Open Mind, Open Heart: How to Support Your Teen in the College Search

Like most parents of college bound teens, you are probably trying to make heads or tails of how to balance your teen’s desire for autonomy with your own desire to ensure that your teen finds the colleges that are the best matches. Been there, done that….we get it! So, we gathered a bunch of questions from parents like you about the college search and selection process and answered them from slightly different sides of the same coin. You will hear two life coaches, one an educator and the other a psychotherapist, who share their answers in a lively discussion intended to help you have peace of mind and peace of heart along this part of your parenting journey.

Parents asked the questions…

• How do I motivate my teen to begin the college search?
• How can we avoid the frenzy?
• How much should I be involved in my teen’s search and selection
  process?

And we answered them!

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Your College Search: How to Tame Your Fears & Find the Colleges that Fit

Like most students, you are probably trying to make heads or tails of all the information coming your way while you are in the process of finding the colleges that are just the right fit Been there, done that….we get it! So, we gathered a bunch of questions from your peers about the college search and selection process and answered them from slightly different sides of the same coin. You will hear two life coaches, one an educator and the other a psychotherapist, who share their answers in a lively discussion with the goal of helping you become successful in your search.

Teens asked the questions…

• What should I be doing to get ready for college?
• How will I know which is the right college for me?
• What impact do my standardized test scores have on my admission?

And we answered them!

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Listen to Both Sides of the Coin!

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How to Jumpstart Your College Search!, Jill Greenbaum, Ed.D. Ebook/Workbook

You are beginning an adventure of enormous proportions! It will be exciting, at times nerve-wracking, yet ultimately you have the opportunity to be transformed by the process. I want to partner with you on this journey, to help you answer these four questions:.

1. What do you know about the college search and selection process?
2. What do you have to learn?
3. What are your questions and worries?
4. What is your plan?

This workbook will help you to:

• identify and focus on your strengths
• demonstrate how your strengths will support you
• help you see the possibilities and create “stretch” goals
• encourage you to take action
• celebrate your “shift” from anxious, confused, and overwhelmed to confident, organized, and successful in beginning the college search

You can do this! I will help! Availability: Immediate download Price:
$9.95

The Chill Guide to Getting Into College, Jill Greenbaum, Ed.D. Ebook/Workbook

The Chill Guide to Getting Into College engages you in a transformative, activity-based approach that supports you in gaining the skills and confidence necessary to succeed in launching the process and your future in college. The workbook provides a path for examining who you are, what you want, and the gap between where you are in this process and what remains to be accomplished.

• Assess who you are – Identifying strengths, talents, needs, wants, and challenges
• Learn and use information about what colleges seek in prospective students
• Create a personal vision of the type(s) of colleges you would like to attend
• Prepare for campus visits and interviews by creating plans for each
• Practice and assess your interviewing skills
• Choose the colleges that are the right fit for you

My “coach approach” accelerates goal achievement by creating an environment that stimulates, supports, and challenges you to discover and develop your own solutions, while offering perspective, structure, validation, options, resources, and advice.

Plan Your Fun!, Jill Greenbaum, Ed.D , Guidebook, Wall Planner, Notes and Pen

Plan You Fun! helps you focus on the life you want to have-fun, exciting, and engaging, rather than feeling that you barely have time to breathe-overwhelmed with school, responsibilities and chores. Use the parts of the package to ensure that you are planning and having fun every week, and reflecting on your fun – so your final years of high school don’t feel like they’re all about school work and obligations. Feeling great about your life gives you even more energy to tackle the challenges of your college search.
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