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The Resistant Learner

Name: The Resistant Learner
Author: Lawrence J. Greene
ISBN: 9780312319182

by Lawrence J. Greene

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Overview

Addressing the emotional and academic needs of kids in grades four through twelve, Lawrence Greene examines the counterproductive behaviors and attitudes that undermine academic performance, diminish self-esteem and limit educational and career options. Each chapter focuses on a particular deficit area and offers accessible, hands-on methods for parents to guide and mentor their struggling child. Parents learn how to:

* Help their child identify natural talents and use them when learning
* Choose a democratic or autocratic approach to modifying behavior
* Use the DIBS system to solve problems
* Open an effective dialogue with their child
* Express positive expectations and affirm and praise effort and progress
* And much more

About the Author, Lawrence J. Greene

Lawrence J. Greene, author of eighteen books, is a nationally recognized educational therapist and curriculum developer. His clinical career has spanned thirty years and he has trained thousands of teachers in graduate programs at the university level.

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Library Journal

A child's struggle with schoolwork can be almost as painful for the parents as for the child, and educational therapist and curriculum developer Greene (Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling in School) has created a manual to help them. Individual chapters focus on specific learning barriers, such as a lack of homework organizational skills and poor time management. Included are helpful questionnaires, checklists, mock conversations, charts, and additional tactics to help parent and child discover problem areas and create a strategy for school success. While sound, the recommended methods may not work unless the parent is motivated to devote the time to carry them out and the student is motivated to perform them. Prior to laying out his plans of action, Greene cautions parents that IQ tests don't necessarily measure a child's intelligence. He also stresses that all children are good at something. Ultimately, capitalizing on a child's strengths will help improve academic performance. Recommended for most public libraries.-Terry Christner, Hutchinson P.L., KS Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.