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December 14, 2011 at 8:10 pm
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I also meant to comment on your post, Rick, about praising children for effort. I think this is key to improving self esteem. And it avoids pressure to ‘get it right’ because the value is seen to be in the trying.
The difficulty is in making the tasks appropriately challenging for them – 10% out of their comfort zone and most kids do fine – a bit of a challenge allows them to feel good about their work. Too easy and they switch off, too hard and they give up. Big problem when you’ve got a gifted ADHD kid who finds the work simultaneously too difficult and too easy.
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