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Courtney E. Ackerman is a researcher, author and consultant who specializes in positive psychology and survey research. She has written numerous articles on topics relevant to students and their parents, including ways to tackle stress, positive parenting, learned helplessness and learned optimism, the power of journaling, and much, much more. Go to simonandschuster.com/authors/Courtney-E-Ackerman to check out her books on positive psychology.