I'm combining posts here- > PAT MATHEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snippage> > 3) Again in my observation, Aspies come in roughly > two flavors: the > organized, single-focused, linear mind; and the > absent-minded > professor/free-spirited idea mill. Inattentive ADD > goes with the latter. If > you have any use for the Myer-Briggs at all, these > map very roughly onto > INTJ and INTP respectively. I mention this because > books on the Myer-Briggs.... > ....has a lot of good tips for life.... > which are quite useful > even though they're designed for the 'normal' end of > the spectrum. Now I'll have to look that stuff back up -- I remember that I'm INFJ, but don't recall all that that means (introvert, intuitive...feeling, judging?) > 5) The very first thing I'd do in your shoes is find > out her strengths and > work from there. Also her obsessions if she has any. > Don't let her dismiss > them as "Oh, that's EASY" the way some people do, > apparently thinking the > only way to make a living is at something you have > to work on. Wrong. Then > mildly correct her weaknesses through *teaching.* A > lot of stuff can be > learned, I'm here to tell you. Having a couple of 'traditional learning challenged' students, I've learned to use multiple modalities to get information across: verbal, tactile, visual (which can be highly amusing, to judge by the laughter). Our current schooling system is poorly equipped to deal with these children's learning needs; one thing that would really help is much smaller teacher/student ratios. I have several teacher friends who are very frustrated by knowing *how* to deal with their ADD or ADHD kids, but they haven't got time or resources to do so properly. >For example, "I'm sorry, I have trouble recognizing >even people I know across the room," (takes off >glasses and cleans them), "would you mind >letting me know you're here?" <winces> I simply don't recognize people out of their usual context in my universe, except for long-time friends and co-workers. I explain it as resulting from a closed-head injury, which most folk seem to graciously accept. Julia wrote: "Any medication should be prescribed by a doctor with some expertise in the area. A pediatric neurologist would be good, if you're hooked up with one." Amen. There are FPs and pediatricians who have made 'children with learning-difficulties' their unofficial subspecialty by serious self-education, but the number of children placed on psychoactive drugs by unqualified (IMO) docs is staggering. Debbi Skeptical Believer Maru ;-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
