Strengthening IEC-School Counselor Collaboration for Students with Learning Differences

Strengthening IEC-School Counselor Collaboration for Students with Learning Differences

To enable students with learning differences to thrive in high school and college, it’s essential for professionals working with them to collaborate effectively. When independent educational consultants (IECs) are part of this team, communication between the IEC and...
Counseling Students with Learning Differences

Counseling Students with Learning Differences

Shepherding students through the college application process in a post-pandemic world is hard work—and when students have learning differences, the job can be even more daunting. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, these students are three...
Why Families Trust Top College Consultants

Why Families Trust Top College Consultants

Trusted Experts in College Admissions for Neurodivergent Students At Top College Consultants, earning your trust is at the heart of everything we do. Families count on us for guidance through one of life’s most important decisions—and we take that responsibility...
College Support Options for Autistic Students

College Support Options for Autistic Students

Like their peers, many autistic students attend college. Of the 50,000 teens on the spectrum graduating from high school annually in the United States, at least a third of them pursue higher education (Shattuck, et al., 2012; Wei, et al., 2015). However, their...
Autism Disclosure and College

Autism Disclosure and College

In my work helping autistic students apply to college, the question of disclosure comes up frequently. I think it’s important for people to become comfortable with their authentic selves, and I usually disclose my own autism to families early on to set an example....
Getting Into College Is the Easy Part

Getting Into College Is the Easy Part

When helping students apply to college, I am deeply impressed by their persistence in writing and rewriting what sometimes seems like an endless stream of essays. Every fall we eagerly await that exciting news flash: You’re in! And then the real work begins. Yes,...