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Why a Gap Year Belongs on Every One

American Gap Association: Sarah Persha, Director of Education American Gap Association: Ethan Knight, Executive Director Dynamy Internship Year: Kathy Cheng, Director of Admissions Carpe Diem Education: Nicholas Berger, Development Director



Sarah Persha --

American Gap Associa@on

TEENS AND YOUNG ADULT TRANSITIONS: POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF B- CHOICES

Sarah Persha, MA AGA Director of Education Educational Consultant Young Adult Transition Specialist

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Educational Consultant Young Adult Transition Specialist Parenting Counselor Director of Education for American Gap

Association, 501(c) 3

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Member of Higher Education Consultant Association (HECA)

Member of Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)

Member of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

Member of National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs

Member of ACE, AEA

If the Superplan is Harvard, the backup is Rice (or PCC?), is it time for a Gap semester?

Is a Gap Year a B- choice? For some, yes, for others it is AP-PG-Honor's!

How Gap experiences fit into an emerging young adult's need for engagement: connection, contribution, cultural shift.

Superparents do not create superstudents.

Current thinking: delays in maturity, protraction of dependence: WHY GAP?

Words we may hear frequently: entitled, unmotivated, inflated, clueless, coddling, helicoptor...

Terms we may be worried about: executive functioning, pre-frontal cortex, online addictions, social anxiety

If your student has very little experience other than the US classroom, get them out of the classroom...

How experiential education develops creative thinking, problem solving, flexibility, and the capacity to manage intensity

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