Connections Essentials

The Essential Ingredients for College and Career Success Brief, affordable, and engaging, Connections Essentials: Empowering College and Career Success offers the ideal balance of motivational, study, and life skills - in a sleek, streamlined, and fun package. Written by counseling psychologists Paul Gore, Wade Leuwerke, and A.J. Metz, Connections: Essentials Edition takes a strengths-based approach and spotlights how taking purposeful action helps students set goals and build the skills they need to succeed. Key features: All the essential information in one easy-to-use resource. Brief and to the point, each of the text's twelve chapters focuses on the most important concepts and skills for student success. Coverage starts with the motivational skills and mindsets necessary for college success, and then moves on to academic and life skills. The book's magazine-style format, pop-out articles, and attractive visual program make it a fun read for students! Prominent coverage of critical thinking and goal setting helps students develop key skills necessary for success. Self-assessments and activities throughout the text encourage students to think critically about their work and themselves. Chapters 2-12 prompt students to develop their own Personal Success Plans. Praised by reviewers, student use these class-tested, concrete steps to set goals, achieve them, and take charge of their own successes. A strong foundation in research. Research backs the authors' guidance to students throughout the book; articles and features throughout the text introduce original research in an accessible way that helps students connect the findings to their own experiences.