Teaching the At-Risk Teenage Brain

by Sheryl Feinstein

Overview

While all teenage behavior and character traits can be challenging, the issues facing the at-risk teenager are particularly thorny and deserve special attention. Anger, aggression, and a total lack of good decision-making happen on a minute-to-minute basis, as teachers patiently try to guide these young adults. Unlocking the key to keeping them in school and facilitating proficiency in reading, writing, and math is not for the weak of heart. A strong constitution, compassionate spirit, and solid knowledge base make the difference in this meaningful work. Neuroscientists now have the technology to make amazing and startling discoveries about this unexplored territory. Combining their work with the work of psychologists and educationists is creating a new and exciting landscape for educators.

In Teaching the At-Risk Teenage Brain Sheryl Feinstein provides research in a reader-friendly way to help teachers and administrators better understand the at-risk student. Feinstein also includes numerous brain-compatible instructional strategies and classroom management techniques, all intended to teach, support, and guide at-risk teenage students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578866465
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	07/20/2007
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.42(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Sheryl Feinstein is associate professor at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She consults at a correctional facility for adolescent boys and at a separate site for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed adolescents in Minnesota. She is a former teacher, curriculum coordinator, and director of a high school alternative program.

Table of Contents

1 The At-Risk Teenage Brain
2 Teaching the At-Risk Adolescent
3 Staying and Thriving in School
4 An Emotional Commotion
5 Emotions Gone Awry
6 The Social Life of Teens
7 Getting Physical
8 Meeting Special Challenges
9 Addiction: Alcohol, Drugs, and Smoking
10 One More Chance: Education in Juvenile Correctional Facilities

Editorial Reviews

Beyond the challenges posed by No Child Left Behind restraints and constraints, teachers face challenges posed daily by their at-risk students. By spelling out the neurological and behavioral complexities of at-risk students, Feinstein provides teachers with insights and strategies that answer questions about how to meet the needs of today's vulnerable students.

Anne Hanson

Dr. Feinstein has done it again. Not only has she made understanding the teenage brain more accessible in this book, she has loaded it with practical suggestions in each chapter for teachers and parents of at risk adolescents...This is a highly useful book including information that every teacher of at-risk teenagers must know. Parents should find this equally as valuable in helping adolescents challenged by the pressures of their age...Feinstein tackles all the issues that teachers and parents face when dealing with at risk youth. In every chapter she includes strategies and skills critical to meeting the demands of these children. A must for anyone needing a masterful understanding of what the brain of the teenager is facing!

Raleigh Philp

Sheryl Feinstein offers a wealth of brain-compatible instructional strategies in a reader-friendly way as she explores the what, why, and how of the at-risk adolescent brain. This book is a helpful read for anyone working with teenagersssss

Becky A. Bailey

Teaching the At-Risk Teenage Brain is a practical resource for any teacher or parent dealing with middle school through high school-aged adolescents. The author clearly has a handle on how the teenage brain works and shares many vivid examples of how to decelerate potentially volatile classroom management problems. Current research on the biological make-up of the adolescent brain is blended with many helpful instructional strategies to keep teens focused, secure, and challenged to learn!

Laurie Materna

Beyond the challenges posed by No Child Left Behind restraints and constraints, teachers face challenges posed daily by their at-risk students. By spelling out the neurological and behavioral complexities of at-risk students, Feinstein provides teachers with insights and strategies that answer questions about how to meet the needs of today's vulnerable students.

Anne Hanson Ed.D