Boosting the Adolescent Underachiever: How Parents Can Change a "C" Student into an "A" Student

by Victor Cogen

Overview

After his debut with Boosting the Underachiever: How Busy Parents Can Unlock Their Child's Potential, Dr Victor Cogen, this time, focuses his unique vision on inspiring the adolescent underachiever - a normal, healthy teenager who just isn't getting the grades he or she should. Here, Dr Cogen tackles the intricacies of the adolescent mind. His innovative approach goes beyond the stereotypical views of the teenage personality and teaches parents how they can personally take advantage of their adolescent's developing cognitive and emotional abilities. Adolescents are trapped between a world of fantasy created to help them escape from failure, and a growing need to become part of the real world of adults. This book explains how to appeal to the developing and sensitive people these children are becoming and discover the source of their poor scholastic records.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306443282
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Pages:	279
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.05(d)
Lexile:	1050L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.	Setting the Scene	1
Chapter 2.	Assessing Your Teenager	9
Chapter 3.	Creating an Informal Profile	21
Chapter 4.	Adolescent Characteristics: An Updated Review	47
Chapter 5.	Looking Out: The View from the Underachiever	63
Chapter 6.	A New Understanding of the Adolescent Mind	85
Chapter 7.	The Emotional Side of Learning	97
Chapter 8.	The Maturation of Thinking	107
Chapter 9.	Schools for Teenagers	117
Chapter 10.	Why Schools Can't	127
Chapter 11.	Assembling the New Understanding	139
Chapter 12.	Energizing Cognitive and Affective Structure through Discussion	149
Chapter 13.	Communicating--Adult Style	171
Chapter 14.	Teaching the Art of Learning	189
Chapter 15.	Reacting to Setbacks	219
Chapter 16.	The Final Wrap-Up	237
	Addendum	261
	Index	273