a serious blow.  By the end of the next quarter, he is asked to leave.  He returns home feeling terrible about himself and wondering if he is just "stupid". 

 

Michael earned no transferable college credits and his parents lost their tuition money as well as the money for the extra support program. Everybody feels sad, angry, frustrated, and at a loss about what to do.

 

Michael enrolls at his local Community College and begins working with Rebecca Field Consulting.  During his very first semester he passes three classes and earns more transferable credits than he had during the previous year.  He chooses a major and begins working with his coach towards earning his degree.  He develops a weekly schedule and is now considering adding a part-time job into his life.  He and his family are finally feeling good about his progress.

 

Olivia does well in school but struggles with anxiety and depression.  She gains admission to her first choice school, and immediately signs up for a full course load of classes. 

 

Olivia arrives on campus.  She knows immediately that she is not going to get along with her roommate.  She becomes increasingly more anxious and depressed.  Her grades begin to drop which increases her anxiety because she has always been able to manage.  She doesn't tell her parents because she wants to prove to them that she can do this.  Within a semester she needs to return home because she is not able to manage her roommate, her academic work, and her anxiety and depression.

 

She has earned no transferable credits and her parents have lost their tuition money.  Olivia feels terrible about herself and doesn't know if college is really for her.

 

She begins working with Rebecca Field Consulting and enrolls in a full course load at her local Community College.  She decides that her previous school was not a good match, and begins the process of transferring to a different four year college.  She feels good about the process and is taking full advantage of the college admissions advising and time management support that Rebecca Field Consulting offers.  She feels like she is working successfully towards her goals.