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Dr. Sylvia Rimm's Smart Parenting
"Based on more than twenty years' experience working with families in her clinic, on radio conversations with hundreds of parents, and letters received from readers, Dr. Rimm offers compassionate yet no-nonsense advice. She explains the four basic principles of parenting - her cornerstones of achievement. And she gives practical and effective suggestions on dozens of topics, including how to deal with school problems, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders, challenges of single parenting, selecting child care, and behavior problems." "Each chapter includes an extensive Q&A section in which Dr. Rimm answers actual questions she has received from parents, and Parent Pointers are easily identifiable throughout the text to allow readers to find key ideas quickly."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
How to Parent So Children Will Learn
Dr. Rimm provides practical, compassionate, no-nonsense advice for raising happy, secure, and productive children from preschool to college. This book contains easy-to-follow parent pointers, sample dialogues, and step-by-step examples to show parents how to select appropriate rewards and punishments, decrease arguments and power struggles, set limits, nurture creativity, encourage appropriate independence without giving children too much power, guide children toward good study habits, and much more. Parents will refer to the topics in this book again and again.
On Raising Kids - Sylvia Rimm
Questions are arranged by age-group and categories: School and learning issues, Family relationships and discipline, and Social and emotional concerns. Sylvia Rimm's On Raising Kids is "reader friendly" and contains illustrations that will make you chuckle. You will surely feel as if Dr. Rimm has been in your home as you see yourself and your family in the questions of others. Teachers will also recognise familiar classroom situations.
When Gifted Students Underachieve
Grades 5–8
Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades
Millions of children with average, above average or even gifted abilities simply do not perform up to their capabilities. This guide offers desperately needed help for the parents of underachieving children. Dr. Rimm suggests that parents and teachers work together to get the student back on track.
Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades and what You Can Do about it
Millions of gifted children fail to reach their potential-something Dr. Sylvia Rimm calls "underachievement syndrome." Drawing on clinical research and experience counseling families of gifted children, Dr. Rimm has developed a six-step program that provides everything you need to know to turn your child's underachievement into success.
Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child
Forty-two keys can help parents unlock the potential of bright children. Parents have many questions and concerns, and Dr. Sylvia Rimm brings them one step closer to finding answers. Keys Include: Parenting with a united front; Homework issues; Underachievement; Peer pressure; Risk-taking for shy children; Educational alternatives; and Additional resources for parents.
Education of the Gifted and Talented
This practical resource presents the best ideas and practices in the field of gifted education. From planning a sound gifted and talented program to the evaluation of a program, this leading text explores contemporary program models, problems of minority, disabled, and female gifted students. Chapters on creativity and teaching thinking skills--two concepts central to gifted education--help the reader understand creative students, creative processes, and how to foster high levels of creative thinking (Chs. 10 & 11). "("Education of the Gifted and Talented, 4/e") is current and accurate. Couldn't ask for a better text." Michael F. Shaughnessy, "Eastern New Mexico University" "The authors have mastered the fine art (of) writing in an interesting and intellectually challenging manner: no small feat...I love this book!" Amy P. Dietrich, "The University of Memphis" "The comprehensiveness of the coverage for an introductory text is a major strength." Sally M. Reis, "University of Connecticut"
