Kids Who Underachieve

But dated. I got this book from my local library as a first stop on my "underachieving" kid. What he basically does is define four reasons why kids won't learn, and what to do about it. This book is heavily psychologically oriented, which is good if this is what your child's problem is. He seems to really care about kids and their problems, and this comes through in his writing. However, if you have a child who is underachieving because of learning disabilities, this book is less helpful, however he does explain the psychological ramifications of low achievement. One caveat: He brings a story towards the end of the book about Mark, a kid with severe psychological problems. I know this book was written quite a while ago, and I am not a diagnostician, but it seems to me that Mark would today be diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, as opposed to a psychiatric disorder (high grades in math, carries his box around with him, etc). He berates the parents for not being aware of the problem, but I think that in this case he was wrong.