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Author name: Mary Miele

Publications

A Parent’s Guide to Special Education

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Each child who has special needs brings special gifts. But often, when we start our journey of parenting our children with special needs, it doesn’t feel that way. We might be really struggling to parent, or to watch them fail at learning or socializing. We sit in an IEP meeting or school meeting and hear how something is going wrong and the struggles our child is having. It feels pretty awful, and our human brains tend to focus on what we need to improve – what is going wrong.

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A Parent’s Guide to Tutoring

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Every single parent, myself included, wants our children to be happy. Educational success is often a key component of this overall happiness.

We hope that our children are attending great schools packed with concerned, passionate, and attentive teachers, and that when they come home from school, they are able to reach into their backpacks, pull out the day’s homework, and complete the assignment with confidence. If that scenario sounds like a pipe dream, you are not alone. Sometimes our children struggle and need support neither you nor their regular teacher can provide. This is where tutoring steps in to fill the void.

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10 Steps to Admissions Success

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If you grew up anywhere but New York City, the elaborate, time-consuming, and complicated process of getting your child into nursery school, middle school, or high school can seem absurdly complex: interviews, letters of recommendation, testing – none of which was required of me until I was applying to college. This process tracks with the acknowledged truth about living in New York City: things are tougher, but the rewards are bigger. NYC, the boroughs, New Jersey, and Connecticut are full of world-class schools, each with its own unique philosophy, campus, and culture.

Finding, applying to, and getting into a best-fit school doesn’t have to be a headache of an experience, but an
enriching one. It can be a process where you gain invaluable insight into your children and your own family. Before I begin a consulting relationship with any client, it is essential that we all have the same framework through which to view and discuss this process.

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How to Prepare for Private School Kindergarten Admissions

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As a parent, embarking on the Kindergarten admissions process can be both exciting and daunting. New York City offers a wide array of school choices, and identifying and gaining admission to a school that is the best fit for your child and family will set your child up for success for many years to come.

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30 Strategies For Learning Well in College

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A college student has a myriad of roles and responsibilities that require strategies and skills to accomplish. There are academics to learn, professors to connect with, friends to make, social calendars to keep, arts and athletics to pursue, health to maintain, and careers to pursue. The more we can empower young people to have the experience which involves using strategies to accomplish tasks of all kinds, the more we will see them thrive and learn well. This book aims to provide a base of strategy for the common responsibilities that college students have; however, I leave room for students and learning specialists to create and respond to an ever-evolving higher educational landscape.

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Evolved Education Integrated Executive Function Coaching Model

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Executive Functioning is cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibition. These functions are carried out primarily in the frontal cortex of the brain. They are developed from birth through young adulthood.

I have springboarded a practical process that I call “Evolved Education’s Integrated Executive Function Coaching Model.” Simply put, this method integrates not only executive functioning and cognitive psychology academic research but also integrates the student’s learning experiences, assessment, as well as strategies taught. Since it aligns with academic research and leaves room for new research to affect it, I believe this model can evolve with us as our field continues to develop. Maybe more branches will form, but the foundation here is strong and I am excited to see where it takes my
students, the students at Evolved Education, and your students!

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Podcast

EP #38: Evolved Education Integrated Executive Function Coaching Model

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During this episode, Becky Reback and Mary Miele talk about the executive functioning model, how it was created, and ways parents can use it to improve their child’s executive functioning at any age. The model includes four pillars: academic research, areas of inquiry and instruction, assessment and strategy creation and skill mastery.

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School Starts in a Week: Here’s What You Can Do at Every Age

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Set up Morning and Evening Routines –> Use the Work Backward Strategy
What time do we need to leave in the morning? What time do we need to go to sleep?
What do we need to do in the morning? What do we need to do in the evening
Make note cards with your child and allow them to order them.
Time each task and put a time estimate on each card.

Podcast

EP #37: What is it like to be tutored at Evolved Education Company?

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During this episode, Becky Reback and Mary Miele talk about the executive functioning model, how it was created, and ways parents can use it to improve their child’s executive functioning at any age. The model includes four pillars: academic research, areas of inquiry and instruction, assessment and strategy creation and skill mastery.

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