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creating an independent future for your adult child with learning disabilities and ADHD : a family guide

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An edition of On their own (2007)

On their own

creating an independent future for your adult child with learning disabilities and ADHD : a family guide

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Newmarket Press
Language
English

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On Their Own: Creating an Independent Future for Your Adult Child with Learning Disabilities and ADHD
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Table of Contents

Introduction: "Now what do I do?"
"So what is it?"
Signs and symptoms
Allegra: a portrait of my daughter
The parent-child bond: learning to let go
Brothers and sisters
Friends
Dating
Marriage and parenting
Is college an option?
Before graduation day: transitions from high school
The fearful student: finding your child's interests
LD, ADHD, and the SAT
How to find the right college
Financial aid
The GED: a second chance
The college student with LD or ADHD
The "helicopter parent"
Defining "success"
Business 101
"Show me spark!": corporate America and the adult with LD
Motivation
Staying healthy
Medication for ADHD
The fine print
Estate planning
Interviews: advice for parents from prominent people with LD
Epilogue
Appendix A: Guidelines for summary of performance in high school
Appendix B: Transition under idea 2004: statutory requirements and strategic planning for transition to college.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
371.9/0474
Library of Congress
LC4813 .F67 2007, LC4813.F67 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17557943M
Internet Archive
ontheirowncreati0000ford
ISBN 13
9781557047250, 9781557047595
LCCN
2006103008
Library Thing
3415818
Goodreads
1647649
852275

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