Raising capable kids : the 12 habits every parent needs regardless of their child's label or challenge
Publication Information
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2024.
Physical Description
256 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"A guide for parents to raising children who have been diagnosed as 'different' - written by a parent and expert in educational psychology, with guidance on how to understand your child's strengths and challenges, set realistic and ambitious expectations and support and challenge them when needed"--
Contents
- Believe that effort creates ability
- Listen to your child: lean into their natural curiosities to build agency and skills and have fun
- Set a vision of capable with your child and adjust it over time
- Put the diagnosis in its place, your child, is a kid first
- Name your fears and use your vision of capable to help tame them
- Send capable messages: use words adn act in ways taht let your child know that you think they are capable
- Set the expectation that others treat your child as capable
- Challenge your child (with support) in ways that regularly take them (and you) outside your comfort zone
- Walk alongside professionals to help your child learn how they learn best and get them the support and services they need
- Allow your child to make choices and experience the consequences of those choices
- Celebrate your child's persistence to build a narrative of strength
- Treat yourself with compassion, make mistakes, laugh, and learn from them.