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Jenifer Fox - ArticlesCauses Of Learning DisabilitiesCurrently, there are no known causes for learning disabilities. Recent brain research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has linked the origins of dyslexia to the brain, but we have yet to determine with certainty what causes the garden-variety learning disability we have been seeing crop up in schools across the country. Parent-Teacher-Student PartnershipThe conversation about changing our minds, our schools, and our nation to a paradigm that focuses on strengths begins with parents and teachers. Parents, teachers, and students can begin to form a strength alliance between the home and the school. If you are a parent and use this book at home, share it with your school. Likewise, if you are a teacher and practice these exercises and philosophies with your students, waste no time in sharing them with your students' parents. The Strengths CodeIn the early years, parents can do four things to set the stage for a child's self-discovery: Strengths: A DefinitionStrengths are
* verbs;
* innate, i.e., no one can give them to you or take them away;
* things that can be transferred to a variety of activities;
* used to engage talents; and
* specific and precise. Now, Discover Your Children'S StrengthsParent-Teacher Conferences, A Time to Celebrate Strengths Balancing The Strengths-Weakness EquationFor too long, we have focused on weaknesses at school. We believe that children will get ahead when we spent most time on the areas where they are most challenged. The problem with this notion is that it is a one-sided or half-baked approach to education. In the long run, children don't make their biggest contribution in their areas of weakness. Children overcome weakness, but they rarely excel in them or end up building their lives work around activities that make them feel depleted.
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