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WORK TITLE: He’s Not Lazy
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/adam-price-phd * http://www.doroguskerpriceandassociates.com/adam-price-ph-d/
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Male.
EDUCATION:University of Michigan, B.A.; Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Ph.D.
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Licensed psychologist and writer. Has a private practice, Dorogusker, Price, and Associates, in New York City and Chatham, NJ. Formerly director of outpatient services at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and associate director of Family Connections.
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Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Wall Street Journal and Family Circle.
SIDELIGHTS
Adam Price is a licensed psychologist who has held a private practice in New York and New Jersey for more than twenty years. Working with children and teenagers, he is an expert in learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, helps unmotivated teenagers, and leads social skills groups for children and adolescents. He also conducts cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and insight-oriented therapy. Price holds a Ph.D. from the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies. He has published articles on family therapy in academic journals, books, and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and Family Circle. He has also appeared on Good Day New York and other programs discussing childhood issues.
In 2017, Price published He’s Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself, in which he explains that capable yet academically underperforming teenage boys may seem lazy and uninterested in the process of learning, but it is actually a symptom of their reaction to too-high expectations and intense fear of failure that leads them to give up and not even try in the first place. Boys are particularly susceptible because classroom structure counters their natural tendency to be active. Boys face many daunting challenges in childhood and adolescence that push them to succeed and to become competitive at younger and younger ages. Believing that they cannot meet the many high demands of society, parents, and educators, boys decide to opt out and give up. They can also become oppositional, expect others to do things for them, or become focused on excelling or achieving in destructive ways. As boys are being pushed harder and harder to perform and succeed at an early age, “Price’s book brings an important voice to a much-needed conversation,” according to Julianne Smith in Library Journal.
In the book, Price offers tips and guidelines on encouraging boys to regain a sense of self-motivation, self-control, self-determination, and self-regulation. He also gives advice on how to give boys space but also set limits for them. In a review in BookPage, Amy Scribner noted: “Price outlines common-sense tactics to support boys in finding those ‘self’ words.” Observing that the book is filled with well-documented research, Joyce McIntosh wrote in Booklist: “Price helps readers make a paradigm shift in how they view their sons’ behavior.” To accompany this instructive guide, “Price reinforces his theory with case studies, expert commentary, clinical research, and statistics, adding substance” along with charts, tables, statistics, and worksheets, explained a Publishers Weekly contributor.
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Booklist, June, 2017, Joyce McIntosh, review of He’s Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself, p. 24.
BookPage, August, 2017, Amy Scribner, review of He’s Not Lazy, p. 20.
Library Journal, June 15, 2017, Julianne Smith, review of He’s Not Lazy, p. 71.
Publishers Weekly, March 20, 2017, review of He’s Not Lazy, p. 70.
ONLINE
Dorogusker, Price & Associates Website, http://www.doroguskerpriceandassociates.com (November 22, 2017), author profile.
He’s Not Lazy Website, https://www.hesnotlazy.com (November 22, 2017), author profile.
Psychology Today Online, https://www.psychologytoday.com (November 22, 2017), author profile.
Dr. Adam Price is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children, teens, adults, couples, and families. Dr. Price is an expert in learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and has an extensive evaluation and consultation practice. He specializes in working with unmotivated teens, and has led social skills groups for children and adolescents. He earned his B.A. at The University of Michigan and his doctorate at The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies. Dr. Price completed a post-doctoral program in family therapy at the Minuchin Center for the Family, where he trained directly with Dr. Salvador Minuchin. He has also been trained in Cognitive Behavioral & Mindfulness, and Insight Oriented Therapy. As the former Director of Outpatient Services at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and Associate Director at Family Connections, a non-profit mental health agency, he has supervised and trained numerous clinicians in family and child therapy. Dr. Price has published articles on family and child therapy in academic journals, books, and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and Family Circle. He has presented widely to both parents and educators on child development and learning disabilities and has appeared on “Good Day New York” and other television and radio programs to discuss topics ranging from child discipline to the impact of video games on children.
Email Dr. Price at dradamprice@gmail.com
Adam Price Ph.D.
Adam Price Ph.D.
Adam Price, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working with children and teens. As the former Director of Outpatient Services at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and Associate Director at Family Connections, a mental health agency, he has supervised and trained numerous clinicians in family and child therapy. He maintains a private practice in Manhattan and Chatham, New Jersey.
Price has published articles on family and child therapy in publications including The Wall Street Journal and Family Circle, and is the author of the book He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself. He has presented widely to both parents and educators on opting out, child development, and learning disabilities, and has appeared on “Good Day New York” and other programs to discuss topics ranging from discipline to the impact of video games on children.
Adam Price, Ph.D.
Adam Price, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working with children and teens. As the former Director of Outpatient Services at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and Associate Director at Family Connections, a mental health agency, he has supervised and trained numerous clinicians in family and child therapy. He maintains a private practice in New York City and Chatham, New Jersey.
Price has published articles on family and child therapy in publications including The Wall Street Journal and Family Circle, and is the author of the book He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself. Price has presented widely to both parents and educators on opting out, child development, and learning disabilities, and has appeared on “Good Day New York” and other programs to discuss topics ranging from discipline to the impact of video games on children.
Visit doroguskerpriceandassociates.com
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Amy Scribner
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BOYS AT THEIR BEST
If you're looking for help with parenting your teenage boy, turn to He's Not Lazy (Sterling, $19.95, 288 pages, ISBN 9781454916871) by Adam Price. As the mother of a 12-year-old son, I was drawn to child psychologist Price's empa-thetic views. He writes, "Not only are there the physical changes to contend with, but on a deeper level your son is grappling with profound questions... Who am I? What do I believe in? What should I become, and do I have what it takes to get there?"
Price focuses specifically on boys, as boys are much likelier to be diagnosed with learning disabilities, and many education specialists believe boys "are at an intrinsic disadvantage in a classroom that discourages their natural tendency to be active, and competitive." So rather than facing failure, boys simply opt out and are thus likely to be labeled as lazy.
Parents can help combat this by being their sons' advocates. No, this doesn't mean hovering while your son does his homework. It means helping your son find his own motivation. As Price puts it, "The qualities you most want him to develop--self-control, self-determination, self-regulation--all begin with the same word."
Price outlines common-sense tactics to support boys in finding those "self" words. I have a feeling I'll be pulling this book off the shelf to consult for years to come.
He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe
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Joyce McIntosh
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He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself. By Adam Price. Aug. 2017. 288p. Sterling, $19.95
(9781454916871); e-book, $9.99 (9781454926450). 305.23.
Price addresses a situation he refers to as "opting out," in which teen boys appear lazy when in fact they are reacting to
fear and pressure by shunning school with avoidance and denial. Price offers examples, lessons, and advice from his 25
years as a psychologist. While the book is filled with well-documented research, it is accessible to general readers.
Price helps readers make a paradigm shift in how they view their sons' behavior, explains the science behind human
brain development, provides instructions for creating a plan for success, and most importantly, outlines how parents
can change their own attitudes. The parents' change in perspective is the most important key; in the process, they will
help their sons create self-sufficient, self-regulated plans. Parents, college students, teachers, and psychologists will
gain a better understanding of the problem and know how to help teen boys who are going through it to have a
successful school career. A good addition for public library parenting collections as well as academic libraries.--Joyce
McIntosh
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Publishers Weekly.
264.12 (Mar. 20, 2017): p70.
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He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself
Adam Price. Sterling, $19.95 (288p)
ISBN 9/81454916871
Clinical psychologist Price maintains that increasingly competitive American society has fostered an epidemic of
motivation-lacking teens and preteens, especially boys. His informative debut book focuses on those who " 'opt-out' of
the competition altogether" when they feel inadequate to meet the many demands placed on them. In the first section,
he helps parents understand these boys' struggles by outlining how a variety of issues affect the way they act and feel,
including their changing minds and bodies, their often-neglected emotions, and their learning styles. The second
section provides tools, suggestions, and guidelines for setting parents and their teenage sons on a path to selfmotivation.
Price reinforces his theory with case studies, expert commentary, clinical research, and statistics, adding
substance to this already instructive guide. Charts and tables peppered throughout visually highlight the statistics and
examples he references, and an appendix features a series of planning worksheets for teenage boys and their parents.
Price's book will provide inspiration for scores of parents seeking to understand why their sons are floundering, and
will encourage greater acceptance for how today's teenage boys face challenges. (Aug.)
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Smith, Julianne
Library Journal. 6/15/2017, Vol. 142 Issue 11, p71-71. 1/8p.
Book Review
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PRICE, Adam
Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem—the underperforming teenage boy. Many parents will relate to the dynamic of the “opt-out kid,” who Price argues is, contrary to appearances, not lazy but rather “overcome by demands that he fears he simply cannot meet.” These kids tend to fall into four categories: Mr. Oppositional, Mr. Do-It-For-Me, Mr. Popular, and Mr. Uncertain. Supporting three touchstones of masculinity (competence, control, and connection), the author then presents specific tips for striking a balance between giving your kid space and setting limits (e.g., stop taking the opt-out attitude personally, stop telling him how smart he is, etc.). With today’s kids being pushed harder than ever to perform and succeed at an early age, Price’s book brings an important voice to a much-needed conversation. VERDICT Highly recommended.