Miltner Consulting
- (June 2022) Susan Miltner has retired and closed the business. Prior to 2019, this business was called Virginia Reiss & Miltner Associates. Virginia Reiss retired in 2019.
For over fifteen years, Susan Miltner has offered hope to families by assisting students with learning disabilities, behavioral issues, mental illness and addiction issues. I identify therapeutic schools, residential treatment centers, wilderness programs and young adult transitional programs throughout the United States that will best suit a student's academic, social, emotional and behavioral needs. I am an Expert Placement Consultant. I also assist and collaborate with the family and school to create an effective IEP for the student. I have the institutional knowledge, education and expertise to create meaningful plans for change and growth for your student. I offer flexible pricing dependent on the services needed. Call today. I can help.
Archived Q&A and Reviews
Jan 2009
RE: Boot camp for 19 year old?
I highly recommend that you work with an educational consultant. We worked with a woman named Virginia Reiss (in Larkspur, CA) and found her to be incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. There are many good people out there who can guide you through the process. It is important to find the right place for her, especially due to the fact that she is over 19 and cannot be legally held against her will. There are also many places that are not safe so it is worth spending the money on a consultant to help guide you. Good luck! step mom of a formerly troubled teen
July 2004
RE: Need info about out-of-state schools that offer treatment
This is a tough situation. There are a number of schools with excellent reputations, and a number that are run by absolute charlatans, so my advice, having had a very difficult/high-risk behavior teenager, is to hire the services of an educational consultant. It's their business to know which schools are okay and which should be avoided or have had serious problems. It's not cheap, but making the wrong decision about an emotional growth school creates more problems than it solves. I can strongly recommend the services of Elizabeth McGhee at Virginia Reiss Associates in Larkspur (980 Magnolia Drive/Suite 8, Larkspur, CA 94939/phone is 415-461-4788). Anyone in that office would be okay to work with.
Nov 2002
RE: Residential school for bright son with emotional problems
For the mom seeking an educational consultant and therapeutic boarding school - I can highly recommend Elizabeth McGhee at Virginia Reiss Associates in Larkspur (415)461-4788. We had a lot of success putting our child into Provo Canyon School in Utah (you can check their website at provocanyon.com & their phone is 801-227-2100). There is a boys' campus in Provo, Utah, and the girl's campus is in Orem. Both are about 45 minutes from Salt Lake City (which is a short flight on Southwest Air Lines out of Oakland). I STRONGLY advise going through a educational counselor rather than trying to make a placement decision on your own, though, because a mismatch on a school can be an expensive disaster, and while you didn't mention your son's age, you can't force children to attend such schools if they are over 18. It can take a while for a child to settle into a placement.
Parent Reviews
Parents, please Sign in to post a review on this page.