Monday, September 10, 2012
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Scott Boice, Director of Counseling at Brandon Hall School, Atlanta, Georgia, spoke with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio about how parents can help students with learning challenges. He also described the groundbreaking work Brandon Hall School is doing to help students who need individual attention to prepare for college.
Background
Scott Boice has earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University in Hawaii and an M.A. from the University of Alabama. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with professional affiliations with the American Counseling Association and the Licensed Professional Counselor Association of Georgia. As a counselor, Scott uses a variety of modalities to help students achieve their goals, ranging from Positive Psychology to mindfulness. In his free time, he enjoys sports like trail running, triathlons, and surfing.
Brandon Hall has a mission to offer parents a different choice when selecting their education. This independent school concentrates on offering each young person a wonderful education in a setting where they feel that they are part of an extended family. Brandon Hall has a distinct educational philosophy: the school believes that parents, instructors, personnel, and administrators should all interact frequently to raise effective students.
Overcoming Learning Challenges
During the meeting, Scott talked about his deep passion for helping children to uncover their personal strengths and take part in life more fully. The conversation concentrated on ways parents can more easily support kids with learning difficulties.
Scott suggested that children need to go beyond their diagnostic label. A child with ADD, for example, needs to understand that he or she is more than the diagnosis and should not allow the label to be an excuse for underachievement or a drag on who they are.
He also suggested that parents change their expectations. High achieving parents with advanced degrees and measurable financial success worried about the impact poor grades had on their children's future. These parents were deeply concerned about how their children would be able to make a living when they grew up
Essentially, the most realistic solution was for both parents and their child to focus on creating a connection. This would help the child to operate within the reality of their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their learning challenges. Parents could bond with their kids better by proposing more family events. This could be as simple as eating meals together or as elaborate as going on a family vacation. Scott made his point when he shared his own bonding experience with his son when they volunteered throughout the Katrina catastrophe.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Scott Boice, Director of Counseling at Brandon Hall School, Atlanta, Georgia, spoke with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio about how parents can help students with learning challenges. He also described the groundbreaking work Brandon Hall School is doing to help students who need individual attention to prepare for college.
Background
Scott Boice has earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University in Hawaii and an M.A. from the University of Alabama. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with professional affiliations with the American Counseling Association and the Licensed Professional Counselor Association of Georgia. As a counselor, Scott uses a variety of modalities to help students achieve their goals, ranging from Positive Psychology to mindfulness. In his free time, he enjoys sports like trail running, triathlons, and surfing.
Brandon Hall has a mission to offer parents a different choice when selecting their education. This independent school concentrates on offering each young person a wonderful education in a setting where they feel that they are part of an extended family. Brandon Hall has a distinct educational philosophy: the school believes that parents, instructors, personnel, and administrators should all interact frequently to raise effective students.
Overcoming Learning Challenges
During the meeting, Scott talked about his deep passion for helping children to uncover their personal strengths and take part in life more fully. The conversation concentrated on ways parents can more easily support kids with learning difficulties.
Scott suggested that children need to go beyond their diagnostic label. A child with ADD, for example, needs to understand that he or she is more than the diagnosis and should not allow the label to be an excuse for underachievement or a drag on who they are.
He also suggested that parents change their expectations. High achieving parents with advanced degrees and measurable financial success worried about the impact poor grades had on their children's future. These parents were deeply concerned about how their children would be able to make a living when they grew up
Essentially, the most realistic solution was for both parents and their child to focus on creating a connection. This would help the child to operate within the reality of their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their learning challenges. Parents could bond with their kids better by proposing more family events. This could be as simple as eating meals together or as elaborate as going on a family vacation. Scott made his point when he shared his own bonding experience with his son when they volunteered throughout the Katrina catastrophe.
About the Author:
The founder of Struggling Teens, Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
