Everything You Need to Know about Self-Confidence (Need to Know Library)

Ignoffo, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0823930378 ISBN 13: 9780823930371

Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

Accelerated Reader is a program based on the fact that students become more motivated to read if they are tested on the content of the books they have read and are rewarded for correct answers. Students read each book, individually take the test on the computer, and receive gratification when they score well. Schools using the Accelerated Reader program have seen a significant increase in reading among their students.

This collection of high/low titles serves as a rich resource for your at-risk teens. With the test disk, it also provides an opportunity to reinforce your students' understanding of the material.

About this title

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up-Despite the overly ambitious titles, these two books offer solid, if general, overviews of difficult subjects. Positive, practical advice and encouragement characterize both the writing style and the information offered. Self-Confidence concentrates on the power of positive thinking, and interestingly serves as complementary companion to the second book, as many of the same principles appear in both. Ignoffo traces the thought patterns that contribute to low self-esteem and outlines a plan using deliberately positive self-talk to break through destructive cycles and develop confidence. Julie Tallard Johnson's Celebrate You! (Lerner, 1990) covers much of the same ground with greater depth and incorporates some side issues such as spirituality and trouble families. Living with Your Baby is aimed specifically at teenage parents, whether they are in couples or single fathers or mothers. The advice offered deals more with the interpersonal relationships and working out living arrangements than with infant care and toddler discipline per se. The tone is consistently nonjudgmental; the writing and layout are geared toward reluctant readers. Simpson tries to be positive to such an extent that her text becomes rather rose-colored; while she alludes to conflicts with the teen's parents, the more realistic portrayal only emerges with a jolt in the appended chapter of actual comments from the young parents regarding what they do and do not like about their situation. Herma Silverstein's Teen Guide to Single Parenting (Watts, 1989) presents a more realistic picture and offers a wealth of child-care advice.?Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS
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From Booklist

Gr. 6^-8. Most young adults aren't as interested in self-help books as adults are, but librarians will want to make guidance counselors and teachers aware of this title and include it in bibliographies about surviving in middle school and junior high. Ignoffo presents brief scenarios showing how teens who lack self-confidence approach various situations, then discusses their responses and explains how they can appropriately alter their thinking and behavior. His nonjudgmental, commonsense approach is neither condescending nor overly cheery. Because the students in the photographs appear to be older teens, this book might also be a good choice to suggest to older reluctant readers. A glossary and a list of organizations that provide counseling services for teens are included. Chris Sherman

Edition details

• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823930378
• ISBN 13: 9780823930371
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 64