ABSTRACT
Aims to teach parents and educators how to enhance a child's educational achievement using the Behavioural Assessment Rating Inventory (BARI) and the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children. Both instruments possess diagnostic and prescriptive teaching qualities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|48 pages
The Nature of Intelligence
chapter 2|4 pages
The Distribution of Intelligence
chapter 3|6 pages
How Intelligence is Measured
chapter 4|6 pages
The Dumbing Down of Schools
chapter 5|6 pages
The Development of Intelligence: Environment is Decisive
chapter 6|10 pages
Getting Started
part II|82 pages
The First Five Years
chapter 7|8 pages
Starting the BARI Program
chapter 8|32 pages
Physical Development
chapter 9|22 pages
The Foundations of Higher Order Thinking
Memory, Language, Basic Cognitive Skills, Self-Awareness and Problem Solving
chapter 10|6 pages
The Foundations of Creativity and Aesthetic Pleasure
chapter 11|12 pages
The Foundations of Social-Emotional Development
part III|26 pages
The Second Five Years
chapter 12|4 pages
The Five to Seven Year Shift
chapter 13|10 pages
The Enhancement of Right Brain Thinking
chapter 14|10 pages
The Enhancement of Left Brain Thinking
part IV|10 pages
Parents, Grandparents and Other Important People