Recommended Videos & Reading
Below is a list of videos, books and articles recommended by parents, teachers and counselors at the International Academy East. Please note, the books/articles are not formally reviewed by the PTIA East. Also, the PTIA East does not receive any remuneration if you purchase any books or articles listed. If you have an item you would like to recommend, please contact a member of the Board. Enjoy!
The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance
Presenter: Shawn Achor
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This video was featured at Coffee with the Counselor on October 10, 2012
Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivers lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard. This video focuses on being happy now and not tying your happiness to an event or a goal. (Description based on information on YouTube.com)
Presenter: Shawn Achor
(Click here to view)
This video was featured at Coffee with the Counselor on October 10, 2012
Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivers lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard. This video focuses on being happy now and not tying your happiness to an event or a goal. (Description based on information on YouTube.com)
28 Summer Reading Suggestions From College Admission Experts
Author: Brennan Barnard
Brennan Barnard, the director of college counseling at the Derryfield School in Manchester, N.H. has these recommendations for both graduating students and their parents.
Our IA-East Counselors recommend these books as well:
Colleges that Change Lives
Author: Loren Pope
Where you Go is Not Who You'll Be
Author: Frank Bruni
Author: Brennan Barnard
Brennan Barnard, the director of college counseling at the Derryfield School in Manchester, N.H. has these recommendations for both graduating students and their parents.
Our IA-East Counselors recommend these books as well:
Colleges that Change Lives
Author: Loren Pope
Where you Go is Not Who You'll Be
Author: Frank Bruni
I'm Going to College--Not You!: Surviving the College Search with Your Child
Author: Jennifer Delahunty
Kenyon College Dean Jennifer Delahunty shares her unique perspective (and her daughter's) on one of the toughest periods of parenting, and has assembled a top-notch group of writers that includes best-selling authors, college professors and admissions directors, and journalists. The book helps answer questions such as as how can parent be less of a "helicopter" (hovering) and more of a "booster rocket" (uplifting)? (Description based on information on Amazon.com)
Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years
Authors: Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
Based on real-life experience and recommended by colleges and universities around the country, Letting Go offers compassionate, practical, and up-to-the-minute information to help parents with the emotional and social changes of the college years. (Description based on information on Amazon.com)
The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College
Author: Harlen Cohen
In college, there's a surprise around every corner, but that doesn't mean you can't be prepared! From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to know). This essential guide is packed with expert advice on everything from managing money to managing stress--plus hilarious, outrageous stories from students on over 100 college campuses. (Description based on information on Amazon.com)