Teaching the AtRisk Teenage Brain

by Sheryl Feinstein

In Teaching the AtRisk Teenage Brain Sheryl Feinstein provides research in a readerfriendly way to help teachers and administrators better understand the atrisk student. Feinstein also includes numerous braincompatible instructional strategies and classroom management techniques, all intended to teach, support, and guide atrisk teenage students.

162 pages, Paperback

First published July 20, 2007

Reviews

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why are there no endnotes??? I hate that the fields of library science and (too often) education rely on anecdotes rather than statistically significant peer-reviewed studies. Sure, there's a 10-page bibliography, but when Dr. Feinstein writes that lesbians have different fingerprints than straight women (??!!), I would like to look at that study before I accept this as even remotely possible. At the same time, when Feinstein writes that certain techniques have had great results with juveniles in detention, I would like to look more closely at that study too. Without having to skim 10 pages of sources and hope the titles are descriptive.

[Jamie Huston · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, this was a pretty insipid waste of time. Most of the observations and advice are obvious ("Teens are bad at time management! Teach them time management!"), though the little nuggets of brain facts here and there are interesting--though they usually just add up to saying, "Teens use the emotional core of the brain for functions that adults use the mature frontal lobes for." Skim through the well made summary of the book at the end and see if the rest is worth it for you. Personally, as a veteran teacher and father of seven, there wasn't anything new or useful here at all.

[Bonnie Lieberman · Rating 4 out of 5]

i agree that in order to be a teacher of at-risk teenagers, a person must be strong and compassionate. She also must get to know the whole child and build a rapport. It is not an easy task, but these adolescents deserve a right to be heard, to know someone is rooting for them and is not going to give up on them.

[James]

I browsed through it. Looks like it could have a lot of good stuff for teaching.