"Could Do Better" Why Children Underachieve and What to Do About It

by HarveyP.Mandel (Author), SanderI.Marcus (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $18.55

  This groundbreaking book identifies six distinctly different types of underachievers--coaster-cruisers, overanxious underachievers, identity-searchers, wheeler-dealers, sad underachievers, and defiant underachievers--and offer parents and teachers simple steps for helping each type get back on the achievement track. HARVEY P. MANDEL, PhD, (Toronto, Canada) is a licensed clinical psychologist, an associate professor of psychology and Director of the Institute on Achievement and Motivation at York University. SANDER I. MARCUS, PhD, (Chicago, Illinois) is a licensed clinical psychologist and business consultant.