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    You Are Wonderful: Improving Children's Reading and Self Esteem
    You Are Wonderful: Improving Children's Reading and Self Esteem
    You Are Wonderful: Improving Children's Reading and Self Esteem
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    You Are Wonderful: Improving Children's Reading and Self Esteem

    By Evelyn Fuqua, Ph.D.

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    Since 1985 many new souls incarnating on Earth are members of a new species of Humans. These have had different names such as Indigo children, Crystal children, etc. As time goes on, there appear to be new waves of these advanced children appearing all the time. There was no dramatic shift in our civilization in the year 2012 as some had predicted; however, as these children grow older they WILL change the Earth.
    In the meantime there seem to be higher suicide rates among young people. The problems in the school system are overwhelming for many different reasons, partly because the old teaching methods are simply not working with these children whose brains are wired differently from ours. YOU ARE WONDERFUL offers a simple method to improve academic work as well as feelings of self worth that can be used by parents, educators and counselors. The book includes a series of short "stories" designed to induce right hemisphere thinking followed by positive suggestions. The original research was conducted in a public school setting with fourth, fifth and sixth graders for Dr. Fuqua's doctoral dissertation. However, feedback has shown that these stories and concepts can be very helpful to even teenagers and adults. A section at the end presents simple explanations of the metaphysical concepts used in the stories. These include spirit guides, auras, chakras and numerology with examples of why these are important for children and parents to understand. Based on Dr. Fuqua's 33 years as a teacher, resource specialist and counselor, she gives many insights into methods that can help children grow into compassionate, competent adults.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvelyn Fuqua, Ph.D.
    Release dateJun 22, 2016
    ISBN9781311439901
    You Are Wonderful: Improving Children's Reading and Self Esteem
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    Evelyn Fuqua, Ph.D.

    Evelyn Fuqua holds a B.A. in Psychology from Agnes Scott College, an M.A. in Counseling from California State University Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Professional School of Psychology. She was a teacher, special education resource specialist and counselor in the public schools for 33 years. Her work in the school system encompassed all levels – kindergarten through high school seniors. She was State Relations Chairman for the School Counselors Association and Marriage Family Counselors divisions of the California Association of Counseling and Development (CACD); Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Antelope Valley Family Services, and a member of the Executive Board of the Antelope Valley American Association of University Women. Dr. Fuqua has presented numerous workshops at professional conferences.After retiring from the school system, Dr. Fuqua was in private practice as a Marriage, Family Therapist, working with children and adults, incorporating metaphysical concepts. She is the author of a number of books, was on numerous radio shows and a frequent contributor to professional newsletters.You are Wonderful is based on the research Dr. Fuqua conducted for her doctoral dissertation completed in 1983.Fuqua is currently enjoying life on the Oregon Coast with Paul, her beloved mate, and Boots, her amazing Maine Coon cat.

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      You Are Wonderful - Evelyn Fuqua, Ph.D.

      You Are Wonderful

      Improving Children’s Reading and Self Esteem

      You Are Wonderful

      Evelyn Fuqua Ph.D.

      O.M.R.A. – Bandon, Oregon

      2015

      All Rights Reserved © 2015 Evelyn Fuqua

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the written permission of the author.

      For information address:

      P.O. Box 341

      Bandon, Oregon 97411

      www.evelynfuqua.com

      Copyright © 2015 Revised Edition

      Printing and bound in the United States of America

      Cover Design by Michael Phelan

      First printing 1984

      Second printing 1991

      Published by O.M.R.A.

      Bandon, Oregon

      Since 1985 many souls incarnating on Earth are members of a more advanced species of Humanoids. These have had different names such as Indigo children, Crystal children, etc. As time goes on, there appear to be new waves of these advanced children incarnating all the time. There was no dramatic shift in our civilization in the year 2012 as some had predicted; however, as these children grow older, they WILL change the Earth.

      In the meantime, there seem to be higher suicide rates among young people. The problems in the school systems are overwhelming for many different reasons, but partly because the old teaching methods are simply not working with these children whose brains are wired differently from ours. This book is one effort to at least let these children realize that they are OKAY and worthy human beings. While they are still young, we adults can assist in making life easier for our children in this chaotic world. It is my sincere desire that this book may be helpful to many teachers, parents and children.

      Dedicated to my father, Noble Paul Bassett, who wrote Constitution of the United Nations of the World in 1944 (Christopher Publishing House: Boston) before the United Nations was formed in 1945, and also dedicated to the new children of the Earth.

      About the Author

      Evelyn Fuqua holds a B.A. in Psychology from Agnes Scott College, an M.A. in Counseling from California State University Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Professional School of Psychology. She was a teacher, special education resource specialist and counselor in the public schools for 33 years. Her work in the school system encompassed all levels – kindergarten through high school seniors. She was State Relations Chairman for the School Counselors Association and Marriage Family Counselors divisions of the California Association of Counseling and Development (CACD); Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Antelope Valley Family Services, and a member of the Executive Board of the Antelope Valley American Association of University Women. Dr. Fuqua has presented numerous workshops at professional conferences.

      After retiring from the school system, Dr. Fuqua was in private practice as a Marriage, Family Therapist, working with children and adults, incorporating metaphysical concepts. She is the author of a number of books, was on numerous radio shows and a frequent contributor to professional newsletters.

      You are Wonderful is based on the research Dr. Fuqua conducted for her doctoral dissertation completed in 1983.

      Fuqua is currently enjoying life on the Oregon Coast with Paul, her beloved mate, and Boots, her amazing Maine Coon cat.

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      Acknowledgements

      I wish to give my deep appreciation to the following:

      The students at Dyer Kelly School, a remarkable group of children from whom I learned a great deal. I particularly want to thank the students who gave me permission to publish the stories they wrote.

      Special appreciation to J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Publisher, for granting permission for me to use an adaptation of the material in Chapter 10 in the book, Hypnosis and Behavior Modification: Imagery Conditioning.

      To Joy Lasseter for permission to use her tape recordings - Guardian Angel Meditation and Rainbow Meditation.

      To Barbara Paradesi for her permission to use her tape recording, Deep Relaxation and Consciousness Meditation.

      To my loving mate, Paul Mounts, for his encouragement, support and assistance in editing.

      To Michael Phelan for his cover design and assistance in formatting this book for publication.

      And finally to the late Helen Wambach, who had graciously given me much of her research material to use in writing my dissertation on past lives. Even though that plan did not work out, Helen’s method of inducing hypnosis in her subjects through right hemisphere thinking is the basis for this book.

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      Preface

      Back in 1980 I was beginning to think about what I wanted to do with my life after I retired from the school system. I had recently discovered the Association of Past Life Research and Therapies when I attended a conference in San Francisco at the urging of a local psychologist. The process of past life regression therapy fascinated me, and I determined that I would go into private practice after retiring, specializing in this seemingly very effective form of therapy. However, I felt that I needed solid credentials in order to be seen as a credible therapist, thus I began the ordeal of obtaining a Ph.D. to add to my other credentials.

      Early in the Ph.D. process there was a specific class in which we designed our original research, a requisite to obtaining a doctorate. One of my goals in earning a Ph.D. was to prove that past lives really exist, having a control group, etc. I wrote up what I thought was an excellent research design, but it was turned down by the professor because he insisted that there was no such thing as a past life! After months of attempting to change his mind, I finally gave up and decided on a new plan. This resulted in my dissertation entitled Relaxation Techniques, Guided Imagery and Positive Suggestion to Improve Reading Skills of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade Students.

      This required receiving permission from my principal and the administrator of elementary education to do my research at the school site where I was a counselor. This was no easy task, but they finally agreed, probably because my school was a Title I school (received additional federal funds) and had consistently scored the lowest of all the schools in the district on the yearly testing program. I also had to get permission from all of the parents in my groups, administer a pre and post research reading test to all participants, and then HOPE that none of the students moved out of my school area before the research was completed. This was a highly mobile student population, so from week to week if any one of them moved I would have to start all over. Well, the angels were with me! I was able to complete the group sessions, tested them and then almost immediately afterward three of the students moved away.

      My research design consisted of conducting small group sessions with fourth, fifth and sixth graders. Prior to beginning the groups I had talked to entire classrooms about the roles of the right/left cerebral hemispheres, the problems and consequences of stress, and the fact that students and others use very little of their innate potential ability. This discussion was followed by a classroom demonstration of a relaxation technique and guided imagery with the stated purpose of learning to relax. All students and teachers participated in the relaxation exercise. The experimental group surpassed the control group in mean scores on all three measurements on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the Wide Range Achievement Test, and Teacher Evaluations. This led me to continue conducting presentations to entire classrooms, with the goal of improving our school’s ranking on the district-wide achievement tests.

      Following these presentations, and after the teachers had conducted the mandatory tests, we were told that for the first time my school was no longer at the bottom of the scale. I was elated, and subsequently motivated to write a manual for teachers and parents. One of my goals was to conduct workshops in this technique, hoping that teachers would in turn use it in the classrooms.

      While some college and high school psychologists attended some of my workshops at the California State Counseling and Guidance Conventions, I was never able to get school districts to sponsor my workshops. That was during the early 80’s; now more than thirty years later I am hopeful that some of the schools are ready for really innovative ideas. Amazingly, there are a few brave principals who are now including transcendental meditation as part of the school curriculum. Reportedly, discipline problems are down in these schools and children are improving in academic skills. Perhaps in time more forward thinking administrators will be open to innovative ideas to deal with this new wave of children who are quite different from the older generation. In the meantime, parents can do a great deal to help their children not only to improve learning skills but improve their self-esteem, by using the simple method presented in this book as their child is going to sleep at night.

      My research indicated that even the students who went to sleep during my presentations improved as much in reading as those who were simply in a relaxed state induced by slowing down their brain waves to an alpha state. You can change the suggestions to include whatever you as a parent feel are the most important issues at that point in the life of your child. Knowing how to read is extremely important to feelings of self-worth, but if you suspect your child has learning disabilities, concentrate on suggestions to improve self-esteem as well as reading.

      Children love bedtime stories; these stories are specifically designed to use techniques which induce right hemisphere thinking, the seat of the subconscious mind. This involves using sight, sound and feelings. The stories are followed by various suggestions, depending on what the parent feels is most needed by the child. Of course, this is similar to hypnosis, since the child goes into an altered state of mind, allowing the suggestions to register in the subconscious mind. This is also similar to meditation; however, there was no way I could have used the term hypnosis or meditation in a school setting back in the 80’s, and probably not even now, but parents will no doubt recognize that using the right hemisphere produces the same results as a light hypnotic or meditative state.

      These stories were all designed to read to children when they go

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