Read Online Ready for TakeOff Preparing Your Teen With ADHD or LD for College Theresa E Laurie Maitland PhD Patricia O Quinn MD Books

Product details Paperback 208 pages Publisher Magination Press; 1 edition (November 15, 2010) Language English ISBN-10 1433808919

Ready for TakeOff Preparing Your Teen With ADHD or LD for College Theresa E Laurie Maitland PhD Patricia O Quinn MD Books Reviews

• Is your child bright enough for college but needs your help to get through the daily grind of high school? Do you worry whether she or he will thrive on campus alone? Me, too. That's why it was such a relief to find this book. _Ready for Take-Off_ provides a checklist of specific college survival skills and advice on coaching your child to acquire them. Dr. Maitland's goal is to help you gradually put your teen in charge of managing his or her own life so the transition to college will go more smoothly. I wish schools would put this book in the hands of all parents of teens with ADD or LD.
• Good to read, best to buy in the senior year of high school though. It has a lot of great information about things to do to prepare them to leave, but that those need to be started long before you pack the car. I wish we would have read it earlier as many of the challenges that she warns about have presented themselves in our college freshman.
• I have this book in the reception area of my private psychotherapy practice so parents can read it. It is well received.
• Everyone should read this book if they are launching off a teen with ADD
• Even though my child was already in college, I found this book to be extremely helpful and informative. I wish I had come across it earlier, but glad I found it when I did.
• This was a great book for helping your teen set goals and plan the future . Gives examples on how to talk to them and couch them, and have them think for themselves . It was very helpful for teens in high school..
• Be proactive with your high schooler with ADHD and read this book. Dr. Maitland knows there are many reasons why smart college students with ADHD and LD struggle to succeed in college. She is a disability specialist at UNC-Chapel Hill who has seen all the pitfalls up close, and acts as a wise guide to prevent it from happening to your kid. Let's face it folks--raising a student with a disability is a tight rope act at best. It is fertile ground for growing parents who are enablers. We all know how to step in, but Dr. Maitland coaches you how to step back and train skills of daily living, self-determination, and study skills BEFORE students leave home. This book has short quizzes for both parent and student to help you both make a Personalized College Readiness Program. Both authors are reassuring about watching your student fail first at home. It is the best place to practice. I'm going to recommend this book to my SEPAC group and invite Dr. Maitland to present her plan in person at one of our meetings. EYE OPENING!
• Should be required reading for any parent who sends a child off to school. Ready for Take-Off really gets you thinking about how to raise your child to be independent and to take care of the things they need to be successful in a college environment. The checklist is great. This book is the small yet vital investment all parents need to safeguard that big investment into your child's education.