Identify good role models who have faced similar difficulties, and used their talents and creativity to achieve notable accomplishments.
Start with people your child knows:
- Parents
- Grandparents
- Aunts and Uncles
- Successful family friends
- Teachers
There are many famous individuals with learning and attention challenges who have achieved great things. Use this reference to find information about heroes who faced enormous difficulties but used their talents and creativity to achieve notable accomplishments: http://www.greatschools.net/LD/managing/famous-people-dyslexia-ld-or-ad-hd.gs?content=696
Once your child sees that there is a positive side to attention and learning challenges, then she can start to think about how she might also achieve success. With the understanding and acceptance of her learning difficulties, a child frequently becomes less hard on herself emotionally and over time becomes tougher on herself to accomplish specific goals.
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