Both of the PBS videos shown below are excellent resources for understanding your kids' experience with learning differences and motivation issues bothe in the classroom and at home. Both of these are really eye-opening and illuminating! You can see both of these in their entirety on youtube. The Motivation Breakthrough is available both from PBS and amazon.com. Misunderstood Minds is out-of-print, but also can be viewed on youtube, and, we have a loaner copy of the DVD that you can borrow.
Misunderstood Minds
This video talks about the often painful experience that kids with learning differences have in the classroom and at home, and the strong connection between learning differences and behavior, self-esteem and motivation.
The Motivation Breakthrough
This video looks at the misconceptions that parents and teachers often have regarding kids' motivation in the classroom and at home. It discusses the ineffective and sometimes damaging ways that we often address kids' inconsistent performance, and really gets into individualized strategies for increasing motivation. Amazing!
