I noticed a trend in the comments on ADD. Someone is specifically said to
have "inattentive ADD" which is not the same as ADHD. Another poster starts
referring to it (anyway) as ADHD. Then we start getting recommendations for
books addressing ADHD but not the inattentive sort.
Inattentive ADDers may be hunting and exploring, but not in the way those
books suggest. In stead, the hunting and exploring goes on inside the head
of the inattentive ADDer. I cannot emphasize this enough. "Daydreaming" is
the old-fashioned term. Allow the daydreamer to get those fantasies out - on
paper, in words or drawings, or in music or drama or whatever, and you've
reached her. Offer her the chance at physical activity and on-the-spot
decision making and you've played right into her weaknesses.
Bin there dun that Pat
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
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