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LAUGHTON KING
M. Soc. Sci. Dip. Ed. Psych.
Registered Psychologist
NZPS
About his Books
 
 
REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER
– a manual of strategies for Teachers and Parents
by Laughton King.        178 pages. 3rd edition. Self-published 2006 NZ.

This very practical and helpful manual focuses on the learning difficulties that come under the ‘umbrella’ notion of what is generally regarded as ‘Dyslexia’. The author examines why such difficulties are so common in our schools - right around the English-speaking world - and before giving parents and teachers insights as to how to work usefully with these children, demonstrates what the world is like from the inside for these children.

He looks at how these children think, at how they understand the world, at the impact on their behaviour, and at what life is like for them – on the inside. He includes a biographical section which includes some of his own personal experiences as a ‘dyslexic’ child.

In clarifying the fundamental differences between linguistic and pictorial thinking styles, and the consequential connection between learning difficulty and behaviour problems, this book opens the way for parents and teachers to reach, and therefore to effectively teach so-called reluctant learners.

Cost: $40 plus postage.

Orders: e-mail; laughton.king@win.co.nz Phone; 0274 171 804.

Laughton King is a registered New Zealand psychologist who has worked with children and parents in schools and their homes over the last thirty years. He has published in parenting magazines all around the world, and is well-known as a public speaker/trainer. His other major book “WITH, NOT AGAINST” is dedicated to supporting positive parenting strategies.

 
WITH, NOT AGAINST
- a compendium of positive parenting strategies.
by Laughton King.        64 pages. Self-published 2006 NZ.
 

Written with the busy parent in mind, this book is orientated to taking the head-on fight out of parenting, and is based on the author’s clinical work over the last thirty years with parents of young children.

This book is written as a practical manual, has a simple, bite-size presentation and is free from the pages of theory that commonly restrict easy access to useful information.

The book focuses on the small things parents do that make it difficult for children to comply and co-operate, and gives examples and illustrations of how we can easily work with our children to achieve happier households.

Includes; Bedtime strategies, Behaviour management, Language of parenting, Toileting, Mealtime behaviour, Arguments, use of Praise and Humour, amongst other issues that can make parenting a lonely and difficult role.

Cost: $30 plus postage.

Orders: E-mail laughton.king@win.co.nz
Phone; 0274 171 804

Laughton King is a registered New Zealand psychologist who has worked with children and parents in schools and their homes over the last thirty years. He has published in parenting magazines all around the world, and is well-known as a public-speaker/trainer, and for his major educational contribution “REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER” – a manual for teachers and parents of ‘dyslexic’ children.