About the Book

An essential book for parents and teachers that explores how childrenas individual strengths create success
With this groundbreaking work, educator Jenifer Fox is poised to change the conversation about education in this country. For too long, parents and teachers have focused on identifying and afixinga kidsa weaknesses to improve academic performance. Passionately written and informed by Foxas twenty-five years of experience, "Your Childas Strengths" turns that flawed paradigm on its head. Foxas strengths-based philosophy provides the tools to prepare kids for the future in a world that demands greater adaptability and creative thinking than ever before.
"Your Childas Strengths" will give parents and teachers the tools to discover strengths in three main areas: "Activity Strengths," the tasks that make you feel engaged and energized; "Relationship Strengths," the things you do for and with others that make you feel valued and competent; and "Learning Strengths," the unique ways we approachand understand new information. All three strengths work in tandem.
Pairing inspiring firsthand accounts of success with practical workbook tools and an outline of the award- winning Affinities Program Fox has implemented at her own school, this much- needed book is a user- friendly guide for parents, teachers, and administrators that will improve individual performance and an indispensable road map for young people and society to a future that plays to strengths.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 342 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Viking Books

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 0670018767

Publication Date: Unknown

ISBN-13: 9780670018765

Dimensions: 6.50 x 9.32 x 1.23 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.21 lbs

• Categories: Child Development & Childhood Development