- ISBN13: 9781853029646
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Recognizing the different levels and kinds of giftedness, this book provides an insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties. Explaining why certain children are gifted and how giftedness is manifested, each chapter on a specific topic addresses the relevance for children with AD/HD, autism and Asperger Syndrome. Lovecky guides parents and professionals through methods of diagnosis and advises on how best to nurtur… More >>
Different Minds: Gifted Children With Ad/Hd, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits
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#1 by Kathryn Webb on February 3, 2010 - 10:29 am
I love this book so much I wrote to the author to tell her so. It’s the only book I’ve found that offers such profound understanding of the functioning of these children. After years of reading books on gifted kids, books on ADHD, books on Learning Disorders, this is the first book that gets to the truth that 2 plus 2 doesn’t equal 4: these kids don’t just have the problems associated with each of these diagnosies, they have completely unique problems, and gifts, as well. My copy is underlined, highlighted, dog-eared and constantly referred to. It is an active companion to my journey with my son.
This is practical, informative, intelligent and a brilliant resource for parents, teachers and professionals.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by John M. Guilbault on February 3, 2010 - 11:38 am
Though I have not yet read her book, I am a former patient of Dr. Lovecky and can attest to the effectiveness and insight that she embodies. I was in sessions with her for several years, and found that, in those years, I developed a stronger social connection with those around me. She carefully and tactfully helped me to understand the various complexities of social interaction, while navigating me through the barriers of dealing with cruelty from my peers, an uncaring school system, and my own personal faults. I couldn’t speak higher of any doctor I have ever interacted with, nor could I ever forget the impact she made on my life. I hope to reconnect with her someday to personally thank her for allowing me to overcome the difficulties of ADD.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by workingmom on February 3, 2010 - 2:19 pm
Through the years, I’ve bought countless books on the separate problems of ADHD, Aspergers, giftedness and learning deficits. This book was a GREAT relief because it really gave me all the practical information and more that I could possibly want to know on these subjects. Plus, it was enlightening. I’m highlighting pages and finding out things about myself, my husband AND my boy who is ADHD, Aspergers, gifted and has CAPD (auditory processing problems). I personally feel they are all somewhat related, and you don’t get true giftedness without some other problems. I disagree with a previous reviewer who thought it was a book more for professionals. If you have a child with any of these problems, I’d recommend buyin this book and reading it thoroughly before going on and buying separate books on the subject.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by SuzzyM on February 3, 2010 - 2:51 pm
If you are a parent, or teacher/therapist/service provider, to a gifted child with ADHD or Asperger’s, this is the best book around. I am puzzled by the reviews that say this is academic in tone – I actually thought it was a tremendously effective and accessible compendium of the seminal research in the field. Dr. Lovecky makes two big, valuable contributions in this book – she documents what we know, empirically, about ADHD and Asperger’s kids with high IQs (the focus of much research and treatment is based on the average IQ population, and is not always helpful or appropriate to understanding and working with gifted kids), and she offers many concrete strategies for helping these “twice gifted” children at home and at school to develop strategies for problem solving, social skills development, etc. As a mom of a recently diagnosed, and long misunderstood, gifted son facing extreme executive function challenges, this book made me understand my son better and helped give me some insight into how I can better support him as a parent. I am giving copies to my family members to help them support him as well! THIS IS A FANTASTIC BOOK WORTH TWICE THE PRICE!!!! Thank you Dr. Lovecky for writing it.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Hiking Family on February 3, 2010 - 5:12 pm
I have been reading book after book trying to figure out what is going on with my son, and I’ve finally found it! I had so many “a-ha” moments while reading Different Minds. Even the title speaks to me!
This book not only discusses the issue of twice-exceptionality (a new concept to me), it goes into great detail about characteristics of children with different exceptionality combinations. For example, ADHD is not lumped into one description…gifted kids with ADHD, inattentive-type are differentiated from gifted kids with ADHD, combined-type, based on the fact that their thought patterns, behaviors, and emotional reactions to situation can be markedly different. As an example, there is a paragraph that clearly describes why gifted kids have higher levels of anxiety, and how (in our case) inattentive-type ADHD can cause that anxiety to be even higher due to over-focus.
Another of the great things about Different Minds is that it gives very specific ideas on how to handle these issues. I needed practical, hands-on tools that I can use to help encourage, support and motivate, as well as cope with, my twice-exceptional son. I got some great ideas from this text that were very specific to our situation. The book discusses, as an example, how a behavior management technique that works with a boy with inattentive-type ADHD may not work with a girl with the same combination of issues. The specifics in this book are fantastic.
Also included are discussions of learning styles, which lead to several “a-ha” moments regarding my own personal learning style and that of those I interact with. I believe this can be invaluable in terms of learning to motivate people, both children and adults. This has helped us refine our home/bedroom organization system, as we are all visual-spatial and thus need to see our “stuff.”
All this being said, the most important thing, for me, about this book is that after reading it, I did not feel so alone! I finally found a book that “gets” my child and makes him sound normal, at least for a twice-exceptional child!!
Rating: 5 / 5