Israelin Shockness Shares Her Wisdom In Debut 3-Book Set

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Israelin Shockness Shares Her Wisdom In Debut 3-Book Set
By Colin Rickards, Pride Magazine Contributing Writer

This collection of articles deals with youth improvement and proceeds by showing real situations that young people face every day. The topics covered within the book are youth motivation for school, youth development, youth responsibility, youth rejecting violence, youth and family relationships and youth community involvement. The book also carries over 100 hours of self-tutoring in Math and English, as well as Comprehension, vocabulary building, 225 Math Challenge questions and 350 General Knowledge questions. Add this book to your library today, a perfect educational tool for both the home and school.

"Your special friends deserve a special treat... here's an excellent gift for the young people in your life!"

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TORONTO, Ontario — The Tutoring Workshop in Toronto is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, and its Founder/Director, Israelin Shockness, has marked the event by writing an educational trilogy called “What If I Can’t?” “You Can!”

There is another anniversary for her, too, as for the past 10 years she has written the popular column “High Expectations” for Pride News Magazine, dealing with children, youth, education, parenting and community.

The overall title of Shockness’ three volume work comes from the question most frequently asked by the anxious young people she tutors: “What if I can’t?”

To which the Tobago-born educator responds: “You can!”

Jamaica-born Mary Anne Chambers, who was Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities between 2003 and 2005, and is now Minister of Children and Youth Services, has written an enthusiastic and well-informed Foreword.

“Our young people need to feel that there are reasons to be hopeful,” she says. “They must see possibilities, real possibilities that are within their abilities to achieve. But they must also understand that achieving that which is possible may not be easy.”

Shockness is a good listener and writes without being “preachy” or condescending, which has helped her to distill three decades of accumulated wisdom and insights into the three-book collection. Volume 1 encompasses Youth Motivation for School & Youth Self-Development, with a section on Math Quick Tips.

Volume 2 deals with Youth Responsibility & Youth Rejecting Violence, plus English Quick Tips.

Volume 3 looks at Youth/Family Relationships & Youth Community Involvement, along with 225 Math Challenge Questions, Comprehension, Vocabulary Building and 350 General Knowledge & Discussion Questions.

“Israelin Shockness recognizes that a holistic approach to life is more likely to result in the achievement of dreams,” Chambers writes. “To those who doubt that our youth can overcome the seemingly overwhelming challenges that they sometimes face, I say our youth may be more resilient than they realize.”

An educator and curriculum developer, Shockness has both M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees and is Vice-President of the Yorktown Child and Family Centre, a fully accredited mental health agency.

She is also Co-Founder of The Parenting Skills Exchange & Youth Connection, a charitable organization offering fathering/parenting, youth leadership, academic upgrading and children’s programs.

Available from Vancourt Publications (www.vancourtpublications.com), Shockness’ books were given a send-off at a launch at Tropicana Community Services. The trilogy is dedicated to her husband, Maurice, and grown-up daughters Michelle and Chellaine. Shockness can be contacted at www.motivateyouth.com.

Each volume of “What If I Can’t?” “You Can!” will be of interest as much to parents and teachers as to young people.

- Pride Newsmagazine, June 21, 2006 with permission of the author, Colin Rickards.

EXCELLENT RESOURCE AS WELL AS “ A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!”