Sunday, February 14, 2010

Parenting the Unique Child

Unique children that we are referring to here have difficulties in such areas as socializing, feeling like they fit in, see things that aren't there, have extrasensory abilities. But have also been labeled as indigo children, as having attention deficit disorder, Asperger's syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, emotional challenges, sensory integration disorder and a long list of acronyms.

You as their parent need to understand them and need to have tools in order to help them. This will make your life and theirs much easier. These children do not understand themselves. They do not understand why they are having difficulties in their world. These children need help in understanding in order to be able to become fully functional in their world.

We have personally raised several of these types of children and have spent the last 15 years working with them and their parents in order to understand themselves and teaching them to be functional in today's world. This process at times can take a lot of energy and focus. Answers are available but you must have the dedication to see them through. Traditional methods are not enough yet they do assist.

We currently run camps, consult with schools and teach parenting classes. Making changes is a process and does take time and patience. Each child progresses individually at their own pace so there is no blanket formula but there is a common theme in assisting each child.

This blog is for you to write questions and suggestions to other parents who have unique children. Your child does not need one of these famous acronyms in order for you to have unique child. Many of these children fly just below the radar/fall between the cracks and are not labeled but still have many of the same challenges.
This blog is for you, please take advantage of it and share it with everyone you can, so that we can get the word out to the world.

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