A great way to showcase a larger collection of hand selected cards is by organizing them in a binder. Purchase a binder and pocket protection pages. You will be able to find the pocket protectors online or at your local hobby store. Organize your baseball cards by brand and year. Start with the oldest, most valuable cards, and move to the newer, less valuable cards. Decide what the collection is worth as a whole. You may find it helpful to look for similar collections online, to see what they're charging. Take a moment to jot down every card in the collection in the order you are presenting them in. This will help you understand the worth, and inform the buyers of what exactly they are purchasing. Always ask for a price a little higher than what they are really worth. This will open up a negotiation and barter between you and the buyer. Negotiate the best deal you can for your collection. Collect payment before sending your card collection out or having it collected if completing the transaction online. A secure way of paying and receiving payment online is a service like PayPal.

Summary: Purchase presentation supplies. Present your cards. Research similar collections. Determine a starting price.


Knowing what sort of coverage your insurance plan offers for psychotherapy or how you plan to pay for therapy is very important. Check your description of plan benefits for information on behavioral health services or coverage for mental health. When in doubt, ask the human resources representative of your insurance company directly. And, ask the therapist if they accept your insurance before making your first appointment. Otherwise you may have to pay out of pocket when you could be seeing a therapist in your insurer's network.  When you meet, remember to take care of payment, scheduling, and insurance questions at the start of the session. This way you will be able to end the session sharing, without the disturbance of logistical issues like calendar checking and payment.  Know that if you see a therapist in a private practice, they may provide you with a receipt that you will submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. You might be responsible for the entire cost of the visit up front, and then be reimbursed through your insurance company. Therapists come from many different backgrounds, and have different forms of education, specialization, certification, and licensing. "Psychotherapist" is a general term, rather than a specific job title or indication of education, training or licensure.   The following are red flags, indicating that the therapist may not be properly qualified:  No information provided about your rights as a client, confidentiality, office policies, and fees (all of which would allow you to fairly consent to your therapy) No license issued by the state or jurisdiction in which they practice. A degree from a non-accredited institution. Unresolved complaints filed with their licensing board. The more information your therapist has about you, the better they will be able to do their job. Helpful documents might include reports from previous psychological tests or recent hospital discharge summaries. If you are a student, you may also want to bring recent grades or other recent markers of progress. This will be helpful during your intake interview, when the therapist may ask you to fill out forms about your current and past physical and emotional health.  By streamlining this part of your visit, you and your therapist will have more opportunity to get to know each other on a person-to-person level. If you are already taking any medications for mental or physical health, or if you have recently stopped a medication, you will want to come prepared with the following information:  Name of the drug(s) Your dosage Side effects you are experiencing Contact information of the providing doctor(s) When meeting for the first time, you may have lots of different questions and concerns. In order to address everything you want to know, write some notes reminding you to gather all the information you need. Bringing these to your first session will help you feel less confused and more at ease. Notes might include the following questions for your therapist:  What therapeutic approach do you use? How will we define our goals? Will you expect me to complete assignments to do between sessions? How frequently will we meet? Will our work together be short-term or long-term? Are you willing to collaborate with my other health care providers to treat me more effectively? Because therapy is meant to provide you with a safe space to work on yourself, time must be managed wisely. Once you are in the session it's the therapist's job to keep track of time, allowing you to focus on answering questions and adjusting to the feel of therapy. But, it's up to you to get yourself to that point. Be aware that some private therapists charge for missed appointments, and these fees are not covered by insurance.

Summary: Understand the financial arrangement. Check the therapist's qualifications. Prepare any relevant documents. Gather a list of medications you are taking or have taken recently. Write reminder notes. Keep track of your appointment schedule.


Stories are a great way for students to learn about a new concept, and a picture book will keep young children engaged. Ask them to pick out the story they’d most like to read. Here are some great options:   Count on Pablo by Barbara deRubertis  The Great Divide by Dayle Ann Dodds  Divide and Ride by Stuart J. Murphy  2 X 2 = Boo: A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories by Loreen Leedy  Arctic Fives Arrive by Elinor J. Pinczes  Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott You can use pretend food or real food. This works best for helping young learners understand how to do basic division. Here are some ways they can divide the food:  Ask them to divide the food equally. Have them divide the food for various groups, such as 2, 4, 5, or 10 friends. Make a recipe with the student but ask them to do the math to reduce the number of servings. This is a great way to help them understand remainders. They could divide stuffed animals, Legos, dolls, army men, blocks, etc. Ask them to create subsets among their toys, or have them divide the toys into groups.  For example, ask them to divide all stuffed bears into groups of 3, with remainders set aside. Similarly, all red Legos can be divided into groups of 5, with remainders set aside.
Summary: Read books about division with young children. Ask your student to divide food. Have the student divide sets of toys.