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Profiles for Children

DISC%20Bots%20Discovery%20Image.jpgBOTS Discovery Report Online - Children's Full Personality Assessment
The BOTS Discovery Report is one of Personality Insights' most comprehensive assessment products. This is the version for children ages 4-12. You will receive a 48 page computer generated report (downloaded file) that is highly accurate and easy-to-understand. The Discovery Report is based on the results of an online personality assessment that will take you only about 25 minutes to complete. Pictures and stories make the process fun. There is a section in the report for the child, for the child's parents, and for the child's teachers.

DISC%20Bots%20Printed.jpgAll about Bots! All about You! Child Personality Profile - Printed Version
Here is one of the most accurate tools available for DISCovering a child's personality style. Purpose: To help parents, teachers and individuals who work with children better understand them, and for the children to understand themselves and others. Self-scoring human behavior style analysis graphing system designed to describe predictable patterns of behavior, how to relate to others and understand others' needs. Also provides insights on tendencies as your child developes and matures. Additional observations on how to give instructions, motivate, communicate, and provide an ideal environment.

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Profiles for Teens

DISC%20Get%20Real%20Online.gifDiscovery Report - Teen Personality Assessment with Full Report - Online Version
This special teen version of the Discovery Report is called the "Get Real" version. You will receive a personalized 58 page computer generated report that is highly accurate and easy-to-understand. The Discovery Report is based on the results of an online personality assessment that will take you only about 15-20 minutes to complete. The report is divided into four sections. One section for the teen, one section for the teen's parents, one section for the teen's teachers, and one section with vocational information. The vocational aspect of this report is great for teens trying to figure out how to leverage their strengths for a future career. A new bonus has been added that will allow teens to use a "Career Interest Explorer" to narrow a list of careers that fit their personality. The career list can be saved for later reference. Teens can even research the careers by clicking on links which we have organized for easy use. There is no extra charge for use of the Career Interest Explorer. This version of the DISC allows teens to use features such as "Relationship Feedback" found only at DISCoveryReport.com.

DISC%20GetReal%20Teen%20Image.jpgGet Real! Teen Personality Profile - Printed Version
If you have a teenager, you definitely need help! How can you understand these strange creatures? GET REAL is designed to quickly and easily assess the personality style of a teenager. This booklet also includes an abundance of information explaining the different personality types. Each type is valuable and unique. After teens complete the assessment, there is a “Getting Personal” section that will help them apply this information to their life. Not as extensive as the online version listed above, and does not allow use of the features of DISCoveryReport.com.

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Books and Resources for Parents

DISC%20Parenting%20FlipChart%20Image.jpgParenting Flip Charts (Set of 4)
Dr. Rohm provides insights on strengths, struggles and strategies to overcome potential problems. The charts have very practical tips that are straightforward and are reminders of what to do in areas that tend to be difficult for a parent or teacher. There are four charts. Each chart represents one of the four personality styles of a child/parent. The charts explain how to work effectively with each type of personality style.

DISC%20DifferentChildren%20Image.jpgDifferent Children, Different Needs
Dr. Charles F. Boyd with Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
Helps parents, teachers, counselors and pastors understand that each child has a unique design. It is the responsibility of adults to adapt their style rather than expecting children to respond to the adult's perspective. This book improves skills in adaptive parenting and teaching and helps the reader to understand how to encourage and direct children.

DISC%20Four%20Friends%20Image.gifFour Friends Find Fun
V. L. Doyle and Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
This best-selling children’s book is designed to help parents and teachers introduce personality styles to young children. This story gives children understanding into their personality style and the personality styles of their friends.

Four Friends Find Fun, Discussion Guide
V. L. Doyle and Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
This booklet guides parents and teachers step-by-step through each page of Four Friends Find Fun. It has a simple structure designed to encourage discussion about different personality styles.p>

DISC%20PI%20for%20Moms%20Image.gifPersonality Insights for Moms
Susan Crook with Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
By learning and applying the communication skills and strategies discussed in this book, you will be able to give your child the gift of successful communication, unconditional love and understanding at a level you have never experienced before. Today you can have the relationship with your children that you only dreamed of yesterday. This book will help show you how to get plugged-in and understand why you do what you do and why your children do what they do, and give you the tools needed to D-I-S-Cover communication secrets and success for a lifetime of effective teaching!

DISC%20Praying%20Child.jpgPraying for Your Child According to His or Her Personality Style
Beth McLendon and Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D.
This unique book gives special insight about expressing and showing unconditional love. Prayer is the main focus of this book. The multitude of prayers that are in this book will introduce you to a new concept of praying for your students. The four main sections of the book are devoted to the four personality styles. For example, there is a "D" chapter that contains the strengths and weaknessess of the "D" personality. For each trait, there is an explanation, tips for parents (or teachers), Scripture concerning the trait, and specifically designed prayers.

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DISC Questions and Answers on Parenting

Dr. Robert A. Rohm

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Used by permission, Dr. Carlus Gupton, Certified Human Behavior Consultant

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1. What "personality clues" should I look for if my child is having problems in school?
As we say in discussing ADD and ADHD, sometimes issues are labeled as behavioral problems, when they may be only a matter of personality "fit." Many teachers have "S" and "C" personality styles, so they tend to be much more quiet and thoughtful than a "D" or "I" child. If they do not understand a child's "wiring," it is easy to dismiss the student as a troublemaker. Classroom harmony and the success of the educational process can be influenced by many issues beyond personality styles, but this may be a good place to start.

Is your child treated like a unique individual who is capable of learning, or is he or she being treated like a database with a capacity to receive input? Sometimes a "D" or "I" teacher, perhaps a coach, values "D" and "I" students because of their shared emphasis on competing and winning. In this environment, less outgoing students may have difficulty that is based on personality "fit."

Our first recommendation is All About BOTS: All About You!, our self-scoring profile for elementary -age children. You will be surprised by the insights and communication created in sharing this experience with your child. For your teen who is not adjusting, you will find clues in our self-scoring Get Real! Teen Profile. You and your children can "talk through" the results of the inventories, and you will probably see their self-image and performance improve as a result of understanding themselves in a positive way.

2. How early can you discover a child's personality style?
An obstetric and neonatal nurse told us she could spot some behavior indicators shortly after a baby was born. (A "labored" labor is difficult for both mother and child, so it is not always possible to tell if a child is slower-paced or just exhausted...!) There has been some research in this area. Certainly, an infant's Environment style is learning to adapt quickly to things like gravity, air, light... Questions you can ask yourself are:

  • Does this child seem to be compliant or strong-willed?
  • Does this child seem to be more restless or more easygoing?
  • Does this child seem to respond happily to activity or find it distressing?
  • Does this child seem easy to please or difficult to satisfy?

The book written by Charles F. Boyd, co-authored by Dr. Rohm, Different Children, Different Needs, offers many observations for identifying the styles of small children through teens.

3. Why does my teenager seem so different if it's not due to changes in personality style?
This is an important question, and it is often asked, especially by parents who see their teenagers doing strange things. In Get Real!, our profile assessment for teenagers, I explain it in this way:

Teenagers "try on" different types of behavior as they grow up. Have you heard of the "Terrible Twos," when toddlers push the limits on parents and others trying to learn where the boundaries are? In adolescence, many mental, physical, emotional and spiritual changes occur. During this time, teens "try on" different behaviors to see how they feel, often imitating people they admire. Usually, when an experimental behavior does not work well, or is frustrating and futile, they give up with little damage done. Any adult can look back on their teenage years and remember how they settled down to the "natural" style they had when they were younger. That's why the Bible says "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is older, he will not depart from it."

The basic personality we are born with is probably seen best between the ages of 4-14, then goes into a tailspin from 14-18, and then smoothes out and produces a great life from 18 and older. Although they are not "required," the turbulent teen years seem to be a "fact of life" that most people experience. In Who Do You Think You Are... Anyway?, I have written: Parents, can you remember your own energy at this age? How about your dreams for achievement or greatness in ways your family did not understand? As you matured, you put a lot of that "silliness" away. But in doing so, I hope you have not become like the people one teenager described when he said, "Most grown-ups are really given-ups!"

As your teenagers go through adjustments, keep your finger on their pulse. If their heart is still warm and tender, and their will is pliable, thank God. I like this thought from Logan Pearsall Smith: "Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after another till he finds his own." For added perspective as a parent, find your own face in an old high school yearbook! It may help you remember some of the experiences and phases you came through in order to become the reasonably sane and responsible adult you are today.Therefore, while your children are "finding their face," you won't lose your mind!

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All DISC products, descriptions, and images ©Personality Insights Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Used by permission, Dr. Carlus Gupton, Certified Human Behavior Consultant,
Specialist in Human Behavior Consulting