Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World Strategies for Helping Bright, Quirky, Socially Awkward Children to Thrive at Home and at School

Name: Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World Strategies for Helping Bright, Quirky, Socially Awkward Children to Thrive at Home and at School
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ISBN: 9781590306505

ISBN-10: 1590306503

ISBN-13: 9781590306505

Edition: 2009

Authors: Katharine Beals

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Strategies for helping bright, quirky, socially awkward children to thrive at home and at school. Does your child: Have impressive intellectual abilities but seem puzzled by ordinary interactions with other children? Prefer to spend time with adults or alone rather than with other kids? Have deep, all-absorbing interests or seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of certain subjects? Seem uncomfortable with unstructured play or social engagements? If you answered "yes" to some or all of these questions, you may be raising a left-brain child. Bright, eccentric, and socially awkward, these are children whose talents and inclinations lean heavily toward the logical, linear, analytical, and…

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List price: $22.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.814



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Is This Your Child?



Adrift in Today's Classroom: The Unsocial Child at School



Playdates, Friends, and Family Life: The Unsocial Child at Home



Hindered by Reform Math and Other Major Trends in K-12 Education: The Analytic Child at School



All-Absorbing Interests and Other Quirks: The Analytic Child at Home



Helping Our Most Extreme Lefi-Brainers: Understanding and Supporting the Mildly Autistic Child



How to Change Right-Brain Attitudes: Useful Talking Points


Conclusion: The Best of Both Worlds


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