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Book Review

Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of your ADD Child

by Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons, Simon and Schuster, NY, 1998. ISBN 0 684 84793 0.

Reviewed by Cate Turner (Editor) in Gifted, June 2002.

For children suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) life can be frustrating. They may find it impossible to sit quietly, focus on a task or work well with others, they often have difficulty mastering even basic skills. However, what is delightful about this book is that it realises that there is more to ADD than "Deficits".

The book explains that ADD and right-brained children don’t learn in a step-by-step manner, they are creative, holistic, intuitive and often problem solvers. Their strength is a different mode of thought, one that is available to everyone to one degree or another, but one that a few children (and adults) find difficult to suppress. The reason that they find learning so difficult is that they learn in a visual learning style – what is necessary is a different learning approach.

The learning techniques Freed provides arms parents and students with tools to work at learning problems and opens the door to greater understanding of self.

This book:

1. Tests for right-brained learning style

2. Helps your add child master spelling and build confidence

3. Taps your child's speed reading abilities.

This books helps your ADD learner believe in himself, believe that he is smart and that he can achieve.

Much of the material above is quoted directly from the book in question, its dust jacket or back cover. The Editor believes the content which has been defined with these words gives a clear indication as to the book's subject.

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