Download or read book The Student s Advantage Parents Guide written by Wyne Ince and published by Wyne Ince. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Parent: This guide will explain what you can expect from the book, how it is structured, and the educational principles on which it is based. It will also walk you through the book’s major components and how to implement them. As the parent, you will need to provide certain things for your teen or preteen to gain the book’s full value. The Parent’s Role in Fostering Good Studentship Every conscientious parent wants their child to do well in school, but not all parents know how to make that happen. They tell their child to study hard and to take school seriously, but that usually isn’t enough. They then may resort to nagging, scolding, or threatening, which only makes things worse. Many loving parents had trouble in school themselves and really don’t know the solution to their child’s problems. Kids need three things to turn around a losing streak in the classroom: 1) They need to be motivated, to be given reasons why they should study and work hard. 2) They need to be shown that they can be successful if they do this. 3) And they need to be shown how to do it: what studying and working hard in school actually means. This book will address all three issues. But by itself, it is only a book, a bunch of information buried between two pieces of cardboard. To get the knowledge out of the book and into the head and heart of your student, a facilitator is needed. That facilitator is you. (Or it could be another adult whom your child respects acting in the role of a mentor. The Student’s Advantage: Your Guide to Getting the Most out of School and Creating a Fabulous Future will empower students who have been struggling in middle and high school to maximize their capabilities and will inspire good students to transform themselves into great students. All too often students do not really understand why they need to learn. With US academic performance in decline, particularly in science and math, the time has come to tackle the question of why students are not doing better, and to emphasize to students the why of learning, making clear to them how education will affect their adult lives. The Student's Advantage: Your Guide to Getting the Most out of School and Creating a Fabulous Future is a practical guide that will motivate middle and high school students by providing a vital understanding of the keys to succeeding in school, the importance of investigating potential career interests, and the need to take an active role in preparing for the years ahead. The Student's Advantage demonstrates through dramatic examples the indisputable power of motivation and commitment. The Student's Advantage is not exclusively a goal-setting workbook, merely a manual of study habits, or just a career-search guidebook. It draws together all of these crucial areas in a highly interactive and engaging manner, yet remains a straightforward reference that will inspire and motivate. The Student's Advantage aims to give students momentum on the road to academic success. Each comprehensive chapter is easily referenced, with the Student’s Success Roadmap offering corresponding exercises. Practical devices like the Seven Learning Secrets and overviews of various careers are presented in a candid and accessible fashion. Thanks.
Download or read book The Parent s Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum written by Jane Thierfeld Brown and published by AAPC Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parent-friendly book, made especially so because it is written by parents who also are autism professionals, that takes the fear and mystery out of the college experience.
Download or read book The Everything Parent s Guide to Children with Dyslexia written by Abigail Marshall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your child succeed in the classroom--and in life! As a parent of a child with dyslexia you may wonder what you should expect as your child goes through life. How can you help your child deal with school and succeed? It's true, there are challenges for children with dyslexia, but when identified early, they can be overcome successfully. Abigail Marshall, manager of dyslexia.com, shows you how to: Identify the early symptoms of dyslexia. Work with teachers to create an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Reduce homework struggles. Find the best treatment program. Help your child develop skills with the use of assistive technology. Plan for college and career. The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia, 2nd Edition is your first step in facing the challenges of dyslexia with a positive attitude.
Download or read book The Parent s Guide to Down Syndrome written by Jen Jacob and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your child succeed and thrive! As a parent of a child diagnosed with Down syndrome, you may be feeling unsure of what to do next or where your child's journey will take you. In this book, authors Jen Jacob and Mardra Sikora share their experiences and guide you through life with Ds with expert advice from diagnosis to adulthood. Each page teaches you ways to support your child through major milestones; nurture their development; and ensure that they succeed behaviorally, socially, and cognitively. You'll also find valuable information on: Sharing the news with loved ones Transitioning into primary school Developing your child's social skills Discussing future opportunities, including employment and housing options With The Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome, you will have the tools you need to raise a happy, healthy, and thriving child.
Download or read book The Parents Guide to Psychological First Aid written by Gerald P. Koocher and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents articles by recognized experts who provide parents with the information needed in order to help children navigate the many trying problems that typically afflict young people.
Download or read book CliffsNotes Parents Guide to Paying for College and Repaying Student Loans written by Reyna Gobel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most reliable sources of college tuition strategies before, during, and after college that parents will ever find Geared toward parents who are preplanning how to effectively save for their child's future college tuition as well as last-minute tuition savings advice, this invaluable resource gives no-nonsense advice from author Reyna Gobel, a recognized expert in the field of saving for college and repaying student loans. Reyna provides guidance on 529 college tuition savings plans, additional ways to save for college without breaking the bank, and repaying student loans that parents might have acquired. One of the best, most reliable sources of college tuition strategies before, during, and after college that parents will ever find!
Download or read book Letting Go written by Karen Levin Coburn and published by Adler & Adler Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York City s Best Public High Schools written by Clara Hemphill and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you lived anywhere else in the country, you would probably send your child to your neighborhood high school. In New York City, it’s much more complicated than that. But what parent has time to research hundreds of school options? To help you choose a high school that is just right for your child, Clara Hemphill and her colleagues at Insideschools visited nearly all of the city’s 400 high schools. This essential revision of the critically acclaimed parents’ guide features new school profiles; invaluable advice to help parents and students through the stressful admissions process; and new sections on alternative schools, vocational schools, and schools for students learning English. Featuring interviews with teachers, parents, and students, this guide uncovers the “inside scoop” about school atmosphere, homework, student stress, competition among students, the quality of teachers, gender issues, the condition of the building, class size, and much more. “For [this] third edition I looked for schools that spark students’ curiosity, broaden their horizons, and help them develop into thoughtful, caring adults.” —Clara Hemphill Praise for Clara Hemphill’s Parents’ Guides! New York Daily News... “Brisk, thoughtful profiles of topnotch, intriguing schools.” Big Apple Parent... “Hemphill has done for schools what Zagat’s did for restaurants.” New York Magazine... “Thoughtful, well-researched…required reading.” The New York Times... “A bible for urban parents.”
Download or read book The Campus Cure written by Marcia Morris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that one of four college students was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the last year? College students are experiencing anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and other mental health issues at alarming rates in a landscape of growing academic, social, and financial pressures. As a college mental health psychiatrist for over two decades and a mother of two twenty-somethings, Marcia Morris has witnessed the ways problems can derail students from their goals, while parent interventions at critical junctures can help get students back on track. The Campus Cure: A Parent Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students is a first aid guide to your child’s emotional health, preparing you to handle the mental health problems and emotional ups and downs many young adults experience in college. With anecdotes and the latest scientific literature, this book will increase your awareness of common problems, pressures, and crises in college; illustrate how you can support your child and collaborate with campus resources; and provide stories of hope to parents who often feel alone and overwhelmed when their child experiences a mental health problem. While you have the passion to help your child, this book will provide you with the tools to guide your child toward health and happiness in the college years.
Download or read book A Parent s Guide to Raising Grieving Children written by Phyllis R. Silverman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When children lose someone they love, they lose part of their very identity. Life, as they knew it, will never be quite the same. The world that once felt dependable and safe may suddenly seem a frightening, uncertain place, where nobody understands what they're feeling. In this deeply sympathetic book, Phyllis R. Silverman and Madelyn Kelly offer wise guidance on virtually every aspect of childhood loss, from living with someone who's dying to preparing the funeral; from explaining death to a two year old to managing the moods of a grieving teenager; from dealing with people who don't understand to learning how and where to get help from friends, therapists, and bereavement groups; from developing a new sense of self to continuing a relationship with the person who died. Throughout, the authors advocate an open, honest approach, suggesting that our instinctive desire to "protect" children from the reality of death may be more harmful than helpful. "Children want you to acknowledge what is happening, to help them understand it," the authors suggest. "In this way, they learn to trust their own ability to make sense out of what they see." Drawing on groundbreaking research into what bereaved children are really experiencing, and quoting real conversations with parents and children who have walked that road, the book allows readers to see what others have learned from mourning and surviving the death of a loved one. In a culture where grief is so often invisible and misunderstood, the wisdom derived from such first-hand experience is invaluable. Filled with compassion and common sense, A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Loss of a Loved One offers readers a wealth of solace and sound advice, and even--where one might least expect it--a measure of hope.
Download or read book A Parent s Guide to a Peaceful Home written by Patricia Braxton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents serve as their children's first teachers. What they learn at home helps them build on their learning and education at school. In A Parent's Guide to a Peaceful Home, author Patricia Braxton provides a guide to helping parents manage their home in a peaceful, loving way in order to ensure success for their children at home and at school. This handbook presents Braxton's TAD (Toward Affective Development) model, which gives practical advice to help parents teach their children responsibility, respect, discipline, and other positive character traits. It also teaches parents how to relate to each other properly and how to affect change from within. Through TAD, Braxton works to change the face of families in a positive way. The steps detailed in A Parent's Guide to a Peaceful Home can facilitate an atmosphere where love, compassion, respect, and other virtues are taught by example and reinforced to produce a lasting, peaceful home.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Trades Or the Parents Guide and Youths Instructor written by Nathaniel Whittock and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs written by Vicki A. McGinley and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs: Collaborating Across the Age Span teaches students the skills they need to effectively collaborate with parents and families to ensure a child's success in the classroom. Authors Vicki A. McGinley and Melina Alexander’s text takes a lifespan approach with a special emphasis on the critical transition points in a child’s life. Information is provided on what can be seen at each stage of an individual with disabilities’ development, and addresses concerns and needs that families may have during these unique phases of growth. Chapters written by professors and professionals who are also parents of students with special needs bring a diverse range of voices into the narrative. The authors provide an in-depth discussion of how parents and families are affected by particular disabilities, family system theory, the laws that affect individuals with disabilities, and assessments for individuals with disabilities.
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Download or read book Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome written by Ann Palmer and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-26 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome is both a practical and a personal account of one ASD student's successful experience of going to college. This accessible book focuses on how to get there and stay there: deciding to go, how to get in and how to get the most out of it. Ann Palmer advises parents and professionals how to prepare the student for the transition from school and home life to a new environment and educational challenge, and how to support them through potential problems such as academic pressure, living away from home, social integration and appropriate levels of participation in college. She offers helpful strategies that will encourage and inspire parents and students and show that college can be a suitable option for students with an autism spectrum disorder, as well as the basis for a successful independent life later. This book is essential reading for any parent considering college as an option for their child, disability service providers in colleges and for ASD students themselves.
Download or read book The Everything Parent s Guide to the Defiant Child written by Jesse Jayne Rutherford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with defiant children can be frustrating, time-consuming, and emotionally exhausting for parents and kids alike. But with this practical, reassuring handbook, you no longer have to feel helpless. You'll learn how to defuse the negativity, hostility, antagonism, and explosive anger that can ruin your child's relationships with family, friends, teachers, and other authority figures. This book helps you to: Choose which battles to fight Follow thorough Be consistent Communicate clear expectations and consequences (without yelling) Give your child some power over his life Reinforce positive changes Most important, you'll learn why defiance happens and how to react when it does. You will adopt the parenting and anger-management skills you need to make a real difference in your child's life. You'll help your child control his emotions--and grow up to be healthy, well-rounded adult.
Download or read book Parents Guide to Martial Arts written by Debra M. Fritsch and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate who, what, where and why reference book for parents in search of a martial arts school and a positive experience for their children. The authors answer dozens of questions about choosing a martial arts school and understanding what's going on once lessons begin including: evaluating an instructor's credentials; understanding contracts and membership agreements; spotting unsafe facilities/exercises; preventing injuries; purchasing the right safety gear; helping your child get the most from his or her martial arts lessons. An invaluable resource for parents. Includes check list and evaluation sheet for objectively comparing schools and instructors. Know which questions you should be asking and what answers signal a potentially positive experience for you and your child.
