Reflecting the exponential growth of college courses offering American Sign Language (ASL) as a foreign language, high schools have followed suit with significant increases in ASL classes during the past two decades. Despite this trend, high school ASL teachers and program administrators possess no concrete information on why students take ASL for foreign language credit, how they learn new signs and grammar, and how different learning techniques determines their achievement in ASL. This new book addresses these issues to better prepare high schools in their recruitment and education of new ASL students.
Author Russell S. Rosen begins with the history of ASL as a foreign language in high schools, including debates about the foreign language status of ASL, the situation of deaf and hard of hearing students in classes, and governmental recognition of ASL as a language. Based on his study of five high school ASL programs, he defines the factors that motivate students, including community and culture, and analyzes strategies for promoting language processing and learning. Learning American Sign Language in High School provides strategies for teaching ASL as a second language to students with learning disabilities as well. Its thorough approach ensures the best opportunity for high school students to attain high levels of achievement in learning ASL.
Category: Motivation
Awaken the Giant Within
“I know that no matter where you are in your life, you want more! No matter how well you’re already doing or how challenged you now may be, deep inside you there lies a belief that your experience of life can and will be much greater than it already is. You are destined for your own unique form of greatness.”
Anthony Robbins has already unlocked the personal power inside millions of people worldwide. Now, in this revolutionary new audio production based on his enormously popular Date with Destiny seminars, Robbins unleashes the sleeping giant that lies within all of us, teaching us to harness our untapped abilities, talents and skills.
The ultimate program for improving the quality of every aspect of your life (personal or business, physical or emotional) Awaken the Giant Within gives you the tools you need to immediately become the master of your own fate.
Motivation 365: Daily Inspirational Quotes to Achieve Your Goals and Dreams
Do you have a dream or goal and need some motivation? Maybe you’re at a sticking point, or maybe you just don’t know where to start. I have compiled 365 quotes from over 100 different famous greats, including Les Brown, Anthony Robbins, Michael Phelps and many more. Learn from the best! You can read a quote daily or several quotes when you need them most. The choice is yours on how you would like to tackle this book. Need some daily motivational quotes to help you achieve your dreams? Grab your copy today!
Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents: A Positive Psychology Curriculum for Well-Being
Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain positive mental health, and to flourish in all areas of their lives. This resource is a fully-formed positive psychology programme designed to promote happiness, resilience and motivation in young people aged 11-18. It introduces the theory and research behind positive psychology, and includes a guidance section for facilitators on how to deliver the programme. The programme itself is made up of 24 chapters which reflect each of the 24 ‘character strengths’ identified by Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology. These strengths include creative thinking, kindness, fairness, leadership, forgiveness, and teamwork. Activities teach students how to develop these strengths and skills in order to initiate positive change in their lives. This resource provides teachers, counsellors, psychologists, social workers and others working with young people with a complete programme to promote well-being in young people and help them flourish in their lives.
The Energy Bus for Kids: A Story about Staying Positive and Overcoming Challenges
An illustrated adaptation of the bestselling business fable, The Energy Bus, teaches children the benefits of staying positive
In this illustrated adaptation of the bestselling fable, The Energy Bus, author Jon Gordon shows children how to overcome negativity, bullies and everyday challenges to be their best. The Energy Bus For Kids is a story that will teach kids how to find their inner motivation and pass on that positive energy to others.
The Energy Bus For Kids presents five rules for the “Ride of Your Life” Teaches kids how to fuel your ride with positive energy Shares with kids how to love the people you share your journey with and how to enjoy the ride
Positive kids become positive adults. So get kids on the Energy Bus and infuse their lives with a newfound vision, attitude, and positivity.
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Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment: Treatment Improvement Protocol Series (Tip 35)
This Tip is based on a fundamental rethinking of the concept of motivation. Motivation is not seen as static but as dynamic. It is redefined here as purposeful, intentional, and positive-directed toward the best interests of the self. Specifically, motivation is considered to be related to the probability that a person will enter into, continue, and adhere to a specific change strategy. This Tip shows how substance abuse treatment staff can influence change by developing a therapeutic relationship that respects and builds on the client’s autonomy and, at the same time, makes the treatment clinician a partner in the change process. The Tip also describes different motivational interventions that can be used at all stages of the change process, from precontemplation and preparation to action and maintenance, and informs readers of the research, results, tools, and assessment instruments related to enhancing motivation.
Excited to Learn: Motivation and Culturally Responsive Teaching
Transforming student’s motivation as the major driver in the classroom!
Excited to Learn is grounded in Ginsberg and Wlodkowski’s Motivational Framework for Culturally-Responsive Teaching and includes over 50 teaching strategies for a broad range of grade levels and subject areas. These field-tested and research-validated tools provide a blend of theory and practice educators.
The book identifies and provides easily customized teaching methods based on four conditions of the framework:
Inclusion (respect and connectedness) Attitude (choice and relevance) Meaning (challenge and engagement) Competence (authenticity and effectiveness)
Illustrated through narrative and outline formats, the framework is attuned to the planning needs of busy educators.
The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality
What gives meaning to life? Of all the goals that people strive for, which ones really matter? This volume makes a powerful case for the inclusion of ultimate concerns– spiritual and religious themes in personal strivings– in any attempt to build a motivational theory of personality. The book first reviews the growing body of empirical and clinical literature on goal seeking and its relationship to subjective well-being, life satisfaction, and personality description. Emmons then sets forth an innovative framework for the assessment and measurement of ultimate concerns. Topics covered include implications of spiritual strivings for mental health and treatment, conflicts between different kinds of goals, ways that ultimate concerns can foster personality integration, goal processes in stress and coping, and the concept of spiritual intelligence. Sample assessment materials are shown in the Appendix, illuminating the author’s research methodology.
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The Lean Life: A Story to Give You the Motivation and Tools Needed for Lasting Fat Loss and Lifelong Health
Are You Finally Ready for Lasting Weight Loss?
Are you ready for a diet book unlike any other? I know what you’re thinking and no, it’s not a fad, a quick-fix, or a gimmick. Enter The Lean Life, an inspiring, innovative, and entertaining story—yes, story!–about a young man named Timmy who finds the will to change his life for the better after a series of life-altering events. As Timmy learns how to shed pounds easily and effortlessly, so will you. In fact, you’ll be so absorbed in the storyline that you may not realize how much you’re learning. Pretty soon you’ll find yourself making healthy choices and dropping pounds without even trying. Getting lean for life is easier and more enjoyable than all those other boring diet books and programs would have you believe.
Simple Changes, Big Results
It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you want to lose weight. Calorie counting, complicated exercise plans, weighing and measuring your food…who has time for all that? The Lean Life introduces a plethora of simple steps that are painless to implement in your daily life but still lead to real results, and the focus is all on you—your values, your motivation, your life. Hollan covers everything from nutrition and movement to positive thinking, making this a truly comprehensive weight loss program.
The Lean Life Has Something for Everyone
“It’s a great book, everybody! You won’t be disappointed. I have been an Occupational Therapist for 20 years prior to being an Attorney and I thought I knew all I needed to know about posture, diet, exercise and injury. Brooks has taught me quite a bit in this book. Easy to practice advice that won’t stress you out. Things you can practice while simply living your life.” ~ Patricia Boylez
After reading this book, you’ll be inspired to change your life and the lives of everyone around you. Whether you want to lose weight, know someone close to you who does, or are a health professional looking to find new ways to communicate with your clients, you’ll find something of value in this book.
Read The Lean Life today. Also available on Kindle.