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9780882821955

Empowering Underachievers

by Spevak, Peter A.
  • ISBN13:

    9780882821955

  • ISBN10:

    0882821954

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-06
  • Publisher: New Horizon Press
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Summary

Kids who are failing at school share three traits: no persistence to completion, lack of independent functioning and the inability to work within time limits. Parents and teachers often try tutoring, force or logic to try to get these underachievers to perform at a higher level. Most of the time they fail.

Now, noted psychologist Dr. Peter A. Spevak, whose ideas have been touted in over 300 television programs and newspapers, reveals his dynamic method that has helped motivate 2000 failing students to perform at or near their full potential.

Author Biography

Peter A. Spevak, Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Center for Applied Motivation near Washington, D.C. Maryann Karinch has spent over twenty-five years writing about medicine, technology and fitness and has served as a communications consultant to physicians

Table of Contents

Illustrations
ix
Author's Note xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Part I: Understanding the Problem 1(89)
Who Are Underachievers?
3(13)
The Four Types of Underachievers
16(17)
Attention Deficit and Other Disorders
33(7)
What Influences Motivation?
40(15)
Why It Is Important to Motivate Underachievers
55(8)
The Motivational Circle
63(8)
Good and Bad Emotions
71(14)
Intellectual Versus Emotional Development
85(5)
Part II: Solving the Problem 90(116)
Approaches to Motivation---What to Avoid
92(7)
General Interventions
99(17)
General Interventions: Rules with Value
116(11)
Summer and Holiday Interventions
127(7)
How to Motivate a Distant Underachiever
134(7)
How to Motivate a Passive Underachiever
141(6)
How to Motivate a Dependent Underachiever
147(7)
How to Motivate a Defiant Underachiever
154(9)
Maintenance and Prevention
163(25)
Staying Fit for Intervention
188(5)
Teacher/Parent Cooperation
193(8)
Intervention When You Aren't Around
201(5)
Conclusion 206(3)
Appendix A 209(2)
Appendix B 211(4)
Appendix C 215(9)
Appendix D 224(2)
Appendix E 226(2)
Appendix F 228(2)
Index 230(3)
About the Authors 233

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