The 1st Annual College Planning Conference from a Holistic Approach

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - April 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Parental involvement has been positively linked to students’ academic achievement and aspirations from early childhood to higher education. Research indicates that students’ fare significantly better in gaining admission to 4-year colleges when parents are involved in the education and planning process. Yet, parents can easily become overwhelmed especially when facing hardship or if there is a child with a special need. Therefore, they are seeking a forum that offers a wide variety of college preparation and planning information that will educate and help them prepare their children to reach their academic, life and career goals.  

The holistic college planning conference is designed with parents in mind; offering breakout sessions such as Financing your College Education from a parent’s perspective, Creating a College Planning Team, Collaborative Visioning and Eliminating Barriers; closing with a panel-led, interactive Q & A session. In addition, each session offers the most up to date and substantial information to parents from leading experts in the field of education including the U.S. Dept of Education so that they can adequately prepare their children to enter the world of college and career.

The conference is being hosted by Stat Office Solutions in downtown Wilmington, DE. Our partners include The Boys & Girls Club of Delaware, The Arthur J. Turner Scholarship Foundation, Rose Hill Community Center, Kaplan Test Prep & Roxy Communications Group, Inc.They have joined with Holmes-Smith Consulting & Living Above Disorder to provide special offers and giveaways to conference participants. In addition, there will be a chance to receive a $500 college scholarship and a paid, 8 week internship for a 12th grade student(s) accepted to a 2 or 4 year college/university with an interest in business and marketing.  The scholarship and internship is being offered by Roxy Communication Group, Inc. of Delaware. You must register and attend the conference to win. Conference registration is now open and 25 scholarships, valued at $100 each, are available for parents to attend the conference at no cost.

Registration closes on May 15, 2013 and walk-ins cannot be accommodated, so sign up today!

To register and find out how to win the scholarship, contact:

Dr. Patricia Smith, CEO Holmes-Smith Consulting, Inc.
W: http://www.holmessmithconsulting.com
E: pvhsmith@gmail.com

(Residents in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Delaware)

Ms. Frederica McLean, Founder Living Above Disorder
W: www.livingabovedisorder.org/families
E:  liveabove@livingabovedisorder.org

(Residents of NY, CT and NJ)

Worried about transportation to the conference from NY? Contact Ms. McLean for information on how to travel.

Registration packets are available on line at:
www.holmessmithconsulting.com and www.livingabovedisorder.org/families.