What makes a good public speaker?
Have you ever been to a conference and afterward felt motivated to conqueror new challenges? What is it that makes someone an effective speaker? Is it simply the words? I would love comments on what qualities people have admired in a good speaker.
Speak up I can’t hear you: Public speaking
Public speaking can be difficult for most of us. Speaking in front of strangers requires good verbal and nonverbal communication. I attended a lecture were the speaker spoke very quickly and mumbled, constantly looked down, and had a thick accent. Needless to say, he was difficult to understand which was too bad because he had […]
Motivated by interest
Everyone is good at something. Real life experiences in areas of strength help to balance the feeling of failure. Encouraging and developing other areas of interest offer another way to motivate during difficult tasks or when working in difficult areas. The love of a computer or football, can be used to help make task bearable.
Summer break
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Break it down
Positive comments and small successes can begin to repair motivation, but motivation can not be maintained if the tasks required are not felt to be achievable. For many students with language-based learning disabilities, repeated failures have destroyed motivation and undermined competence. Small encouragements may not be enough, so breaking down challenging task into manageable pieces […]
Great website
Today I just thought I would post this great website about social thinking. There is a lot of useful information.
How to motivate?
Just as negative comments and experiences destroy motivation, positive comments and a series of little successes can begin to repair motivation. Encouraging words like “Wow, you put a lot of effort into your work” or “I like the way you worked on that” regularly will go a long way to acknowledge the strengths and build […]
Creating an environment of success
There is motivation that comes from within and motivation generated from external rewards. Working for money is an example of external motivation. Volunteering is an example of internal motivation. We all are motivated in a variety of ways. When working with a young adult with a learning disability motivation is often a primary issue. After […]
One size fits all
First, remember that no one chooses failure. As adults, we choose to work and do things in areas of competency, but as children, we are asked to be good in many different areas. Children do not have choices. We want them to read, write, do computations, and prepare for college. Our schools do not teach […]
Motivation: The Circle Part I
If a young adult is not motivated in school because of prior academic experiences, who is responsible for motivating them? Should the child be responsible for self-motivating or is it the teachers’ or parents responsibility to motivate them? Day after day, some students with language based disabilities meet academic failure,”F’s” and “D’s” on assignments, demeaning […]