| Experts estimate that between 4-10% of
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| | use the wipers to get rid of unnecessary
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| our youth are now diagnosed as having
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| | cloudiness. She is trying as hard as she
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| Attention Deficit Disorder. It can be
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| | can to process all of the information
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| frustrating and discouraging to deal with
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| | coming into her experience. Of course,
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| symptoms of ADD. Here's the great news:
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| | what often happens is that the conscious
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| there is nothing "wrong" with your child
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| | mind becomes overwhelmed and she may
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| or with you as the parent; there is
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| | simply shut down, stop paying attention,
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| nothing that needs to be "fixed". You and
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| | and give up or it might be played out
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| your child have ALL of the resources
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| | physically in the body which might be
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| within you to experience success in
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| | seen as anxious, aggressive or
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| school, at home and in the world. If your
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| | hyperactive behavior.
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| child is not succeeding in school or at
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| | The first step in helping your child to
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| home, it simply means that she doesn't
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| | learn effectively is to help her
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| have effective tools for doing so. Once
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| | determine what her particular strategy is
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| we teach her world-class skills for
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| | for learning and then to teach her very
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| succeeding at home and in school, she
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| | precise, effective strategies for
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| will no doubt be successful.
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| | learning information most effectively. A
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| A diagnosis can be helpful in giving us a
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| | visual learning strategy is the most
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| framework for understanding what the
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| | effective strategy for learning academic
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| reason is behind the challenging
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| | tasks like spelling words, math facts and
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| behaviors or the poor school performance.
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| | vocabulary words; learning visually
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| You can understand the behavior better
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| | makes learning fun, interesting and much
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| when you understand where it is coming
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| | less time-consuming.
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| from. When you understand that it's not
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| | In order to teach a young person a visual
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| a matter of whether or not your child is
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| | learning strategy, she must first believe
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| trying hard enough, rather that it is
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| | that she CAN learn by making pictures in
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| simply a matter of her not having the
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| | her mind. Often, young people who are
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| tools to be successful in learning, then
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| | diagnosed as having ADD or some other
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| you can respond differently to it. ADD,
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| | "learning difference" feel that they
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| Dyslexia and other learning "differences"
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| | can't control their own mind, but rather
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| are a way of describing how a person's
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| | that their mind controls them. In order
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| brain is wired or the way in which they
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| | to begin to teach effective learning
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| process information. It doesn't mean that
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| | strategies, we need to begin with helping
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| they don't process or learn information;
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| | the child to see that indeed she CAN
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| it simply means that they do it better
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| | control her own mind and the pictures
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| using certain strategies or processes
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| | that she makes in her mind.
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| than with others, as we all do.
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| | The first step is to assist the child in
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| In order to help you understand your
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| | slowing down the pictures in her own mind
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| child's experience of the world, you need
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| | and slowing her body down so that she can
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| to understand exactly what goes on in the
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| | learn and implement simple, effective
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| mind of a young person with ADD. Here's a
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| | learning strategies and begin to
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| way in which you can begin to understand
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| | experience more success at school as well
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| the experience of a child with ADD. I
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| | as at home. In addition, we want to
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| want you to imagine that you're driving
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| | provide her with the kind of environment
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| in a rainstorm without the windshield
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| | that will best support her and her
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| wipers on. Pretty frustrating, isn't it?
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| | particular needs; for most kids, and
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| Imagine the effort it would require to
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| | especially for kids with ADD, the
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| keep your mind focused on the road ahead
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| | environment that is most supportive of
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| just in order to keep yourself and others
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| | their needs is one that is unconditional,
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| feeling safe and protected. Yet, that is
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| | structured and consistent while providing
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| precisely what goes on in the mind of a
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| | them enough freedom to learn to negotiate
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| young person with ADD. The screen simply
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| | the world on their own.
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| becomes blurred without the ability to
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