The Courage to Learn Differently: Life Stories, Effective Practices, Breakthrough Activities reveals how your child or student with a mild to moderate learning disability has natural, intrinsic strengths and preferred ways of learning that you and your child can easily understand, develop, and put to use daily, to improve your child's learning, confidence, and sense of well-being. As you follow the compelling life story of Matthew Cox, one of the authors (who is learning disabled), you'll learn about the many types of social, emotional, and educational challenges that your child or student may face. In response to those challenges, you'll gain knowledge and insights into how you can customize your communication and teaching to best support your own child's natural strengths and learning style, throughout childhood and into young adulthood.Throughout are fun, step-by-step activities that you and your child can engage in to facilitate a journey that builds resilience, self-esteem, self-advocacy and personalized learning skills. With this book, the authors guide parents and teachers to empower their kids to more effectively communicate, learn, adapt, and feel fully supported.Skills, tools, and strategies include:9 Coping With The Early Stages of Your Child's Disability9 Understanding & Addressing Your Child's Strengths, Temperament and Learning Style9 Meeting Your Child's Emotional Needs9 Building Your Child's Self-Esteem9 Understanding & Helping to Manage Your Child's Stressors9 Communicating to Earn Your Child's Trust9 Stepping in as a Step-Parent9 Effective Discipline and Understanding Your Child's Processing Disorder9 The Importance of Your Child's Problem-Ownership and Self-Advocacy9 Dealing With The Inevitable: Times of Emotional Crisis9 Vocational Counseling Aligned with Your Child's Strengths and Working Style With Tara Holguin-Jones, MA, Special Education Vocational Training and Placement Specialistgh Activities reveals howyour child or student with a learning disability has natural strengths and preferred ways of learning that can be just as important for parents and teachers to understand, as the disabilities themselves.As you follow the life of Matthew Cox, one of the authors (who is learning disabled), you'll learn the many types of social, emotional, and educational challenges that your child or student may face while growing up. Within each chapter, you'll gain communication skills, support tools, and teaching strategies to guide you in helping your child navigate those challenges, in ways that are fully customized to your own child's natural gifts andstrengths, including his or her preferred ways to learn.Eye-opening, step-by-step activities and advice throughout will show you how to help your child or studentbuild the resilience, self-esteem, and self-advocacy skills that will empower your child to better relate to youand others, better learn from you and others, and feel more personally supported throughout his or her childhood and young adulthood.Skills, tools, and strategies include:9 Coping With The Early Stagesof Your Child's Disability9 Understanding & Addressing Your Child's Strengths, Temperament and Learning Style9 Meeting Your Child's Emotional Needs9 Building Your Child's Self-Esteem9 Understanding & Helping to Manage Your Child's Stressors9 Communicating to Earn Your Child's Trust9 Stepping in as a Step-Parent9 Effective Discipline and UnderstandingYour Child's Processing Disorder9 The Importance of Your Child's Problem-Ownership and Self-Advocacy9 Dealing With The Inevitable:Times of Emotional Crisis9 Vocational Counseling Aligned with Your Child's Strengths and Working Style With Tara Holguin-Jones, MA, Special Education Vocational Training and...