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About Dr. Goldberg
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 Renee
Goldberg is a certified educational planner (CEP). As an educational
consultant at Pediatric Behavioral Health, she advises families and
students with a variety of educational needs. She received her Ed.D.
from Clark University in 1983 where she established services for Clark
students with learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD. Dr. Goldberg worked
with some of the clinicians of Pediatric Behavioral Health at UMass
Memorial Medical Center when she was an educator in the pediatrics
department. She has extensive experience in all areas of special
education but also works with mainstream students. Her Massachusetts
professional licensure is in the areas of special education and
secondary English. |
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When
your take your child or adolescent to visit and tour a potential school
or college, you probably have a long list of questions that you would
like to ask.
If there is an information session for parents
only, asking those questions is fine. You can gather as much
information as possible to see if the particular school or college is a
good fit for your student.
However, if you attend an information
session with a group, allow your student and the other parents to ask
the questions. Your child or teenager will probably be embarrassed if
you ask about meal plans, dorm life, weekend activities, sports,
difficulty of classes, tutorial help, and most other topics. If you
have burning questions, you can always call or send an Email when you
return home. Let the focus of the school or college visit be on your
child's reactions and questions, not your own.
I learned this
the hard way when my daughters were visiting colleges. Every time I
asked a question, I received a withering glance from my older daughter.
I noticed her moving farther and farther from me and closer and closer
to the other students on the tour. I realized that she wanted to listen
to the tour guide, view the surroundings, and meet the other students.
At the next college, we followed the "LESS IS MORE" rule for our
questions, and we all were a lot happier. Our second daughter, of
course, benefitted from our previous experiences and did not have to
endure our embarrassing questions.
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