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Tables of Contents for Empowering Underachievers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
ix
 
Author's Note
xi
 
Preface
xiii
 
Acknowledgements
xv
 
Part I: Understanding the Problem
1
89
Who Are Underachievers?
3
13
The Four Types of Underachievers
16
17
Attention Deficit and Other Disorders
33
7
What Influences Motivation?
40
15
Why It Is Important to Motivate Underachievers
55
8
The Motivational Circle
63
8
Good and Bad Emotions
71
14
Intellectual Versus Emotional Development
85
5
Part II: Solving the Problem
90
116
Approaches to Motivation---What to Avoid
92
7
General Interventions
99
17
General Interventions: Rules with Value
116
11
Summer and Holiday Interventions
127
7
How to Motivate a Distant Underachiever
134
7
How to Motivate a Passive Underachiever
141
6
How to Motivate a Dependent Underachiever
147
7
How to Motivate a Defiant Underachiever
154
9
Maintenance and Prevention
163
25
Staying Fit for Intervention
188
5
Teacher/Parent Cooperation
193
8
Intervention When You Aren't Around
201
5
Conclusion
206
3
Appendix A
209
2
Appendix B
211
4
Appendix C
215
9
Appendix D
224
2
Appendix E
226
2
Appendix F
228
2
Index
230
3
About the Authors
233