Fork Union, VA - August 20, 2008 -
The faculty and
staff at Fork Union Military Academy have a national reputation for helping
young men develop character, self-discipline, and achieve academic success.
This week on campus, the teachers become the students.
Noted author,
educator, and award-winning speaker, Dr. Robert Brooks, Ph.D., has been invited
to provide staff development at Fork Union Military Academy this Thursday,
August 21, 2008.
A psychologist on
the faculty at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brooks has authored (with co-author
Dr. Sam Goldstein) ten books including "Raising Resilient Children"
and "The Power of Resilience." Dr. Brooks' most recent book is
"Raising a Self-Disciplined Child" published in 2007 by McGraw Hill.
Dr. Brooks has an international reputation in his field and FUMA feels very
fortunate to have a guest speaker of his stature provide staff training.
While researching
the book "Raising Resilient Children" (published in 2001), Dr. Brooks
found that a lack of self-discipline was a root cause of many behavioral
problems. While most children and parents think of discipline in terms of
punishment, Dr. Brooks says that the goal of discipline is to help children
become more responsible, confident, and resilient. Effective discipline is
proactive, not reactive, employing the old cliché that "an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure." Dr. Brooks is expected to help
teachers learn new ways to create motivating environments for learners, and use
the power of relationship to enhance learning, and to help produce
self-disciplined and resilient students.
Dr. Brooks will meet
with the whole school faculty and staff from 9:00am to 12:00noon on Thursday
morning in the Estes Dining Hall, and then meet with Upper School faculty from
1:00pm to 2:00pm and Middle School faculty from 2:00pm to 3:00pm in the
afternoon.
