Don Dinkmeyer, Jr., Ph.D., is a Professor of Counseling and Student Affairs in the Graduate College of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He has been a school counselor, mental health counselor, and has trained helping professionals across North America for 25 years. He has served on two national taskforces on parent education. He recently received a Distinguished Service Achievement Award from the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP) in recognition of his more than two decades of work in the Adlerian community.
This work argues that the use of encouragement helps children, previously disengaged from learning, to believe in themselves and contribute to society. It provides parents, teachers and mental health... (more)