The Shut-down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child
- ISBN-10
- 1591810787
- ISBN-13
- 9781591810780
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications
- Author
- Richard Selznick
Description
This book is based on the author's clinical experience as director of a program in the paediatrics department of a large teaching hospital that assesses and treats a broad range of learning problems. He has consulted with thousands of families, explaining complex data in straightforward terms understandable to the parents. He coined the term "shut-down learner" to describe children who thrive with hands-on tasks requiring visual and spatial abilities, but who become discouraged by their difficulty mastering core academic skills such as reading and writing. As many as 40% of Americans experience problems with these core skills, and a significant proportion of them are spatial thinkers. This book is packed with techniques that parents can use to help their shut-down learner succeed in school and in life. In a friendly, non-technical style, the author helps them understand their child's characteristics and offers specific approaches to break the downward spiral.
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