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Find the Buried Treasures

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To find joy in life, a person needs to find something they like to do and is good at.
Helping someone create a better life begins, in identifying what is or what might potentially be positive and worth building on in the person’s life.

Accordingly, the treatment of ADD should begin with an effort to find what’s good in a
given person.

Most treatment focuses on what’s wrong in the world of ADD. To be sure, a lot can go wrong, and that must be attended to. But, if the treatment is to be as transformative as possible, it must look for the treasures. It must dig and uncover the hidden strengths, the potential talents, in every child who has ADD, and in every adult. It must discover where the brain lights up.

Everything we say needs to be good and helpful so our words are encouraging to the children who hear them.”

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4 Responses to "Find the Buried Treasures"

  • Annette Agabob says:
    July 10, 2010 at 12:18 am
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    I really love your posts Catherine, they are so deep,
    and truly experiential.
    The more we can bring this subject into the open,
    and be strong advocates for our children,
    take the time to speak with teacher’s,
    and friends, the more our children can also be “understood”,
    and their “inner treasures” can shine and be appreciated.
    Keep us your good work,
    it is very much needed and appreciated.

    Annette

  • Malcolm Dayton says:
    July 9, 2010 at 7:52 pm
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    Catherine:

    So true! Neuroscience of the last 2 decades is proving for each of us to succeed, we indeed need to discover “where the brain lights up”. . . and as we do, we strengthen inner resources and abilities.

    Great reminder for each of us to focus more on “what’s right” . . . now!

    Thank you, Coach Catherine!

  • Jerry Jellison says:
    July 9, 2010 at 7:14 pm
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    Hi Catherine,

    Your point is right on. There are untapped talents,skills,abilities unique to every one of God’s children . So, it’s particularly important that the time be spent to find and identify these in ADD children before plunging in with treatment based solely on
    what’s wrong .

    Parents of ADD children are critical in this matter. They are in a unique position to explore with their children what those God-given gifts are and should do so before blindly turning over treatment to strangers.

    Good blog, Catherine.

    Jerry J ….the relationship guy

  • Archie Davidson says:
    July 8, 2010 at 1:29 pm
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    so true! When you build on the positive attributes of one another it can somehow destroy the negative. The negative is a destruction but also contains attracting powers be it we give it sometimes all of the attention. So true!

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