My name is Joan Azarva, and I am a college Learning Specialist with 35
years of experience with LD; I am also the parent of an adult son with
LD/ADD who graduated college successfully. Thus, I have two
perspectives on being in the trenches!
At work I saw far too many capable students fail because they
were ill-prepared for the unique challenges of college. They compounded that
with navigational errors. I am only one person and was delugedwith students to
the point I was ineffectual â€"in 2006, I resigned. However, I still have a
mission to increase the college success rate (just about 16%) for these
students!
Determined to help students PRO-actively, I started an e-list that
distributes articles to help parents set their kids up for postsecondary
success. Subscribers to my list receive at least 2 very high-quality articles
per week; I am very discriminating because I know what I would have wanted when
I was in your shoes.
I also wrote a class, Conquer College with LD/ADD, which I teach online and for
which I charge. There is no obligation whatsoever to purchase a thing from me
â€" you may remain on my list indefinitely for all the great free nuggets. I
want to reach people in all socio-economic groups as I earn a living.
I am NOT a spammer and would NEVER sell e-mail addresses. Please
research me online â€" you can see my bio and endorsements on
LinkedIn.com. To subscribe to my list, go to
http://www.conquercollegewithld.com
Here's to success for our kids,
Joan Azarva, Ms.ED
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P.S. Here are some comments from subscribers:
BTW- I have passed along info about your newsletter to friends of mine
w/ college-bound special needs teens. I think they will find the
information useful. â€" Marilyn
Since becoming a part of your e-mail list I have received such a
tremendous amount of helpful and useful information that I cannot
believe it. Even the teachers at my child's school have asked me, "How
did you know that, where did you find out about that?" There is no way
that I would refuse you!! I wondered after I did not enroll my child if you
would end my listing, but you have continued to send me more and more info. When
the time comes to prepare my child for college I will try to enroll him with
you, in the mean time, I can help him more and more thanks to all that you send
our way. THANKS TO YOU!! â€"
Charlotte
Thank you for doing this much needed work Joan…... I found your
initial materials reinforced much of what we have been doing. Thanks
again for another learning opportunity with this next big transition.
I'll share your info with my daughter too and of course my husband.
â€" Wendy
Thank you so very much for your excellent service. I appreciate your
expertise so very much! - Dee