Posts Tagged ‘Teens’
Client Success: Joe Shumock’s “Briana and the Dog” Enlivens YA Readers with Unique Plot
“I develop many of my stories using a short question: what if?” said author Joe Shumock. “What if I start with a nine-year-old who is blind? And what if she wants a dog for Christmas and her parents insist that she take care of him? And what if the dog has a disability too?” Briana…
Read MoreClient Success: Dr. Linda Craighead Supports Kids and Parents Through Childhood Obesity
“Writing and sharing this book has been very rewarding as I’m giving many more people a resource than I could by seeing them individually,” said Linda W. Craighead, Ph.D, licensed clinical psychologist and professor at Emory University. Through simple concepts and energetic illustrations supporting both kids and parents, her book Training Your Inner Pup To…
Read MoreTeen Instruction: Academic Coaching
Recently, my Academic Coaching was successful for two students, ages 13 and 15. One prepared creative writing and dramatic monologue auditions for an arts magnet school, learning new approaches to excel in writing and presentation. On her first try, she was accepted! The other, a high school freshman, worked on getting up to speed with…
Read MoreTeen Writer Success: ‘Real Job’ Seeker
Academic Coaching available Writing resumes and cover letters can be daunting to students. This rite of passage on the track from school to career forces them to truthfully examine their lives and, perhaps more difficult, write persuasively about it. Sixty students piled in the classroom equipped for 25 at my workshop for freshmen at Georgia…
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