num_pages: 320
description: An innovative comprehensive guidethe first of its kindto help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates. In Thinking Differently  David Flink the leader of Eye to Eyea national mentoring program for students with learning and attention issuesenlarges our understanding of the learning process and offers powerful innovative strategies for parenting teaching and supporting the 20 percent of students with learning disabilities. An outstanding fighter who has helped thousands of children adapt to their specific learning issues Flink understands the needs and experiences of these children first hand. He too has dyslexia and ADHD. Focusing on how to arm students who think and learn differently with essential skills including meta-cognition and self-advocacy Flink offers real hard advice providing the tools to address specific problems they facefrom building self-esteem and reconstructing the learning environment to getting proper diagnoses and discovering their inner gifts. With his easy hands-on Step-by-Step Launchpad to Empowerment parents can take immediate steps to improve their childrens lives. Thinking Differently is a brilliant compassionate work packed with essential insights and real-world applications indispensable for parents educators and other professional involved with children with learning disabilities.
language: English
title: Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks