Here it is!
Rimm, Sylvia (2008)_Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades And What *You* Can Do About It: A Six-Step Program for Parents and Teachers_, Scottsdale, Great Potential Press.
The six steps are:
1. Assessment
2. Communication between Teachers, Parents, and Students
3. Changing Expectations
4. Role Model Identification
5. Correcting Deficiencies
6. Correction
I need to finish reading this book--as soon as I finish cleaning the living room. I'm hosting the Book Club tonight!
I can't wait until you finish this book - I really like the book in a way, full of advice and ideas to try, but then....there is the offhand (paraphrasing from memory)'well of course if a child is in a classroom where they never get a chance to work hard because of poor fit, then of course they will be underachievers even if Mom and Dad are doing everything right, but of course this isn't the majority of cases.'
Well it is the majority of cases around here!
I love it when books 'sound' anti-skip, but then when you read the fine print they do acknowledge that skips are vital in some situations, and explain why very clearly. The truth is that kids in the top .05% of ability are rare (expect for a few neighborhoods, and forums like this one.) Rare is a relative term.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
P.S. Oh Dottie - I shall miss you here! So glad we keep in touch offlist! What a gift it has been to know you. May everything you touch blossom just like this forum has - I couldn't have done it without you when we started out, but you are right - we have a great bunch here knows and shares regularly.
