Show Notes
The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop provides a framework to consider why students approach school as they do. Mainly targeted toward parents, this newly published book (January 2025) can be helpful for educators and providers to help teens navigate their education and next steps. The writers walk through four types of engagement and what they could mean about how a student, or anyone, is approaching a particular aspect of their lives.
Four types of students are discussed:
- The passenger is quietly quitting
- The achiever faces the perils of perfection
- The resister is driving in reverse
- The explorer is productive and happy
How can we help students stuck in a nonproductive and unhappy mode while assisting them to develop skills and expectations for what makes sense for them and others around them? The writers have been there and have insights to share.
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Resources
The Disengaged Teen website