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The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child
by Richard Lavoie
from Touchstone

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• This is a keeper, for parents and teachers
  This book is filled with great ideas; some make me think, "I have to try this on my classes!" and others, "I should have done that with my kids!"
  Even though both my students and my kids are now adults, I see a great deal that I can still use. The author is very specific and filled with enthusiasm for teaching and motivating. He shows great understanding of, and compassion for, kids and students who have difficulties in school or in social situations. He has certainly motivated me!

• Opens your eyes as to what to expect from your child's school
  I am so glad I ordered this book. Last year, my child had great difficulty in school. She subsequently repeated the grade this year, however with a different teacher. She is doing much better this year. Although some of the differences were very obvious, this book opened my eyes to the subtle differences that revealed just how much of an uphill struggle my child faced last year. I've read a few reviews of this book, claiming the advice is elementary or basic. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of teachers... more info

• Valuable advice that works
  I already knew from experience that different people are motivated for different reasons but I admit that I didn't realize the importance of recognizing these differences when it came to motivating my own children to excel at school. This book helped me understand the different reasons why children are motivated to succeed at school and it provided a method for classifying these differences so that appropriate motivation strategies could be selected and used.
  As an example, through using the method in... more info

• Who's the intended audience?
  I am reading this book as 1) a professor/college instructor, 2) a parent of a child with a significant learning disability (LD), and 3) a researcher in the field of childhood developmental disorders (e.g. ADHD and autism). Honestly, in my classroom I already care about how my students learn and how to reach out to struggling learners (yes, content applies to certain aspects of college instruction). This book affirms the techniques that I already employ - which is a boon to my confidence but offered me no... more info

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