AT RISK STUDENTS: Reaching and Teaching Them [Paperback]

Richard Sagor (Author), Jonas Cox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 12, 2004

This book is organized around CBUPO, the basic psychological needs of all students:
-competence
-Belonging
-usefulness
- Potency
- Optimism When teachers and schools focus on meeting these needs, the rate of at-riskness is drastically reduced. This book presents practical strategies and tips to help teachers and administrators help all students become successful learners. The revised edition offers new material on –
- using classroom assessment
- complying with standards and high stakes testing
- an updated approach to evaluating At-Risk Prevention programs.
- alternative strategies for meeting the motivational needs of at-risk youth, from developmental constructivism to mastery learning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Eye On Education; 2 edition (February 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930556713
• ISBN-13: 978-1930556713
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #960,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Risk are Worth the Risk, March 1, 2001

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angelle stringer (Alexandria, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At-Risk Students: Reaching & Teaching Them (Paperback)

I would recommend this book to any person involved with helping at risk youth. It has a tremendously easy to read format which guides the reader through the struggles of the at risk child. Sagor begins by educating the reader about the at risk child. Through Chapter 1 the reader understands better what the child experiences and gets an inkling of what the child must feel.

Step by step the reader is taken through the process as an individual, as an educator, as a provider of self worth. Sagor extends that to a school wide idea and even further to the community.

As a professional who works with at risk children, I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to read this kind of text. It is written in such a way that the reader is comforable moving from one step to another. The concepts are affirmed by others in the field and supported by research.

If more people would read this book, we would have a huge decrease in kids deemed at risk.

This book should be on the nightstand of every educator, social worker, counselor, and youth director.

I loved it and use it weekly!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information, January 28, 2012

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Decaman - See all my reviews

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This review is from: AT RISK STUDENTS: Reaching and Teaching Them (Paperback)

Used this book to research. It was packed with useful information and written in easy language for all to understand and to put into practice.