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The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

Any child can be motivated to learn."If he only would apply himself...""She can do it if she puts her mind to it.""He just doesn't seem to care.""She's just not trying."Motivation is the key to learning. But very few parents and teachers have an effective arsenal of techniques at their disposal. Enter educator and acclaimed author Rick Lavoie, who arms all those who deal with children with proven, effective tools and strategies they can use to encourage any child to learn and achieve success.Lavoie's practical, innovative approach begins with a quiz that helps a parent or teacher identify -- using six different possible models -- a child's motivational style. * Is she motivated by power? * Does he need prestige? * Does praise mean a lot to this child? * Does contact with other people inspire this child? * Does he like to do projects? * Does she enjoy receiving prizes? He then explores each motivational style in depth, presenting proven techniques, strategies, and scripts that can be used in the classroom and at home to break through a child's apathy and discouragement and inspire him to succeed and achieve. Along the way, Lavoie explodes some common myths about motivation: for instance, he demonstrates that rewards, punishment, and competition are not effective motivational tools. He gives specific advice throughout for parents and teachers of children with learning disabilities and provides detailed instructions for how to create a motivated classroom. He outlines the parent's role, the teacher's role, and suggests ways in which they can work together to encourage children to reach their potential. The book's final chapter, "What Does Madison Avenue Know...That Maple Street Elementary School Doesn't," reveals what parents and teachers can learn from some of the most powerful motivators in our children's world: advertisers. With empathy and understanding, backed by decades of experience in the classroom, Rick Lavoie gives parents and teachers the key to unlock any child's enthusiasm and responsiveness. The Motivation Breakthrough will revolutionize the way parents, teachers, and professionals reach out to and motivate all children.

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Title of ebook: The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child
ISBN: 9781416554493
Publisher: TF eBooks
Internet download file size: 513 kb
Pages: 400
Released online for download: 10-02-2007
Author of eBook: Lavoie, Richard

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The Motivation Breakthrough

6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

From Part I

Understanding and Fostering Student Motivation

Student Motivation:

What It Is and What It Is Not

"If there is anything that we wish to change in a child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could be better changed in ourselves."

-- Carl Jung

Several years ago, I designed and delivered a workshop entitled "I Can't" Versus "He Won't": Motivational Issues in Special Education. This awkwardly titled seminar was designed to acquaint teachers and parents with basic information about motivation, the impact of learning problems on motivation, and strategies to improve a student's efforts in the classroom and at home.

I was delivering the seminar to the faculty of a small Midwestern high school during a staff development day. Among the audience members was a stern-looking middle-aged gentleman who -- I later learned -- taught United States history and civics. He sat tight-lipped with his arms cros ... read full excerpt from The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child ebook

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