Richard Lavoie

Nationally known educator Lavoie, whose past books and videos have focused on students with learning disabilities, now turns his hand to helping teachers and parents motivate the struggling student-in the mainstream but on the fringes of every classroom-in what promises to be his best-selling video to date.

Lavoie's snappy, humorous, and thought-provoking attitude punctuates the seminar-style video with proven techniques for engaging and inspiring even the most withdrawn student, the one who avoids work and rarely participates in classroom activities. The secret, according to Lavoie, is breaking through the barrier of "learned helplessness"; walls constructed around past academic failure and frustration--to discover what it is that each student really needs.… (mer)

In this classic program, internationally known learning disabilities expert Richard D. Lavoie leads a group of educators, psychologists, parents, and children through a series of exercises that vividly illustrate the daily classroom reality of LD students, an experience fraught with F.A.T.: frustration, anxiety, and tension. After the workshop is done, participants discuss strategies for working more effectively with learning-disabled children. Mainstreaming, discipline, distractions, and self-concept are addressed. Distributed by PBS Distribution… (mer)

Motivation is the key to learning. But very few parents and teachers have an effective arsenal of techniques at their disposal. Lavoie's practical, innovative approach begins with a quiz that helps a parent or teacher identify -- using six different possible models -- a child's motivational style.
* Is she motivated by power?
* Does he need prestige?
* Does praise mean a lot to this child?
* Does contact with other people inspire this child?
* Does he like to do projects?
* Does she enjoy receiving prizes?

He then explores each motivational style in depth, presenting proven techniques, strategies, and scripts that can be used in the classroom and at home to break through a child's apathy and discouragement and inspire him to succeed and achieve. Selected Reading Questionnaire.… (mer)