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Kids need goals
By Shelly Brock | November 2, 2008
I try to address each of the problems that are individualized to each of my children’s personalities. My daughter has ADHD. She and I work together to create techniques to help her concentrate. For example, when she is listening to a teacher lecture she tends to drift off and not remember what was said, so I taught her to repeat each word being said, in her mind, as they say it. This is an effective trick.
All of my foster kids are dealing with many …issues (covered in the course). For a lot of the problems I have found that giving them a structured environment, cognitive awareness, and positive feedback helps begin the journey of re-socialization.
Many of these kids have never had someone talk to them about a direction in life. It is my opinion that kids need to always have a goal that they want to reach. I’m a firm believer in the saying “idle hands are the devil’s playground.”
I especially believe that kids need to start thinking about the things they want to be when they grow up early in life. I’m not saying they need to know what they really want to be in a definitive form. I’m saying that the seed for being able to see the big picture of life helps them to strive to reach their full potential because they have goals.
I believe a big part of our responsibility to our kids is to teach them all the possibilities in life and give them all the opportunities and tools to explore them. There is a power in positive thinking and it is contagious. When a child knows that you believe they can do or be anything they want to be, then they in turn will know that they can … and they will.
Topics: How to Help, Relationship Strategy |
May 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Elements of a Successful High School
I chose to look at this article because the title jumped out at me. If there are some tips I can learn to help provide a more successful education to teens, I’ll take them. The Alliance for Excellent Education has come up with ten elements that every high school should have in place. These elements are: Having challenging classes
Giving each student some personal attention
Providing extra help to those who need it
Dealing with “real world” topics
Getting the family and community involved
Providing a safe learning environment
Having skilled teachers
Having strong leaders
Providing resources
Providing user-friendly information