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Learning at home has a great many benefits like the ability to learn whenever and wherever you like. But distance learning is still getting an education and that means paying attention to the course material and presentations you receive online, and also the hard part of studying and doing your homework and assignments. Read full article »

All of your life you have wanted a college degree but circumstances prevented you from going to college right after high school. Maybe you decided to go to work for a while and just ended up staying there because you got married and focused on raising your family. Perhaps you decided to serve your country by joining the military. Read full article »

We expect children and youth to have essential behavior skills for school, but we don’t necessarily thoroughly teach them the specific skills. Many kids will not be able to perform specific skills that they were never taught. Here are the basic class or group discussion skills that will be needed in nearly any school or agency. These important methods are taken from our Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth Workshops and books like our popular All the Best Answers for the Worst Kid Problems: Maximum-Strength Motivation-Makers, which are detailed at our web site, http://www.youthchg.com. Read full article »

There are a number of points that you will want to consider when you start your college search. More than anything, this will at least help cut down the number of options that you have after performing a college search. It doesn’t matter if you are doing your college search online or if you are working through the hundreds of prospectuses that your high school has, the points to consider are the same. Read full article »

Online colleges make obtaining a degree a possibility for anyone with access to the internet. If you have always dreamt of obtaining a degree or other certificate then online colleges are a great way to make that dream come true. One of the main benefits of studying with online colleges rather than conventional campus-based colleges is that you can work on your chosen subject at your own pace and at a time that suits you. Read full article »

There has always been a lot of debate as to whether an online college education is as good as a traditional college education. The answer to this is quite simple; there are good institutions that offer an online college education and there are bad establishments that offer an online college education. So, you need to do your research in the same way when you are looking for the best place to pursue your online college education with as you would an offline course. Read full article »

There are many reasons why you might want to consider taking a college course online. By far the greatest advantage of taking a college course online is convenience. You can take a college course online from anywhere that has an internet connection. These days, with many wireless notebooks you can connect to the internet from almost anywhere which makes taking an online college course even more accessible. No more sitting in classes or being cooped up indoors. You can access your college course online from anywhere you want to. Read full article »

“Nothing seems to work with that child!”

Have you ever said those words? If you work with very out-of-control students, chances are you have said those words more than once. You were right. Nothing was working to rein in that youngster. In this article, we’ll explain why nothing worked, and what you can do that will work. Hopefully, this article will help you avoid saying those words so often. Read full article »

Teachers, when you received your training to teach, the world probably looked much different. Guns meant water pistols and gangsmeant West Side Story.

Here is a test to see if your skills have kept up with the changes in our kids. If you discover that you are more prepared to work with Beaver Cleaver than Beavis and Butthead, then consider coming to our Problem Student Problem-Solver professional development training workshop (http://www.youthchg.com) or ordering some of our books and tapes. Our resources can turbo-charge your skills to fit contemporary kids. Read full article »

Unfortunately for most educators, burnout is cruel reality. From heavy course loads large class sizes, burnout seems to be an inevitable occurrence in our lives. However, Kent Crockett, author of “The 911 Handbook” offers the following advice and steps for effectively dealing with burnout, from a biblical perspective. I would suggest that you apply these principles to your life in order to “keep the fire burning.” Read full article »