No One to Play With

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Summary: Helpful Insight for Parents and Teachers
Review: My son has learning difference woes, and in trying to get a handle on things at school (mostly), I've searched high and low for information. I put tags and stickies on almost every page of this book - marking ideas, situations, stories, and such that either sounded like my son or gave me ideas and a great deal of insight and support for my journey in helping him have fewer social troubles with others. I cried, laughed, and felt stronger after reading the book and wish I could use the author as a doctor for my kid! I feel strongly enough about what all the book has to say about how teachers and parents are so integral in the training and learning processes of these kids that I am buying another copy for my son's elementary school officials to share amongst themselves in the hopes of giving them ideas to help them cope better with the kidlets they have to deal with at school. By (diligently) working together, parents and schools can make help these kids improve their social skills to a level that makes all feel better!

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Summary: No One to Play With?
Review: Parents of children who are ADHD/LD will appreciate the real-life stories of other parents and children who have difficulties navigating Social side of life. Many practical strategies/suggestions are offered here.

Reading the anecdotes is probably as close as you can get to 'walking in your child's shoes' and understanding their personal experience of living with a learning disability.

If you enjoy "politically correct" words and phrases, be aware that the word handicap/handicaps/handicapped is used somewhat frequently in this book, however, this factor alone should not deter a reader from gleaning the valuable information and strategies offered.