The Courage to Learn Differently

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Courage to Learn Differently: Life Stories Effective Practices Breakthrough Activities reveals how your child or student with a learning disability has natural strengths and preferred ways of learning that can be just as important for parents and teachers to understand as the disabilities themselves.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As you follow the life of Matthew Cox one of the authors (who is learning disabled) you'll learn the many types of social emotional and educational challenges that your child or student may face while growing up. Within each chapter you'll gain communication skills support tools and teaching strategies to guide you in helping your child navigate those challenges in ways that are fully customized to your own child's natural gifts and strengths including his or her preferred ways to learn.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Eye-opening step-by-step activities and advice throughout will show you how to help your child or student build the resilience self-esteem and self-advocacy skills that will empower your child to better relate to you and others better learn from you and others and feel more personally supported throughout his or her childhood and young adulthood.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Skills tools and strategies include:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Coping With The Early Stages of Your Child's Disability</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Understanding & Addressing Your Child's Strengths Temperament and Learning Style</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Meeting Your Child's Emotional Needs</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Building Your Child's Self-Esteem</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Understanding & Helping to Manage Your Child's Stressors</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Communicating to Earn Your Child's Trust</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Stepping in as a Step-Parent</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Effective Discipline and Understanding Your Child's Processing Disorder</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 The Importance of Your Child's Problem-Ownership and Self-Advocacy</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Dealing With The Inevitable: Times of Emotional Crisis</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>9 Vocational Counseling Aligned with Your Child's Strengths and Working Style With Tara Holguin-Jones MA Special Education Vocational Training and Placement Specialist</span></p>