Have you ever thought your child was not doing as well in school as he or she could? You are not alone. One out of every four students functions a year and a half or more below grade level, and the numbers are rising. In UNDERACHIEVEMENT: REVERSING THE PROCESS the authors share the 10-step process they have used successfully with hundreds of families to release the power of success in underachievers. Discover how to:
Recognize signs of underachievement
Get the help your child or adolescent needs
Evaluate the effectiveness of that help Effectively parent the underachieving child and adolescent
Carolyn Warnemuende, M.S., writes, facilitates seminars and workshops in communication skills and parenting, and has a private counseling practice. For 11 years, she taught mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed and learning disabled students from the primary grades through the community college level. She helped develop and taught in the special education aide certification program at Long Beach City College and held an assistant professorship in the Educational Psychology Department at California State University Long Beach. Carolyn lives with her husband and two daughters in Redding, California.
John H. Samson, M.D., a pediatrician since 1965, practices in Long Beach, California. He is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at USC School of Medicine and UCI School of Medicine. He serves as an attending physician at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and Memorial Miller Children's Hospital of Long Beach. He is the Editor-in-Chief for THE INFORMED PARENT, the Child Care Internet Magazine of the 21st Century. The father of 13 children, John lives with his wife and younger children in Long Beach.