The Edison Trait : Saving the Spirit of Your Free-Thinking Child in a Conforming World

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Summary: SELF ACCEPTANCE FOR ADD/ADHD EDISONIANS
Review: Tears streamed down my face,as I read this book!!! I loved this book so much that I traveled out from NY to Encinitas CA to meet its terrific author,Dr Palladino!!Most other books take the approach that the ADD/ADHD /LD individual needs 'repair" whereas this book repeatedly emphasizes self acceptance & benefits of these 'disabilities"!! Lucy shows how the Edison divergent Thinker actually is superior in many ways to the more linear convergent 'non-disabled' thinker. I have shown this book to many individuals of all ages & backgrounds & the feedback I've received has been mainly very positive!!My physician Dr Harold Levinson MDPC,an eminent author scholar on these 'disabilities" agrees that my personality/behavior profile fits Lucy's "typology' PROFILE TO-A-TEE!! Meeting Lucy helped me come to accept cope & even maximize my "newly found" "glass half full" approach to my daily life as a 34 yr old adult professional with ADHD/LD& Dyslexia ,both in my career,my graduate school studies as well as in my personal life!! Life as a Divergent Edisonian can even be enjoyable & fun now,due in large part to this book & to my personal meeting with its wonderful author,who I hope to meet again!! Fondly,Marsha A. Lampert MBA Wantagh NY

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Summary: The Edison Trait is an Award Winning Masterpiece!
Review: The Edison Trait is an amazing book. It finally gives credit to kids everywhere who have been misunderstood and punished because of that lack of understanding. This book is a gift to those childeren as well as to those who work with them. Dr. Palladino pinpoints the needs of Edison Trait kids and gives the reader the power to communicate with those kids. This book is amazing because Dr. Palladino knows what it is really like in the homes of Edison Trait kids, and she knows how to fix the problems. I want everyone to know how important this book is and how dramatically it could better their lives. Also, it has won two awards this year: The San Diego Book Award for Best Self-Help Book, and a Journalism Award from the San Diego Press Club. This book is incredible, and I urge parents to read it and utilize its gift.

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Summary: This book is now titled Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos...
Review: The less expensive version of this book has a different title: Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos : How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School.

We have been searching for The Edison Trait online today since the copy we are using is due back at the library. Fortunately we discovered that it has been retitled and is now sold as Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos : How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School.

My wife has kept the library copy until it is overdue and has a hold on it. This is the most excited I have seen her about a book since we were married. She has found some very practical tools to help us with our children.

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Summary: Helpful for dealing with bright but very difficult children.
Review: This is a very compassionate book about smart but difficult to manage children. These "Edison-trait" children are spirited, passionate children who are very intense and hard to live with. The author calls them "divergent thinkers", who are very creative, imaginative, and see things in a different way than others. They have problems focusing on others' ideas and letting go of their own. School can be very frustrating for them. For example, they don't like practicing skills repeatedly. I found Chapter 12 on School to very helpful. It gives some good tips to help these children succeed at school and to feel good about themselves regarding school. There are ways that parents and teachers can help them and provide encouragement without the child feeling labeled or stigmatized. There is also a large section in the book on ADD and ADHD. The author writes "While just about all children who have ADD have the Edison trait, not all children with the Edison trait have ADD." While they share the same traits, such as being easily distracted, disorganized, and disobedient, in the child with ADD, these traits are excessive and disrupts his functioning. The problems are more severe in the ADD child. This book is very compassionate regarding the needs of the children. It provides hope for parents.

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Summary: Helpful for dealing with bright but very difficult children.
Review: This is a very compassionate book about smart but difficult to manage children. These "Edison-trait" children are spirited, passionate children who are very intense and hard to live with. The author calls them "divergent thinkers", who are very creative, imaginative, and see things in a different way than others. They have problems focusing on others' ideas and letting go of their own. School can be very frustrating for them. For example, they don't like practicing skills repeatedly. I found Chapter 12 on School to very helpful. It gives some good tips to help these children succeed at school and to feel good about themselves regarding school. There are ways that parents and teachers can help them and provide encouragement without the child feeling labeled or stigmatized. There is also a large section in the book on ADD and ADHD. The author writes "While just about all children who have ADD have the Edison trait, not all children with the Edison trait have ADD." While they share the same traits, such as being easily distracted, disorganized, and disobedient, in the child with ADD, these traits are excessive and disrupts his functioning. The problems are more severe in the ADD child. This book is very compassionate regarding the needs of the children. It provides hope for parents.

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Summary: Helpful for dealing with bright but very difficult children.
Review: This is a very compassionate book about smart but difficult to manage children. These "Edison-trait" children are spirited, passionate children who are very intense and hard to live with. The author calls them "divergent thinkers", who are very creative, imaginative, and see things in a different way than others. They have problems focusing on others' ideas and letting go of their own. School can be very frustrating for them. For example, they don't like practicing skills repeatedly. I found Chapter 12 on School to very helpful. It gives some good tips to help these children succeed at school and to feel good about themselves regarding school. There are ways that parents and teachers can help them and provide encouragement without the child feeling labeled or stigmatized. There is also a large section in the book on ADD and ADHD. The author writes "While just about all children who have ADD have the Edison trait, not all children with the Edison trait have ADD." While they share the same traits, such as being easily distracted, disorganized, and disobedient, in the child with ADD, these traits are excessive and disrupts his functioning. The problems are more severe in the ADD child. This book is very compassionate regarding the needs of the children. It provides hope for parents.

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Summary: This book was comfort food for my soul!
Review: This is the first book I have EVER found myself in. I have always been fascinated by psychology, but have never fit into anyone's theory or box. I have usually found myself relating to the negative characteristics of two opposite types in someones personality groups. My spirit was broken by well intentioned parents trying to make me fit in with what is supposed to be "normal" in our society. Lucy Jo Palladino has seen in children what so many professionals refuse to, or cannot see. I saw Dr. Palladino on TV promoting this book and was drawn to it because at that time I was beginning to see the hopelessness in my 2yr old son that I remembered feeling as a child, but never did understand. Dr. Palladino understands how my brain works. I never understood it, I just knew I was different but didn't know why. The book is invaluable now that my son is 5 and I need guidance on how to teach him self control and discipline. It's not easy, but the methods in this book help me nurture and teach to his strengths instead of trying to change the very nature of who he is. The biggest surprise in this book was that I found out my husband is also an Edison thinker, just a very different one than I am. He's a dreamer and I and my son are discoverers. By the way I don't label lightly, this book seems to be written about my family. Is there anymore out there about this? Is there any way to write to the author? I am so thankful for this book and would recommend it to anyone who thinks their child might be in this book. It could literally save their life. I am very fortunate that my attempts to check out of this world that did not accept or understand me were not successful.

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Summary: Finally credit to the kids who will be our future leaders!
Review: Though they don't conform to the traditional standards expected in classroom behavior, "Edison kids" thoroughly absorb what is taught to them in their learning style. As we like to say in special ed., there is no such thing as a learning disability, only a teaching disability! Lucy Jo Palladino has captured the
essence of these bright and wonderful children who CAN learn with the right teacher. I'm so glad parents have this resourceful book available to them! It will surely bring forth the pride they should have in their children who simply learn differently! In the perfect world, all children will be matched with the teacher who can best meet their needs. In the real world, Edison kids are labeled as ADHD or SED. Read this book and know your child, so you can be his/her advocate when discussing placement and needs.

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Summary: An Awakening!
Review: We had just adopted Brian....a 12 year old who suffered multiple loss. After just three months of reading....I was totally confused....ADD....ADHD.....what have you! I needed desparately to understand him. By chance I picked up "The Edison Trait" at the bookstore....and opened to the forward. It jumped from the page! "Brian....is 12 years old." I brought the book home....and haven't put it down since. "The Edison Trait" is the first book I have found that truly addresses the needs of the child.....instead of the needs of the school system. Every potential foster or adoptive parent of special needs kids should read this book and refer to it regularly. It's truly been an awakening for me! Bill Chadwic

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Summary: Very easy to read; eye opening; encouraging solutions.
Review: We have struggled to understand our 11 year old daughter and her thought process. We have worked with a counsellor and was told she had ADD. Another mom brought this book to my attention and I was stunned with how insightful the book is. I could finally understand what was going on and to accept the behavior. She is NOT ADD. She just has a different thought process. I can't tell you how encouraging this book has been to our family. She writes in a very easy to read manner. The author gives a positive outlook to something which has been very difficult. I no longer look upon my daughter in a negative way. She truly is unique and wonderful!