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The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child | 
| Author: Richard Lavoie
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 422443
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0743289617
Dewey Decimal Number: 649
EAN: 9780743289610
ASIN: 0743289617
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Condition: ACCEPTABLE condition with minor shelfwear to cover and corners. PAPER in front of book SIGNED by Richard Lavoie. We ship daily and appreciate your business!
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Product Description
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Very thorough and informative book January 2, 2009
Sheri Carucci (United States)
As a mom of a hard to motivate child I was really looking forward to reading this. Mr. Lavoie has written a very comprehensive book that explores many aspects of what motivates and how to motivate kids.
The first section of the book is a basic discussion of motivation, what is it? What are some of the reasons that people are motivated and what are the different types of motivation.
It goes into six different archetypes of children and what motivates them. From praise to power, from prestige to prizes and a few others. This book helped me to understand so much about different personality types of children and how to motivate them.
There's a wealth of information for teachers how parents can work with their child's teacher/school to keep them motivated.
I have gotten so much great information from this book and it has helped me to help my child. This is a wonderful book that would greatly benefit many, if not all, parents and teachers.
 a good starting point December 22, 2008
Jaronimo (NJ, the garden state)
I think the value of this book lies in teaching people that what motivates them does not necessarily motivate their kids. Or any other person for that matter. After all, adults are just big kids.
I have read many of the ideas in this book in other books over the years. So its not really new to me, but it is a good starting point for someone that is having some challenges with their kids. I learned the hard way that what motivates me is not the same thing that motivates most of my kids. And each of them are motivated by different things! Like parenting isn't hard enough already?
This book will not be an instant fix. You may also find that your kids are not located in one group, such as motivated by praise, but they may be a mix of groups, motivated by praise and motivated by prizes. To make it even harder, you may find that in most things your kid is motivated by one thing, but in other things he is motivated by something else. This process will take some time, but its worth it.
Good luck to you.
Richard Lavoie is so insightful! December 6, 2008
Mom To C and V (Cary, IL United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought htis and the "It's So Hard to be Your Friend" book and they are both great reads and have been quite helpful. Great info for all parents of kids teens and below!
This is a keeper, for parents and teachers November 28, 2008
Glenda Boozer (Douglass, Texas)
This book is filled with great ideas; some make me think, "I have to try this on my classes!" and others, "I should have done that with my kids!"
Even though both my students and my kids are now adults, I see a great deal that I can still use. The author is very specific and filled with enthusiasm for teaching and motivating. He shows great understanding of, and compassion for, kids and students who have difficulties in school or in social situations. He has certainly motivated me!
Opens your eyes as to what to expect from your child's school November 17, 2008
Mr. J (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am so glad I ordered this book. Last year, my child had great difficulty in school. She subsequently repeated the grade this year, however with a different teacher. She is doing much better this year. Although some of the differences were very obvious, this book opened my eyes to the subtle differences that revealed just how much of an uphill struggle my child faced last year. I've read a few reviews of this book, claiming the advice is elementary or basic. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of teachers out there who should read and follow the principles of this book. The first two-thirds of the book even seem to be aimed more towards teachers than parents. Just reading this book reinforced my belief that my daughter was placed in the absolutely worst possible situation last year vs the best possible situation this year. I found myself nodding in agreement as I read all of the bad and good teaching examples. Even the preface, which describes the author's daughter's initial bad school experience and subsequent turnaround was identical to what I experienced with my daughter between last year and this year. The fact that such a disparity exists in the same grade of my child's school disturbs me because parents have no say in what classes their children are placed into. This book offers excellent information as to what we as parents should expect and demand in our children's learning environment. I feel better informed and prepared for those parent/teacher conferences. Highly recommended for parents, especially if your child is experiencing difficulty in school or has learning disabilities.
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