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What test are you preparing for?
Whether you are a high school student taking the SAT or ACT, a
college student preparing for finals or about to take the GRE,
MCAT, LSAT or DAT, or you are a working professional taking a
licensing exam, Dr. B’s performance coaching can help you
achieve the score you need.
Are you performing up to
your potential?
Do you study hard but yet don’t perform well on
tests? Do you feel like you know the material but then “lose it” at
test time? Are you struggling to understand the subject matter? If
you answered “yes” to any of these questions Dr. B can help you. When
your scores don’t measure up to your preparation or potential it’s
a “performance issue.” When you learn to use Dr. B’s
model for improving your performance your scores can improve.
How does test stress affect your performance?
There is a known relationshio between stress
and performance. When stress is too
high or too low performance suffers. If you are too anxious, or
filled with self-doubt, or are easily distracted, your stress level
is going to go up and your performance will go down,.
How can Dr. B help you?
Dr. B is a teacher and psychologist.
Over the last 35 years he has developed an effective, easy-to-learn
system that trains people taking tests to reduce their stress and
improve their performance. Coaching
with Dr. B is a process of learning
new, effective ways of taking tests and studying for them..
Are you a parent?
Watching your child work hard to prepare for a test and then under-perform
can be heart-breaking. You feel your child’s disappointment
and frustration yet you don’t know how to help. Similarly,
you can become very frustrated if your child is capable but won’t
put in the time and effort to study and then receives a low score.
As part of the coaching process
with teenagers, Dr. B involves the parent(s) and shows you how
to support your child through the process of learning a new way
to take tests.
Are you a teacher?
Sometimes you have a capable student whom you know should be performing
better on tests. The student seems to understand the material,
but their test performance doesn’t show it. Consider reading
Dr, B’s forthcoming book, I HATE
TESTS! FROM MELTDOWN TO
MASTERY or consulting with
Dr. B directly Dr. B also offers
lively and informative inservice workshops.
Are you a school counselor, administrator
or policy maker?
Testing is a very hot topic nationally and locally. When school
funding and teacher’s salaries are linked to test scores
a lot is on the line. A student’s test success is not only
a matter of knowing the test content or having certain skills in
reading, mathematics and science. Good test performance also rests
on knowing how to be calm, confident and focused throughout the
testing process. If your school or district is facing challenges
with test scores, consider calling in Dr.
B as a consultant to
assess the situation and help to turn it around.
What do test takers, parents, teachers and administrators say
about their work with Dr. B?
Here is a small sample of testimonials for
Dr. B’s work…
“My scores on the SAT went up 200 points after I worked
with Dr. B. I took the usual test prep course but I was having
real problems with being nervous. Also my self-confidence was shot
because of the low scores I got the first time I took the test.
The test prep course didn’t help with those issues. Dr. B
did. He showed me how to turn all that around.”
High
school senior, Berkeley, CA
“Dr. B is knowledgeable, skillful and compassionate.
Not only did he help my daughter, who was struggling with school
exams and standardized tests, but he helped me too—to understand
what was going on and know how I could help.”
Parent,
Oakland, CA.
"For me, Dr. B’s work was clearly the difference
that brought success on my licensing exam. His approach
is unique and his work is truly masterful."
Charles
Ahern, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist
Infant/Parent
Program, UCSF
"While the stress and anxiety management
techniques Dr. B taught our juniors and seniors were focused
on helping them take standardized tests, the tools they learned
will be useful in stressful and demanding situations throughout
their lives."
Catherine
Hunter, Upper School Head
Head-Royce
School, Oakland, California
"Dr. B’s approach is highly creative, extremely
engaging and successful. He has an incredibly high rate of success
with his students. There are many people across the country who
would benefit from what he has to teach."
Gilbert
Newman, Ph.D., Director of Field Placement
The
Wright Institute, Berkeley, California
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