A Note from Mary...

I have never met one teacher or parent that doesn't worry about whether or not they are doing it right!

Teaching and parenting both require a lot of love and... effective skills and the ability to example parenting styles that have simply been passed on to the next generation with discernment.

We have Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day coming up. If you or someone you know of is struggling with their young children, school age, tween and/or teens what I've included in this book gives gives immediate relief to the one reading it! It is a "think this" "do that" and "make it all better" kind of a book that every one can enjoy.

The Little Book that Speaks Volumes: Rich Content that causes Instantaneous Positive Behavioral Change ...in less than 30 seconds you can change a life for the better by Connecting with Compassion & Attention. Use these powerful stories for trainings & movies for public presentations. For all educators and parents, this book is a call to action. The energy that you will feel is amazing.

Make A Difference with the Power of Connection - is an excellent read for educators and parents who need a shot of inspiration and simple, immediately applicable strategies without spending days mired in text and extensive program implementation and processes.

This book ANSWERS How To: Succeed with ALL Kids • Reach and Teach Every Learning Challenged, Difficult, At-Risk Student and Adult • Engage ALL School-Age Children, Tweens & Teens in Their Own Learning Style  •  Empower ALL Students to THINK and Actively Contribute  •  Create a Safe Classroom Community  •  Elevate Student Voice: Enhance Participation, Citizenship, and Leadership  •  Energetically empower Students labeled ADD or ADHD, anger and rage  •  Reduce the need for Consequences  •  Understand Adolescent Brain Function  •  Remedy student backtalk when it crosses the line into verbal abuse  •  Transform a bully's need to bully  •  Use Mary's 3-Step Process for when it's gone beyond disrespect and into intimidation - toward yourself and others  •  Create School Culture that Positively Embraces Learning  •  THINK and Do What Successful professional educators and parents THINK and Do

I hope you will take a few moments and peruse this book online, because I'm certain you will find that things can improve dramatically and quickly... Click here.

Teenagers & Consequences!
An excerpt from MakeADifferencewiththePowerofConnection
by Mary Robinson Reynolds

Deborah Yurgelun-Todd is the director of neuro-psychology and cognitive neuro-imaging at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. Her recent work suggests that teens' brains actually work differently than adults' when processing emotional information from external stimuli. In a recent study of mapping differences between brains of adults and teens, Todd put teenage and adult volunteers into an MRI and monitored how their brains responded to a series of pictures. The results were surprising. When she examined their brain scans, Todd found that the teenagers were using a different part of their brain when viewing the images.

There was an age-dependent or age-related change between the ages of eleven and seventeen, with the most dramatic difference being in the early teen years. One aspect of the scientists' work has been to look at the frontal part of the brain, which has been known to underlie thought, anticipation, planning and goal-directed behavior. They studied the relationship of this part to the more inferior, or lower part, of the brain, which has been associated with gut responses.

The frontal lobe, the executive region that was studied, is not always functioning fully in teenagers. That would suggest that teenagers aren't thinking through the consequences of their behaviors.

Now this explains so much!  ...Continued

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