Product Code: 0739
ISBN: 9781587600739
Author: Sally G. Hoyle
Published: 01/01/2005
Do you dread the nightly homework wars? Is a student in your home underachieving academically because the homework is just not getting done? Whether the problem is a homework power struggle, ADHD, unidentified giftedness, or something else, Sally Hoyle offers easy-to-follow steps that will decrease homework meltdowns and help kids achieve their academic potential as independent learners. With 19 years of experience as a practicing psychologist and mother, Dr. Hoyle's Same Homework, New Plan will show you how to:
- establish a homework routine that is tailored to your child's learning style and your family's needs,
- help your child manage and overcome organizational problems,
- make teachers your allies,
- use a combination of inexpensive office supplies, hightech solutions, and easy activities to make homework go more smoothly,
- implement your own organizational strategies, and
- boost your child's self-confidence.
Same Homework, New Plan is an indispensable tool for any family with school-age children.
"Brilliant! This is one of the most comprehensive, effective, well-conceived books on homework I've yet seen. Dr. Hoyle's book should be on the shelves of every family with school-going children. A must for teachers, too."
—Trevor Romain
Author, How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up
"This is a very practical and useful book, and I will certainly recommend it to the parents and children whom I see in my clinic."
—Martha Deckla MD
Director, Developmental Cognitive Neurology Clinic
Kennedy Krieger Institute