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It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend

Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success

By: Richard Lavoie, Michele Reiner (Preface by), Rob Reiner (Preface by), Mel Levine (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 3 October 2006 | Edition Number 1

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ADHD - Anxiety - Nonverbal - Communication - Disorders - Visual/Spatial - Disorders - Executive Functioning Difficulties

As any parent, teacher, coach, or caregiver of a learning disabled child knows, every learning disability has a social component. The ADD child constantly interrupts and doesn't follow directions. The child with visual-spatial issues loses his belongings. The child with a nonverbal communication disorder fails to gesture when she talks. These children are socially out of step with their peers, and often they are ridiculed or ostracized for their differences. A successful social life is immeasurably important to a child's happiness, health, and development, but until now, no book has provided practical, expert advice on helping learning disabled children achieve social success.

For more than thirty years, Richard Lavoie has lived with and taught learning disabled children. His bestselling videos and sellout lectures and workshops have made him one of the most respected experts in the field. Rick's pioneering techniques and practical strategies can help children ages six to seventeen

Overcome shyness and low self-esteem Use appropriate body language to convey emotion Focus attention and avoid disruptive behavior Enjoy playdates and making friends Employ strategies for counteracting bullying and harassment Master the Hidden Curriculum and polish the apple with teachers

"It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend" answers the most intense need of parents, teachers, and caregivers of learning disabled children -- or anyone who knows a child who needs a friend.

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"The best guide of its kind ever written. . . a major achievement." -- Edward Hallowell, M.D.,Coauthor of Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction

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Non-Fiction Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Physical Impairments / Disability Kids & Children's Books Personal & Social Issues Disability, Impairments & Special Needs for Children & Teenagers Relationships & Families: Advice & Issues Parenting: Advice & Issues Child Care & Upbringing Education Teaching of Specific Groups with Special Educational Needs

Teaching of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties & Needs Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Psychology

Getting in Good
Preface
Introduction: ""The Other Sixteen Hours""
Why Do They Do the Things They Do?: The Impact of Learning Disorders on the Development of Social Skills
Children with Learning Disorders Are Wired Differently: It's All in Their Heads
Anxiety: A Cause and Consequence of Social Isolation
Language Difficulties: Getting and Giving the Message
Paralinguistics: Words Carry the Message, Body Language Carries the Emotion

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It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend

Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success

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