<![CDATA[Can counselling help for PSLE results ?]]>Hi all


Came across the below from one of the newspaper, they claim that they can transform your kids from a low grade to PSLE 250 or above by a
4 session of 3hrs of counselling. They will teach your child the concept of PSLE, the techniques to excel, and how to avoid careless mistakes and all…

Any comments on this ? Below is the extract…

"We specialise in teaching your child how to achieve top results in school because all our trainers are 1st Class Honours graduates with years of teaching and mentoring experiences. Your child will be taught all the strategies, techniques and our First Class secrets, which he/she can apply all the way to the university level.

Call us to book a FREE 1-to-1 preview with your child today! "

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cherrygal:
My friend is doing a course on NLP to be a life coach and she is practising it on me for fun. It's more about goal setting and \"hypnotising\" your mind to work towards those goals. I find it difficult as my mind is always too distracted or resistant to do all those channelling of thoughts and emotions. So for such coaching sessions to work, the kid must have an accepting mind in the first place.

I would be a little concerned about this - shouldn't we want our kids to have minds of their own and make decisions for themselves? What if the coach has values different from the parents?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1009114https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1009114Fri, 24 May 2013 01:43:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:08 GMT]]>

cherrygal:
Wow, pressure tactics... if you are the type who cannot tahan such tactics and cave in, then don't even go for the previews. Maybe should spend the money on the famous subject tutors who include motivation instead.

Totally agreed with cherrygal! I have learned alot of tips from ks forum and parents here are kind enough to share their tips. I got a good recommendation of a tutor who is well-versed in teaching and sharing motivating my kids.

Seeing my gals scoring all Band 1 for this MYE really encourages me. Every single cent is worth it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1009018https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1009018Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:23 GMT]]>My friend is doing a course on NLP to be a life coach and she is practising it on me for fun. It’s more about goal setting and "hypnotising" your mind to work towards those goals. I find it difficult as my mind is always too distracted or resistant to do all those channelling of thoughts and emotions. So for such coaching sessions to work, the kid must have an accepting mind in the first place.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1009013https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1009013Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Sat, 11 May 2013 12:52:37 GMT]]>

minty2000:
yes, it is not a small sum to pay for the motivation talk... but for parents with kids that won't listen the them and near blood vomiting stage... maybe thats the last resort that the parent will go for... to take the risk of throwing thousand over dollars to the drain.


These motivational agent is aiming for those parent who can't help their own child and is at their wits end, and thats the time the parent will buy their story due to no choice... But if there is any sucessful stories, pls share here...
I have a psychologist doing motivation sessions for my kids. They are not the only kids under her. I also attend parenting sessions with her.

She was able to rightly identify certain behaviours in the kids and because we had been seeing her for a couple of years, we are able to work on it over the years and in that sense, it had been useful.

Some of the things taught are discussed in the book \"Internal Drive Theory\" as well as in the advice by some of the parents here.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001427https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001427Sat, 11 May 2013 12:52:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Sat, 11 May 2013 01:45:43 GMT]]>Be careful of those who promise you the sun, moon and stars.

Is it possible to score 250 and above listening to motivational speakers ?
Demand for refund if child doesn’t get that cop? These people do hard sell. Ultimately, it still boils down to whether the child wants to work hard, or not.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001179https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001179Sat, 11 May 2013 01:45:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 17:16:18 GMT]]>Ask them for guarantee like refund if your child doesn't get that 250?


I went with DS3 once on one of the presentations (we were invited and I didn't know what it was actually until the introduction). The parents were given a presentation while the children were given about 20 - 30 mins of 'training'. It was very impressive when the children were able to spell and group certain words which they were unable to do so before the 'training\".

After the session came the hard selling. The gentleman tried to convince me how DS3 will perform well in school if he attend their courses. From the way he talked to me I guessed most parents who show interest by attending their talk are desperate to get their children to peform :siam:. When I told him DS3 performance in school (after he asked, of course) he was :oops: :oops: like \"ya, your DS3 doesn't need this\". 😆 😆

BTW DS3 told me that the technique that they used were taught to him in school. I can't remember but it may be somebody that the school outsourced. Schools do have people to come in to conduct certain sessions like \"how to discover your learning style\" etc.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001114https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001114Fri, 10 May 2013 17:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 16:52:00 GMT]]>With just 4 months to go, time spent revising and reinforcing is definitely better than the few thousand on those motivational talks. Like what was mentioned, be very cautious when any educator promises outcomes which are hard to predict. We are talking about nation wide exam.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001108https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001108Fri, 10 May 2013 16:52:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 15:10:57 GMT]]>Wow, pressure tactics… if you are the type who cannot tahan such tactics and cave in, then don’t even go for the previews. Maybe should spend the money on the famous subject tutors who include motivation instead.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001065https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1001065Fri, 10 May 2013 15:10:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 08:54:48 GMT]]>

minty2000:
had called up to check with them, they say that there will be a 45min preview with the kid, followed by another 45min with the parent.


Thereafter, decision of Yes or No have to be given on the same day.. If a reply given as need some time for consideration, they say they will not accept the child anymore ... sounds ridiculous
Sounds fishy to me... Like those timeshare or beauty companies \"if you don't sign up now, we cannot offer you the package/discount anymore.\"

Beware.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000881https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000881Fri, 10 May 2013 08:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 08:46:10 GMT]]>Most motivational talks can only motivate. They don’t really teach or cover study subject matter. They can be useful if done early enough, such that the child understands why he needs to study, and instill the confidence for them to seek excellence. Some courses also try to impart various mental techniques and good habits of mind. These are nice skills to have.


But at this late juncture, learning and mastering these skills in time to apply for the final exams is likely going to be a challenge. It might be better to focus on drilling to ensure that the child understands and master actual subject matter.

Also, I would be careful of any educator that makes claims on outcomes which are difficult to measure.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000877https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000877Fri, 10 May 2013 08:46:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 08:24:06 GMT]]>yes, it is not a small sum to pay for the motivation talk… but for parents with kids that won’t listen the them and near blood vomiting stage… maybe thats the last resort that the parent will go for… to take the risk of throwing thousand over dollars to the drain.


These motivational agent is aiming for those parent who can’t help their own child and is at their wits end, and thats the time the parent will buy their story due to no choice… But if there is any sucessful stories, pls share here…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000872https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000872Fri, 10 May 2013 08:24:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 07:40:56 GMT]]>Counseling to boost PSLE results? All those motivational talks?

If child is motivated, you don’t need to pay those few thousand…if child is not motivated, it doesn’t help either. Keep the few thousand for holiday after PSLE.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000849https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000849Fri, 10 May 2013 07:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 07:21:19 GMT]]>had called up to check with them, they say that there will be a 45min preview with the kid, followed by another 45min with the parent.


Thereafter, decision of Yes or No have to be given on the same day… If a reply given as need some time for consideration, they say they will not accept the child anymore … sounds ridiculous

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000839https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000839Fri, 10 May 2013 07:21:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 03:58:20 GMT]]>If a child’s fundamental is weak, 12 hrs course is definately not enough.


Guess only suitable for those intelligent kids with no motivation to study.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000728https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000728Fri, 10 May 2013 03:58:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 03:55:45 GMT]]>Agree with cherrygal. It is too good to be true that by attending a 12-hrs course can get 250 in t-score.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000723https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1000723Fri, 10 May 2013 03:55:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can counselling help for PSLE results ? on Fri, 10 May 2013 03:48:47 GMT]]>It’s a motivational class I think. Adam Khoo said he only started to work hard after attending a motivational session. If money is not a concern, no harm I guess but don’t expect miracles. Still need to study hard.

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