Metcalf, Linda

Provides information and materials for taking a positive and personal approach to Response to Intervention, discussing how to identify exceptions to learning problems, design interventions, and implement a three-tiered RTI process, and including tips on decreasing paperwork, motivating students, engaging students and parents, and increasing morale.

Offers parenting advice based on the solution-focused brief therapy model of counseling, which encourages parents to use skills developed at work, in adult relationships, and other areas of life, to help deal with the behavior problems of their children.

Offers practical tools, techniques, and tips to help people choose the right college and create admissions essays and applications that stand apart from other students and improve their chances of getting in to the college of their dreams.