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Dr. Sylvia Rimm's Smart Parenting
"Today" show child psychologist and author of "Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades" Dr. Sylvia Rimm offers effective, down-to-earth advice to help parents raise their children to achieve their greatest potential, during and "after" the schools years.
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.
Growing Up Too Fast
"Sex, drugs, peer pressure, and underachievement: don't these sound like issues that high schoolers might confront? But according to Dr. Sylvia Rimm's research findings, your middle schoolers may actually be encountering these problems every single day. In an extensive survey of more than 5,400 middle school kids, and through more than 300 focus groups, Dr. Rimm discovered that today's kids face difficult, grown-up decisions younger than ever." "Growing Up Too Fast offers sensible strategies for raising this new breed of tweens. Sample conversations show the best ways to talk with kids about issues that really matter, like terrorism, drugs, alcohol, and sex and violence in the media."--BOOK JACKET.
When Gifted Students Underachieve
Grades 5–8
Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child
Gifted children deserve the opportunity to learn all that they're capable of learning, at their own--ususally rapid--pace. In this book, an expert gives advice on how parents can discover whether or not their child is actually gifted, and how to select preschool and kindergarten programs.
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.
How the Gifted Brain Learns
Brain structure and learning -- What is a gifted brain -- Challenging the gifted brain -- Language talent -- Mathematical talent -- Musical talent -- Underachieving gifted students -- The twice-exceptional brain -- Putting it all together.
How Jane Won
More than fifty successful women share their secrets of how they got where they are and describe their choices, mentors, opportunities, challenges, and other steps that they encountered on the road to fulfillment.
Parenting Gifted Children
When parents need the most authoritative information on raising gifted kids, they can turn to Parenting Gifted Children: The Authoritative Guide From the National Association for Gifted Children, a gifted education Legacy Award winner. This comprehensive guide covers topics such as working with high achievers and young gifted children, acceleration, advocating for talented students, serving as role models and mentors for gifted kids, homeschooling, underachievement, twice-exceptional students, and postsecondary opportunities. The only book of its kind, this guidebook will allow parents to find the support and resources they need to help their children find success in school and beyond. Written by experts in the field of gifted education and sponsored by the leading organization supporting the education of gifted and advanced learners, this book is sure to provide guidance, advice, and support for any parent of gifted children. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented 2011 Legacy Book Award Winner - Parenting
Teaching Children to Care
"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better." - Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The new edition includes: More information on teaching middle-school students Additional strategies for helping children with challenging...
