Beyond Grades: A Parent's Handbook for Developing the Real Skills for School Success

Beyond Grades offers a step-by-step approach to defining and removing roadblocks which inhibit your child's ability to work to his/her capacity in school. Mr. Socwell's down-to-earth, practical approach has proven itself effective for hundreds of parents. Whether instructing on methods for gathering critical data, demonstrating approaches to setting appropriate goals, advising on the design of effective teacher feedback systems, suggesting reward and penalty strategies, or providing graphed profiles of the data typical for the major educational disabilities, Beyond Grades is a straight forward and practical guide. According to Albert Shankar, former president of the American Federation of Teachers, "Beyond Grades offers useful advise to parents who want to help their kids succeed in school, focusing on behavior, incentives and realistic goals. Most importantly, it shows parents how to get the information they need about their child from schools and how to work cooperatively with teachers to improve their child's performance."