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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => EdCons and referring organizations and agencies => Topic started by: Ursus on December 18, 2007, 10:01:04 AM

Title: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: Ursus on December 18, 2007, 10:01:04 AM
This small company appears to exist dually on the web, i.e., on the following two sites:

http://www.educationalconsultingservices.com/ (http://www.educationalconsultingservices.com/)
http://www.gposner.com/ (http://www.gposner.com/)

It was started in the mid-90s or earlier by former Hyde School parent George Posner.


 
Current staff: (http://http://www.gposner.com/staff.htm)

(http://http://www.gposner.com/images/posner.jpg)
Dr. George J. Posner, CEP, Consultant, founder of ECS, and Director of Eastern Services. He has a B.S. in Psychology (1965), and a masters degree in Physics Teaching (1970), both from Union College, and a doctorate in curriculum and educational psychology (University at Albany, 1972). For more than forty years he has been teaching and advising youth. He has been on the faculty at Cornell University since 1972 (currently retired and Professor Emeritus of Education), where he has served as both Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in Education and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Posner has been an award-winning faculty member while at Cornell, the principal author of three major textbooks used around the world and more than thirty articles on teaching and curriculum. He has also served as a consultant to schools, universities, foundations and states throughout the country and in several countries abroad on matters of curriculum, teaching and teacher education. In addition, Dr. Posner currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Study (an independent evaluation of the DARE program), has been a Professional Member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association since 1996, and has previously served on the Board of Education, Ithaca City School District (Ithaca, New York). Dr. Posner is known throughout the U.S. and Canada for his extensive professional and personal experience in education and special-needs consulting and for his ability to bring this knowledge to his work with families. He lives in Ithaca, NY, with his wife, Adrienne, and has two married daughters, both mothers, one a veterinarian living in Rochester, NY, the other, also a special educator living in White Plains, NY.

(http://http://www.gposner.com/images/finney.jpg)
Sarah Finney, MS, LMFT, Consultant and Director of Western Services. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a B.S. in Social Psychology and an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Brigham Young University. She is also a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a Professional Member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Since 1992 Sarah has been working with adolescents, young adults and their families. She has experience working as a residential counselor and supervisor and as an adolescent, young adult and family therapist. Sarah has worked as a therapist and team director in a variety of private special-needs settings including an acute care eating disorder program, a therapeutic boarding school, and a residential treatment center for adolescents. Because of her training and experience, Sarah has presented numerous parent workshops around the country, and is a repeat presenter at NATSAP (National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs). Sarah's dedication, reputation and passion for helping teens, young adults and their families are her hallmarks. Sarah is married to her husband, Rod, who is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in adolescent and family care. Sarah is a Canadian transplant who now resides with her husband and son, Gabriel, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

(http://http://www.gposner.com/images/grigoriu.jpg)
Dr. Betsy Grigoriu, Consultant, earned a B.S.E. in Secondary English Education (1989), an M. A. in Clinical Community Psychology (1993), both from Mansfield University in PA, and a doctorate in the field of Educational Psychology (Cornell University, 1998). She is an Associate Member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Dr. Grigoriu has worked in public school systems as a teacher at the high school level and a therapeutic counselor at the elementary school level. Her experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples in clinical and school settings involved conducting individual and family therapy, psychological assessments, evaluation team meetings with principals, teachers, and parents, and individual and group counseling with students. Dr. Grigoriu's research interest in cognitive-emotional development led to a research project at Cornell looking at how families build community support networks. She has taught educational psychology courses in adolescent development and learning processes, in the areas of cognitive, emotional, moral, and social development and has conducted numerous program evaluations in school and clinical settings. Her strength lies in helping families sort out a large amount of information to determine their options and make well-informed decisions. She lives in Ithaca, N.Y. with her husband, Mircea. They each have a grown son and a new daughter-in-law.
Title: Re: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: Ursus on January 22, 2008, 05:45:48 AM
To be fair, I think Educational Consulting Services may cater to mainstream boarding schools as well. However, ECS does also recommend Aspen Education TBSs, perhaps even RTCs and wilderness programs and, I am sure, Hyde Schools. The Utah office gives me pause, especially given the background of who it is staffed by.

The following is from their Welcome page:




Educational Consulting Services: An Introduction (http://http://www.educationalconsultingservices.com/intro.htm)

Public and private day schools and colleges work well for some students. However, they are inadequate for some young people for a variety of reasons. Typically, families begin to explore other options when their son or daughter:


In some cases, intensive intervention is needed; in other cases a young person may need a more structured or therapeutic school. If a young person exhibits the following behaviors, we are able to assist the family in developing the most appropriate plan to address these issues.

Title: Re: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: Ursus on January 22, 2008, 07:40:06 AM
...And this from ECS's "Related Articles" section. Most, if not all, of these are written by ECS personnel. George Posner has a version of this article on Lon's StrugglingTeens site as well...




How Do I Know If an Out-of-Home Placement Makes Sense?: The 5 Phases of Parent Growth (http://http://www.educationalconsultingservices.com/articleone.htm)

Dr. George Posner

In most placements the process through which the parents must pass is as crucial to the success of the placement as the process through which their children must pass, in some cases even more crucial. Just as their children progress through specific phases in their growth process, so too do their parents. These phases are important for the consultant to recognize, since the consultant must often help the parent through them, if the placement is to have any chance of success. If the consultant attempts to push the process too fast or to ignore a particular phase, he or she risks the parents derailing the placement: discontinuing the placement process; "rescuing" their child from the program; or undermining the program by communicating their lack of commitment to graduation from the program. Although these disruptions are always possible, the risks greatly increase if the parents do not get help in working their way through the phases. Drawing on 31 years as an educational researcher, 12 years as an educational consultant and 4 years as a Hyde School parent, I have found it useful to think of the phases through which parents must pass as a series of realizations. Each realization itself takes place over time as the person progressively internalizes it. This internalization process, stated simply, moves from the head (understanding what needs to be done), to the heart (believing in a course of action), to a commitment to act (ready to do it). The series of phases can be described as follows:

    1. Realization that a problem exists.
    2. Realization that home is not necessarily the best place for the needed changes to take place, and may even be part of the problem.
    3. Realization that the problem is serious enough to warrant a major disruption in the family's budget.
    4. Realization that it will take a long time before the child can come back home.
    5. Realization that they as parents played a role in the development of problems and that they are crucial in order to work through the problems successfully.
Title: Re: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: Ursus on October 08, 2008, 05:18:10 PM
'Tis a pattern seen in many aspects of the troubled teen industry: the broadening of services rendered. Programs, ed cons, transporters, "aftercare," parent seminars, coaching, so-called therapy or counseling, loan "facilitation," etc. etc. etc. ...these places are teaming up with one another.

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Homeward Bound
Lehi, UT

George Posner's Education Consulting Services Partners With Homeward Bound (http://http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/HomewardBoundBN_081007.shtml)

Contact:
Tim Thayne
801-768-1441
http://www.homewardbound.net (http://www.homewardbound.net)

October 6, 2008

Despite economic downturns, many families across the country are still in desperate need of help for their troubled teens, and a new partnership between placement and consulting firm, Education Consulting Services (ECS), and after-care experts, Homeward Bound, offers these families the assistance they need to achieve greater long-term success.

“We have been impressed, as many of our clients have been, with Homeward Bound’s professionalism and positive outcomes,” said Dr. George Posner, founder of ECS and director of eastern services. “Many of our families have credited their teen’s successful transition home to the aftercare support they received as a family from Homeward Bound. We believe our partnership will allow us to further improve the overall outcome for ECS families.”

Through this partnership, ECS will be able to custom-design comprehensive aftercare plans for its clients with the help of transition specialists at Homeward Bound. All ECS clients will receive a complimentary subscription to Homeward Bound’s online collaboration, communication, and parent education tool called The Family Bridge. Other available aftercare resources include in-home coaching, 24-hour professional support, and parenting seminars.

“The Family Bridge is truly innovative,” said Sarah Finney, a licensed marriage and family therapist and director of western services at ECS. “We’ve never seen anything like it and are excited to offer this feature to every family we work with.”

In addition to offering greater success through aftercare treatment and support, the partnership between ECS and Homeward Bound may also help to make treatment options more affordable for families.

“By including intensive in-home services and multi-systemic support as an option within the overall treatment plan, treatment lengths can be shortened,” said Dr. Tim Thayne, founder and CEO of Homeward Bound. “This makes the placement of troubled teens in out-of-home treatment settings more financially feasible to a larger number of families than ever before.”

For more information about Homeward Bound’s aftercare services or its partnership with ECS, contact Tim Thayne at Homeward Bound.

About Homeward Bound:
Created in response to a need for more effective aftercare help for troubled teens, Homeward Bound is recognized as the industry leader in aftercare and transition management. The company’s innovative, evidence-based aftercare program helps teens and families bridge the gap between out-of-home treatment and the return to real life. For more than three years, Homeward Bound has assisted teens and their families throughout North America in navigating the transition process and achieving long-term success, unity, and happiness.

About Educational Consultant Services:
Established in 1994, Educational Consulting Services (ECS) advises and guides families from across the U.S., Canada and abroad seeking solutions for children and other family members with emotional, behavioral, learning or substance-abuse issues that require intensive support and intervention. ECS has offices in New York and Utah and can be found on the web at gposner.com.
Title: Re: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2008, 06:09:34 PM
Dr Posner's head would look great in a bowling bag
Title: Re: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: dishdutyfugitive on October 08, 2008, 06:13:47 PM
Posner sure as shit doesn't roll on shabus.
Title: Re: Educational Consulting Services - ECS
Post by: Ursus on October 16, 2008, 03:03:48 PM
More news: he's trying for both ends now (before and after "care"). George Posner claims that his new service "Intensive Early Care" is a "truly innovative intervention service." See the following link for more complete coverage:

viewtopic.php?f=43&t=24482&p=317402#p317402 (http://www.fornits.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=24482&p=317402#p317402)
Title: ECS adds Testing Services to menu
Post by: Ursus on April 02, 2009, 11:41:30 AM
Breaking News
Posted: Mar 26, 2009

Dr. George Posner, CEP
Educational Consulting Services
Ithaca, NY

George Posner's Consulting Firm Announces Testing Services (http://http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/PosnerBN_090326.shtml)

Contact:
Dr. George Posner, CEP
607-273-5400
http://www.gposner.com (http://www.gposner.com)

March 22, 2009

The difficulty in obtaining a timely, comprehensive, highly competent assessment of a child has been frequently mentioned by parents, consultants and other professionals. As a response to this need, the eastern offices of Educational Consulting Services in partnership with Psychological Solutions now offers psychological, neuropsychological, and educational testing services that are tailored to the needs of the individual.

These services are provided by Jennifer Wisdom, PhD, MPH, in her New York City office. Dr. Wisdom is a licensed clinical psychologist and health services researcher, currently Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University Medical Center and Research Scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute. These services are of the highest possible quality with several characteristics not typically found in other testing services:


For more information about this service, please see our website at http://www.gposner.com (http://www.gposner.com) or call us at (607) 273-5400.


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