First off, I proudly disclose that I was a founder and am a board member of the Autism Academy of…read moreLearning. My son just graduated from the school after 11 wonderful years. It's a world of difference from attending most of the Toledo area traditional public schools, as the school and its services are designed around the individual needs of the students. The school's philosophies and policies put the students first, maintain their dignity, treat them with compassion and respect and provide the services needed to help each child reach his/her potential. Most classrooms have six students to four staff. We offer speech and OT, a Snoezelen Multisensory Room, two gross motor sensory rooms, gymnasium, computer lab with smartboard, life skills room and vocational programming both onsite and in the community at places such as Goodwill Industries and the Holiday Inn French Quarter. In response to the review by a former employee, the overwhelming majority of the school's students have a diagnosis of autism. However, as a public school, the AAL cannot deny admission to students who do not have the diagnosis. The programming and services are specifically designed for those with autism. The school has a very open-door policy and anyone wishing to visit is welcome to call the school for a tour or to answer any questions.

i love this school and what it is about the students are exceptional i made new friends and learned…read moremany new learning strategies! i taught at this school for many years my experiences were excellent we had fun whi,e we learned . i gain much trust fromthe students and learned many educational things. the students have many opportunities to learn and i was a job coach as well i went with students tothe holiday inn and french quarters, i went to the goodwill and many trips to other job facilities i loved working with our kids and seeingthem learn gave me happiness inside. the kids enjoyed working and going out working. i have reffered several kids to this school. i love the board members and founders they are great people and parents as well. keep up the good work and educating the students.

We absolutely LOVE this daycare! From day one, the staff has been incredibly caring, attentive, and…read moregenuinely invested in the children. You can truly feel how much they love what they do. The environment is clean, safe, and welcoming, and it gives me such peace of mind knowing my child is happy and well cared for every single day. The teachers go above and beyond to make learning fun while helping the kids grow socially and emotionally. My child comes home smiling, excited to talk about their day, and clearly thriving. Communication with parents is excellent, and I always feel informed and included. Choosing this daycare was one of the best decisions we've made for our family. I cannot recommend it enough to anyone looking for a loving, trustworthy, and high-quality childcare center. Thank you for everything you do!

I have worked at Educare for 10 years and seven of these were in the classroom. As the Assistant…read moreDirector, I love meeting our new families and look to continue to grow our population back.

I came to Owens Community College to speak to high school kids throughout the area at the Better…read moreBusiness Bureau (BBB) Youth4Ethics Symposium. This symposium was hosted at Owens Community College. We spoke at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts building. It's a great building and it had a fine auditorium to speak at. I needed IT assistance to connect my laptop to give my presentation, something no one else was doing. I needed to do this as I was going to use a program to promote audience interaction from the high school kids. The program allows participants to scan a qr code with their phone and be able to answer questions. This program called Slido, is subscription based and is tied to my account, thus needed IT assistance. The IT department at the college was incredibly helpful in ensuring I could connect and also ensuring the audio worked for my presentation. They were top notch. It was a great honor and experience as a guest speaker here, talking to high school kids about Ethics! Would love to do it again!

I love the small college . The small classes are very helpful . And people just seem focused here…read moreand not distracted . Teachers are helpful . There is a few that I would say not so much . But ,a place to do your first two years for sure here .

5-16-2020 Thankyou…read moreBGSU for holding your virtual graduation ceremonies today. So very glad you had this up and running during the current pandemic. We tuned in to two ceremonies and even though it was a virtual graduation I personally was excited as well as nervous to congratulate our daughter as one of your PhD graduates for Spring 2020. As mentioned in one of the ceremonies, it will be wonderful to have our daughter receive her actual diploma within a month. It's amazing the technology to have faculty, graduating students and their families join in. Thankyou especially to the 3 members of her committee who were with our daughter through this journey of attaining her PhD. Congratulations to all the spring graduates of BGSU 2020. A precedent yet wonderful way to spend a Saturday to celebrate our graduates.

I had a horrible experience with the photo-chemical science PhD program at BGSU that I'd like warn…read morecurrent and prospective students to stay away from this program. I was offered admission without funding, which is not an arrange a reputable US PhD program will make and accept. The supervision style here relies on excessive micromanagement with low transparency on broad project idea and requirements in milestones like the qualification exam and graduation, tricking students into doing works beyond their degree and course requirements. The advisor demands "research productivity" in the 1st year in a US program without adequate training in basics and without any funding, and will leverage academic backing for that. I made clear in my application that I intended to pursue research in computational photo-chemistry, faculty attempted to redirect me into doing experiments; resisting that pressure provoked further threats and withdrawal of support. Faculties in the program use grades as bargaining counters in multiple occasions to "persuade" me to change advisors, obey their arrangement and not to file any complaint. The program coordinator told me he decided to assign me a "C" in a course, but no grade was officially posted for a month. Once I mentioned that I would exercise my student right to initiate a grade appeal, I immediately got an "A". I was also told that recommendation letters would be withheld should I sought to leave and reapply to a better program, effectively using students' future careers as leverage for forced unpaid labor. Some faculty members, including the advisor, are violating my student privacy right by leaking class activities and academic standing to third parties (like parents, professors and advisors in other institutions) without my written consent, and without ever being selected as my references. This, combination-- "I don't respect students' personal boundary" and "I want to avoid conflict", "I will not recommend you" and "I will informally and secretly leak you academic standing"--demonstrates a self-centered approach in which student welfare is disregarded whenever it inconveniences the advisor. When they give advises their main concern is at extracting as much free labor from the student as possible, not at serving the student's best educational interest. The program's website advertises a "safe, accepting, unprejudiced, and fair learning environment",which cannot be further away from the truth from my personal experience as the only Asian student. My academic standing stored there is definitely unsafe as it could be accessed and disclosed by faculty without my consent. I was the only one expected to work without financial support but with a good academic standing in the first year and was singled out when I questioned this disparity. The graduate coordinator specifically told me not to request for funding because I would "get paid 100k+/year after graduation," Students are micromanaged to do repetitive, grinding tasks disguised as "training" which are not meant to train students into independent researchers. In sharp contrast to the advertising, expressing contrasting scientific opinions is also met with accusations of distrust from the advisor and filing complaints will trigger retaliation by withdrawing academic backing. These practices are incompatible with fostering students' potential or providing equitable treatment, and they demonstrate systemic prejudice, intimidation, and retaliation--which further reinforces my opinion that the program is prejudiced, unsafe, unaccepting, and discriminatory. The implied underlying true "value" seems to be the maintenance of deception, manipulation and exploitation rather than the education and development of students. I strong advise against anyone to apply to or stay in this program that provides a discriminatory, coersive and toxic working environment to PhD students. If you have a high GPA and a better background, and don't want to be used as a lab-monkey, please kindly do yourself a favor and apply to somewhere else.

I had never heard of Forte School prior to 2015. It was just another music school to a guy who…read morewouldn't know any better. I sought out wanting piano lessons for my son and I just assumed all schools would be the same. I was directed to Forte because of reviews of my friends'. Upon entering the school, I was impressed, I must admit. But honestly, it's not like I had other music schools to compare it to. The first instructor we had was young, a little wet behind the ears, but a knowledgeable instructor. After the first year, we switched to a more seasoned teacher, much like any student would in regular school. My thought was to have as rounded an education for my son as possible. But this is where it gets real. Our new teacher, Sy Winnie, was from another planet. He didn't just instruct well because he is the greatest piano player I've ever personally witnessed, but he related to my son on a personal level. My son wanted to talk about his piano teacher WELL after the lesson was over and I knew something magical was happening. After the second year, I noticed my son's skills becoming remarkably noticeable and random strangers would comment. He began playing public pianos in different cities we would vacation in, and people even began to tip him! As the years went on, my son has developed such a strong skill in music that it extended not only to him joining the band in middle school and high school, but it actually bettered his academics as well! Music education develops pathways in the brain that normal students never develop which enhance the learning curve on any subject. My son is now in high school, has a 4.0 school average and his musicianship has never been better. His youtube videos of his piano playing has even been watched by thousands. When the quarantine hit, I thought this would slow his music education or even ruin it. But, the owner of the school called me directly to tell me he didn't want to lose him as a student. They set up lessons via tablet-technology and continued regardless of distance. This school doesn't just teach. It cares. I honestly think it changed not only my son's life, but indirectly, mine too.

" So far, my experience has been great. I look forward to my half-hour lesson with Shannon. I've…read morelearned so much in the past month. "

My child attended this daycare for a little over a year until we moved. The teachers there are…read morefantastic and really care about the children. Had we not moved, my child would definitely still be there!

If you're looking for an honest review instead of a couple of reviews listed by owners of a…read morecompeting childcare you'll want to listen to this. I in fact have a daughter whom attends this childcare. She has been nothing but loved on by her teachers in the time she has been attending. While the education and lessons are lacking I have begun to see an improvement in the curriculum. This change I've seen in a short amount of time since a tenured director / directors assistant step down from their positions and the new "agnostic" director took over. ( Not sure why a couple of "Christian" women would attack a person who is in search of her creator but anyway I digress. ) Another thing that I have would like to address is while yes it is true about the weirdo that had been found with child pornography did work at the church this news came out several years after working in the childcare and even one on his closest friends was shocked by the news never suspecting this person was involved in such activities. Each staff member that works during childcare hours whether teachers or administrators are vetted through a background check and fingerprinting process. All of the teachers I have ran into when dropping/ picking my child up from daycare have been very kind to my daughter and always have a story to tell about her day. To base your stance on the childcare because of one terrible, disgusting, loathsome egg is unfair. As far as the christianity of this childcare I can attest to the fact that they do indeed pray before meals and possibly nap time as my daughter always reminds my wife and I we have to pray before both activities. While I hope to see further biblical education as the new director takes over and begins to make the necessary changes the childcare needed so badly. The new director is approachable and pleasent to speak with she is always lending a hand to her teachers as I've seen her more out and about assisting the teachers as needed then I ever did under the old administration. She also welcomes suggestions for improvement from both her staff and the parents. She truly has a heart to grow and develop this childcare. As far as the price goes I think the price alone suggests that this is not just business but a ministry to serve the needs of the community. As you could could go anywhere else and spend 2,3, even 4 times the price to get the same care for your child as you do here. As far as the turnover goes here there is quite a bit of turnover but that is to be expected for any minimum wage position. The people that work here aren't in it for the money. They're in because they enjoy their work and take pride in where they work. And those who are there for the pay work there until they can find something better but they also have some very devoted teachers who have been there for 5+ yrs. The atmosphere of the daycare is much lighter and cheerier since the new director has taken over she even has taken the time to brighten the rooms up with some fun child oriented colors. Before I swear to you it felt like you were walking on eggshells and the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. While the overall educational curriculum could be improved this is safe place where your child will be loved, cared for and fed for a reasonable price.

my kids were so happy after they came over great service such a sweet group of kids you guys are…read moredoing so good keep going