28: Taking a Gap Year with Katelynn Shea and Stephanie Kozlowski of Dynamy Internship Year

In this episode, I talk to talking to Katelynn Shea and Stephanie Kozlowski of Dynamy Internship Year. Katelynn is the Director of Admissions at Dynamy, and Stephanie is the Business Manager and Onsite Coordinator for USA Gap Year Fairs.  

 

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

• What is a Gap Year?
• The benefits of taking a Gap Year for kids with ADHD
• How Dynamy develops executive function skills
• Navigating the area between structure and independence
• The value of natural consequences
• The value of participating in an internship (perhaps one in blacksmithing?)
• How Gap Years help kids who are college bound, but not college ready
• Why colleges like kids who take Gap Years
• How Gap Years help students make better career choices
• Finding a good Gap Program with Gap Matcher
• The USA Gap Year Fairs

 

Links and Such:

Learn more about USA Gap Year Fairs here:

www.USAGapYearFairs.org

Learn more about Dynamy here:
www.dynamy.org

Take the Gap Matcher Quiz here:
https://gapmatcher.com

Contact Katelynn Shea at SheaK@youinc.org

Contact Katelynn Kozlowski at KozlowskiS@youinc.org

 

And, as always, you can learn more about ADHD Essentials at:

www.ADHDessentials.com.

Contact me at Brendan@ADHDessentials.com.