It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend - by Richard Lavoie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Best known for his PBS-TV videos, a special education expert now reveals ways to help children with learning disabilities find social success.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Answers the most intense need of parents, teachers, and caregivers of learning disabled children -- or anyone who knows a child who needs a friend.</b> <p/><b>ADHD - Anxiety - Nonverbal - Communication - Disorders - Visual/Spatial - Disorders - Executive Functioning Difficulties </b> <p/>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. <p/>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 <p/>-Overcome shyness and low self-esteem<br> -Use appropriate body language to convey emotion<br> -Focus attention and avoid disruptive behavior<br> -Enjoy playdates and making friends<br> -Employ strategies for counteracting bullying and harassment<br> -Master the Hidden Curriculum and polish the apple with teachers <p/><i>It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend</i> answers the most intense need of parents, teachers, and caregivers of learning disabled children -- or anyone who knows a child who needs a friend.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The best guide of its kind ever written. . . a major achievement. -- Edward Hallowell, M.D., Coauthor of <i>Driven to Distraction</i> and <i>Delivered from Distraction</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Richard Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed.</b>, has worked as a teacher and headmaster at residential special education facilities for the past thirty years. He holds three degrees in special education and serves as a consultant to several agencies and organizations. The father of three adult children, he lives with his wife in Barnstable, Massachusetts. He welcomes visitors to his website at www.ricklavoie.com <p/><b>Mel Levine, M.D., </b> is professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School and director of its Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning. He is the founder and cochairman of All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit institute for the understanding of differences in learning, and the author of two previous national best-selling books, <i>A Mind at a Time</i> and <i>The Myth of Laziness.</i> He and his wife, Bambi, live on Sanctuary Farm in North Carolina.
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