Episode 15- College Readiness & Transition for Neurodivergent Students

Welcome back to another episode! In today’s episode, Kecia interviews Dr. Endlich. Eric Endlich, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and founder of Top College Consultants®, guides neurodivergent students nationwide through the college application process. He co-teaches the UC Irvine continuing education course for educational consultants, Working with Students with Learning Differences, and co-manages an 18,000-member Facebook group for parents of college-bound neurodivergent students. Dr. Endlich has served on the Learning Differences/Neurodiversity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and was honored with IECA’s “Making a Difference” award for contributions such as a database of neurodiversity-friendly colleges. A national presenter and professional writer, he is also a researcher on a project to develop college readiness software for autistic high school students and a study to enhance student-teacher relationships for autistic children. Finally, he is a neurodivergent parent and adult. Today, we discussed his recent lecture for the Tarjan's Center Distinguished Lecture Series he had in November. For more information, please visit our website: tarjancenter.org