Rick Lavoie

Richard Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed. is an educator, motivational speaker, and author, and an acclaimed advocate for children with learning disabilities and special needs. Since 1972 Lavoie has served as an administrator of residential programs for children with special needs. Lavoie credits the residential programs for giving him a living laboratory in which he could develop and refine his methods and theories related to the education of adolescents with special needs.
Books
* The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child by Rick Lavoie Oct 7,2008
* It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success Oct. 3, 2006 by Rick Lavoie, Michele Reiner, Rob Reiner and Dr. Mel Levine,MD
DVDs
How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop 1989 Using the medium of the video, Rick Lavoie allows the viewer to experience the same frustration, anxiety and tension that children with learning disabilities face in their daily lives. Through pedagogic wizardry, Lavoie is able to get the viewer to experience a variety of different learning disabilities as if they were his/her own. By making parents and adults aware of the experience Lavoie is able to convincingly convey strategies that work and don't work for each learning disability. Decades later this video is still a must for anyone teaching young children.
Last One Picked ... First One Picked On Learning Disabilities and Social Skills with Richard Lavoie 1994 Many children with learning disabilities often feel isolated and rejected. This tape focuses on how poor social skills combined with learning disabilities compounds the learning experience of children in and out of the classroom.
Learning Disabilities and Discipline with Richard Lavoie, When the Chips Are Down ...Strategies for Improving Children's Behavior 1997 Lavoie discusses how preventive discipline can anticipate many problems before they start. To do this he emphasizes the importance of a stable, predictable environment in which children with learning disabilities can flourish.

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