I know my son is bright. . . . why doesn't he care about school? Why is he so lazy and unmotivated? My daughter is . . . so unmotivated. How can I make her want to do better? In this lifesaving, groundbreaking book, Drs. Mandel and Marcus, clinical psychologists with more than 25 years' experience working with underachievers, show that these children are, in fact, highly motivated--in directions other than schoolwork. The key to helping underachievers reach their full potential lies in discovering their real motivation and redirecting it. But first, say the authors, you must abandon convention... View More...
"Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, these children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows parents and others who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and bypass the child's weaknesses. Thi... View More...
"Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, these children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows parents and others who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and bypass the child's weaknesses. Thi... View More...
"Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, these children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows parents and others who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and bypass the child's weaknesses. Thi... View More...
We live in an era when the unprecedented speed of change means: The only certainty is uncertainty; you can't predict what skills will be useful in ten years time; in most professions knowledge is doubling every two or three years; and no job is forever--so being employable means being flexible and retraining regularly. "Accelerated Learning into the 21st Century" contains a simple but proven plan that delivers the one key skill that every working person, every parent and student must master, and every teacher should teach: it's learning how to learn. The theory of eight multiple intelligences ... View More...
This is an intimate look at the lives of young people as they negotiate the world of the family with the world of their peers and the demands of school. This exceptional text provides a clear understanding of features in school and classroom environments that aid or impede students in making successful transitions among their worlds and the world of school -- both social and academic. It is about all youth, and not only those typically identified as "at risk" or those representing one cultural, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic group. View More...
Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Now, in Awakening Children's Minds, Laura Berk cuts through the confusion of competing theories, offering a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how they can make a difference in children's lives. This is the first book to bring to a general audience, in lucid prose richly laced with examples, truly state-of-the-art thinking about child rearing and early e... View More...
Describes twelve qualities of genius--including curiosity, sensitivity, inventiveness, imagination, and joy--and includes dozens of suggested activities and helpful resources to provide genius experiences..
Describes twelve qualities of genius--including curiosity, sensitivity, inventiveness, imagination, and joy--and includes dozens of suggested activities and helpful resources to provide genius experiences..
From the Foreword by Howard Gardner: In this invaluable book, Tom Hoerr relates a decade's worth of MI experiences at St. Louis' New City School. We learn about the staff's initial exposure to MI theory, the many activities (some more successful than others) that were undertaken by faculty and staff in teaching, curriculum, adult development, and assessment; the challenges that the leader faces in attempting to bring about significant and lasting change. Especially compelling are the continuing efforts to develop the personal intelligences during a period when issues of diversity, multicultura... View More...
Here is a sound, empirically-based introduction to the principles and procedures of behavior modification and the practical, specific information needed to successfully apply these principles in a school environment. In a concrete, step-by-step manner, the authors guide the reader through the process of developing, modifying, and fading out behavior management programs. In part one, the general principles that underlie behavior management procedures are explained. Part two details their application in schools. School and Child Psychologists. A Longwood Professional BookAlso available in caseb... View More...
At last, we have the scientific evidence that documents the many biological gender differences that influence learning. For instance, girls talk sooner, develop better vocabularies, read better, and have better fine motor skills. Boys, on the other hand, have better auditory memory, are better at three-dimensional reasoning, are more prone to explore, and achieve greater abstract design ability after puberty. In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian synthesizes the current knowledge and clearly demonstrates how this distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender difference... View More...
In this groundbreaking book, nationally recognized leaders in education and psychology examine the relationships between social emotional education and school success--specifically focusing on interventions that enhance student learning. Offering scientific evidence and practical examples, this volume points out the many benefits of social emotional learning programs, including: Building skills linked to cognitive development Encouraging student focus and motivation Improving relationships between students and teachers Creating school-family partnerships to help students achieve Increasi... View More...
The Bully Busters' approach, which is especially useful for working with upper elementary and middle school students, emphasizes both control and prevention. It helps teachers increase their awareness, knowledge base, and intervention skills to attack the root causes of bullying behavior and to deal with the problem confidently.Bully Busters is organized into seven modules. Each module includes a teacher information component and a series of classroom activities designed to increase student participation in reducing and preventing bullying, as well as to strengthen the teacher/student relation... View More...
Topically-arranged and teacher-focused, Child and Adolescent Development for Educators is a richly contextual research-based foundation in the science of development that is ideal for future teachers. Attending to the development of school-aged children and youth, the brevity of the text and the diversity of in-text activities give teacher educators ample opportunity to assign observations and other school-based projects. View More...
The first and only Praxis II guide devoted exclusively to the PLT, this is a must for aspiring teachers who need to pass any of the four PLT tests. Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching tests (PLT) are a requirement for teaching licenses in 20 states, and between September 2001 and July 2004, approximately 128,000 people took the four PLT tests. This one-of-a-kind, PLT-specific book includes test-preparation materials for all four PLT tests - Early Childhood, Grades K 6, Grades 5 9, and Grades 7 12. Materials for each of the four tests include a self-assessment test, subject reviews, a... View More...
Solidly rooted in current cognitive psychology and motivation research, this text applies the findings of such research directly to classroom teaching and students learning. View More...
Step by step, Counseling Toward Solutions shows how to help individual students begin their own change process by noticing when a problem does not occur rather than focusing on the problem or what caused it. This approach-- called Solution-Focused Brief Therapy-- is often used by private counselors and therapists and is now being applied in the schools with great success. View More...
Whatever the reason, it is clear that crises are no longer unique events that will rarely or never be encountered. We drill for, prevent, and are continually educated in managing fires. What do we know about other personal and disaster-related crises in the schools? What theoretical philosophies might apply? What research and what information that others have learned "the hard way" from experiencing crises might help schools prepare for crisis? How can we support young people in crisis who have previously been ignored? These are the questions that this volume intends to address. -- From Chapte... View More...
Helping therapists hone their skills for working with diverse children and families, this unique volume looks at play therapy through a multicultural lens. Experienced practitioners examine how cultural traditions, values, shared experiences, and expectations may influence the ways children express themselves through play, the ideas and feelings they associate with different activities, and the responses of children and parents to particular interventions. Filled with evocative clinical material, chapters highlight specific issues to consider when working with African American, Latino, Native ... View More...
