This book is specially designed for tutoring in psychological skills, such as decision-making, conflict-resolution, emotional regulation, kindness, courage, and others. The programmed format is designed for a tutor and student to read together, using "alternate reading" of sections and answering a comprehension probe after each section. As they work through the manual, they learn how to do psychological skills exercises. The exercises in this book are meant to improve psychological strength in the same way that physical exerices improve muscular strength. Most of them involve practicing some desirable pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior with hypothetical situations.

This is an unusual math book: it is meant to be read aloud by a tutor and a student. It consists primarily of explanations, in words, of important math concepts. Reading comprehension questions rather than math problems check whether the reader is understanding. The learner who uses it practices reading comprehension in the subject area of math. This book starts with very basic ideas such as place value, sets, and addition, and moves through concepts of algebra. The format of small sections with a "comprehension probe" after each is custom made for tutoring, but also suited for the individual reader.

Success in schoolwork contributes greatly not only to career and economic good fortune, but also to happiness and mental health. This book teaches students the strategies that maximize the chance of academic success. It is written in interactive format: divided into brief sections with a comprehension question following each one; this format is ideal for the student to work through with a tutor or parent.

Task-switching means alternating among two or more sets of directions for responding to similar stimuli. In order to do task-switching well, one must use part of working memory to do a task, and another part to hold in mind what task to do. Task-switching is one of the executive functions thought to be important in making and executing plans and attaining goals. This skill appears to be especially difficult for people with ADHD. Medication used for ADHD appears to improve task-switching, but practice slso appears to lead to such improvement. This manual provides an explanation of current thinking about task-switching, in simple language. It tells how to do several games for task-switching practice. It also provides many worksheets whereby students can practice task-switching skills while also practicing useful academic skills: math facts, math word problems, and word-reading. The first author is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and adjunct faculty member at Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh. The second author, his daughter, is a student of psychology at Cornell University.

This book is meant for tutors, classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and anyone else who wishes to help someone acquire one of the most precious gifts attainable - the ability to read, and to read well. Learning to read should never be frustrating. This book presents a sequence of challenges, a hierarchy of tasks, arranged so that each prepares the learner for the next one. If at any stage the learner encounters too much frustration, the instructor drops back on the hiearchy. From the point where the learner can be successful, they work forward. The instructor celebrates every success along the way. The process can be a joyous, happy experience for both teacher and student. This book is the product of countless revisions of prior manuals, refined over the course of some twenty-five years of experience and research. The methods described here are applicable across the widest range of abilities, from gifted students to dyslexic ones. Joseph M. Strayhorn, Jr., M.D. is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has had a special interest in the learning process. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Drexel University School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh. He has been on the editorial boards of School Psychology Quarterly and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has conducted several research projects on reading instruction, including a method of telephone tutoring in reading. He is a homeschooling father who has taught two daughters to read using these methods.

This manual is designed to help people think rationally about provocations and conflict situations. It defines concepts that help the reader think more effectively about the sorts of situations that often trigger rage or violence. Through the exercises prescribed and modeled here, the reader can build up habits of calm response to provocations and conflicts. The book is divided into several hundred sections of around a hundred words, with each followed by a comprehension question; the format is meant to lend itself maximally to a tutoring environment.