RIGHT-BRAINED CHILDREN IN A LEFT-BRAINED WORLD: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR ADD CHILD

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Summary: THE "Must-Have" Book on ADD!
Review: My son was recently diagnosed with ADD. As I researched the topic, I found this book to be the most encouraging, informational, helpful, and applicable. Not only is it a great resource for parents, it is also wonderful for teachers or anyone who works with ADD kids. This is the only book you need!

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Summary: If only the whole world could understand this....
Review: First of all, THANK GOD for Jeffrey Freed.... and all others who care to look into such matter with a great level of tolerance and understanding. I borrowed this book from a library and I will definitely buy a copy. Now I know that I'm not alone. The huge problem is to convince the majority of us to understand and accept the message that this book has in store. This world has definitely been left-brained and where I come from, it's no exception. Although I have thrived on being a right-brainer my whole life, I believe that only few of us have achieved a great deal by using our "right-brain" ability to our benefit. Again, it's another form of discrimination. Even our brains are coloured. It's not about a learning disability. It's really about teaching disability. This I strongly agree.

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Summary: A relieved mom
Review: I am so relieved to finally "see the light" at the end of my child's tunnel. He'd been struggling in 1st grade, especially with any written assignment. Finishing tasks has always been a challenge for him. It always seems like he isn't listening to me or his teacher, but now I realize I just needed to change my way of "talking" to him.

Tears of relief came to me as I read this book. My relationship with my child has greatly improved, as homework is no longer a struggle.

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Summary: Good Advice, but...
Review: I found many good ideas in this book, and I'll use them while tutoring children here in Mexico, but certain of the authors' views are either self-serving or putting a brave face on what he must realize is a very bad situation. The author states in various places that right-brained children are problem-solvers whose holistic ways of looking at things will lead us into the future. Perhaps so, but what problems will they choose to solve? The author himself describes these children as hypersensitive, overly competitive, impulsive self-gratifiers with poor social skills. Now that they're with us, it's our duty to help them as best we can, but it sounds to me as though the most likely future they will lead us into (especially if they're not helped) is social disintegration.

Rating:
Summary: THE "Must-Have" Book on ADD!
Review: My son was recently diagnosed with ADD. As I researched the topic, I found this book to be the most encouraging, informational, helpful, and applicable. Not only is it a great resource for parents, it is also wonderful for teachers or anyone who works with ADD kids. This is the only book you need!