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Author in the News: Dr. Kristin Wilcox Contributes an Article on ADHD in School to Medium

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  Dr. Kristin Wilcox, author of Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , h as contributed an article to Medium:  How teachers and parents can work together to understand inattentive-type ADHD Click on the title to read the full article. awards for Kristin's book Best Indie Book Award Literary Titan Book Award Gold Medial For more posts about Kristin and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to ...

Daily Excerpt: 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley & Trombly) - Secret #364: The Most Important Lessons

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  So appropriate for a week of honoring teachers.... Excerpt from 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents (McKinley & Trombly) -  #364 The Most Important Lessons   The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. ~ Stephen Covey               In this book, we have talked about 363 ways that you can help enhance what your child learns in the classroom, but we also hope that you have learned that inside the school walls is definitely not the only place where learning takes place. Here are a few things we hope you see a little differently now: ●        that there are teachable moments everywhere when you know what to look for; ●        that often it is the questions that matter more than the answers; ●        that practicing can be fun; ...

Daily Excerpt: Understanding the Entrepreneur (Quinelle) - The Entrepreneur at School

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  Excerpt from  Understanding the Entrepreneur  by Quinelle - Chapter 7 The Entrepreneur at School The Entrepreneur at school is not all that different from the Entrepreneur at home. Where the Entrepreneur is the teacher, the relationship is not that dissimilar from that of a parent. Where the Entrepreneur is a student, the relationship is not all that different from that of being a child.* The Entrepreneur as Teacher The Entrepreneur can make a marvelous teacher for the Entrepreneur student if the teacher remembers that while they themselves are natural leaders, so are their Entrepreneur students. Therefore, they must rein in their innate tendencies to lead and provide opportunities for their Entrepreneur students to lead. Not the parlayer of rules and regulations by nature, like the Seeker teacher, the Entrepreneur teacher looks to find ways to help students understand the underlying systems behind phenomena, the reasons behind rules, and the supporting theories behind...