"Being In Control" is a colorful self help of book natural techniques for students with learning challenges

" Being In Control : Natural techniques for Increasing Your Potential and Creativity for Success in School: Also for Improving concentration and learning in Children with ADHD and Dyslexia", by Jason Mark Alster MS. Included in the book are techniques for increasing self confidence; relaxed concentration; seated yoga; creativity; time management; organization of material; sensory integration- using our senses to relax and focus; relaxation/focusing game ideas; better cursive handwriting; speed reading; improving math, test taking strategies, creativity concepts, memory techniques, and more.

A review of the book. Jason Alster is a multi-talented author with a specialty in natural treatments for attention and learning differences. In Being in Control, the Alster packs short, yet effective techniques in a forty-page book to help young people in their personal, creative and scholastic lives. The book is engaging visually with colorful photos and illustrations. Being in Control continues seamlessly from one-page topics that cover four basic areas: problem-solving, self-help, hands-on approach (tools to make and use. Fun!), and success in school. Alster has written a shining self-help book for children of all ages, including teens. And since I like books that capture my attention, you could say it would be a good read for adults, too. Review by Janie Bowman on Amazon.com

In this self-help book, Mr. Alster (a neurophysiologist who developed the concepts in Israel ) teaches natural techniques for children with ADHD (and other disabilities) instead of medication.  The aim of this book is "to help children overcome learning problems, to be more relaxed so that they may sit quietly and do homework and improve their concentration."  This book also contains tools for helping children to be more creative and to socialize better with other children.  I believe that Jason has done a superb job gearing this book toward its intended audience - the child with a disability.  By using pictures to explain the steps throughout the book, I believe that children will have no problem understanding and grasping the intended lessons.  I recommend this book for any child who is ready to take a more natural approach to dealing with a disability. Jackie Igafo-Te'o

By Millie Grenough "OASIS in the overwhelm creator" (New Haven, CT) -



This review is from: Being in Control: Natural Techniques for Increasing Your Potential and Creativity for Success in School ( soft cover)

On a non-stop JFK to LA flight this book made the hours go quickly and enjoyably. I took my time scanning the illustrations and experimenting with the techniques. I interspersed this with scheming how I might use the tecnhiques with my coach clients, napping, switching to the big view out the plane window, and watching the multiply-demanding activities of stewardesses and of parents who were trying to handle their restless children.

Conclusion? Jason Alster's ideas are sound, appealing, practical. Their simplicity and brevity is not a sign of shallowness, but of depth: they truly invite children and adults to explore many facets of themselves in ways that are spacious rather than rigid... The strategies are simple, easily learned, and can have a profound difference in a person's ability to have an upbeat and "in-control" relationship with mind/emotions/body.

Many years ago when Howard Gardner pointed to the importance of Multiple Intelligences, he blew away the old notion of intelligence - "Johnny has a low IQ - - he has trouble concentrating in school - he's not very smart - he'll never make it in life."

Alster's techniques help multiple intelligences take root and bloom, in children and adults.

Being In Control ; Book

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