The Gift of Attention Deficit Disorder

Dr. Kevin Ross Emery, author of “Managing the Gift of Your ADD/HD Child,” explains how ADD/HD is not a disorder, but part of the evolutionary progress of expanded capability.

“Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) is an evolutionary process not a disability,” asserted Dr. Kevin, author of “Managing the Gift of Your ADD/HD Child” on Lon Woodbury’s Internet Talk Radio Show “Parent Choices for Struggling Teens” on October 17, 2011 at LATalkRadio at http://www.latalkradio.com.

“By the mid-19^thcentury, society started to transition from physical survival being a top priority to one with advancements that allowed more time to focus on improving our emotional, intellectual and spiritual selves,” Dr. Kevin explained, “which has resulted in an increasing number of people with rewired brains that bring an increased amount of innovation, insight, energy and the ability to think out of the box.”

“These creative people were very bright and were asking insightful questions that challenged the status quo and made adults uncomfortable,” Dr. Kevin continued, “and would better be described as Cultural Inconvenience Syndrome (CIS), and seen as something to control rather than celebrate.”

“With established institutions like underfunded public schools striving to maintain their status quo, and an increasing number of bright and insightful rebels questioning the traditional ways of doing things, mixed with single parent homes and parents who don’t know how to parent,” Dr. Kevin concluded, “we have developed a perfect storm of innovation and resistance that requires a whole new way of looking at the world and at what ADD/ADHD people can offer.”

To listen to the full interview go to http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Lon-101711.shtml.

Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP, is the owner/founder of Woodbury Reports Inc. and www.strugglingteens.com.  He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984 and is the Host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens at http://www.latalkradio.com/Lon.phpon LATalkRadioMondays at 12:00 Noon, Pacific Time.

Dr. Kevin Ross Emery is the author of several books including his latest “Managing the Gift of Your ADD/HD Child.”  He has assimilated both Eastern and Western philosophies into his practice as a frequent speaker and teacher to individuals helping children, adults and professionals.

The guest next week on October 24^thwill be Jane Samuel, Head of Auldern Academy in North Carolina on “Educating the Female Brain.”  If you have questions for Jane, please email them to [email protected]and time permitting, I will ask Jane to answer them.

Parent Choices for Struggling Teensis an internet talk radio show hosted by Lon Woodbury on www.LATalkRadio.comevery Monday noon PST. Each show has a guest(s) who is working on cutting edge methods and ideas to help struggling young people and their families. The archive of all the shows can be found at www.latalkradio.com/Lon.php.

Woodbury Reportswas founded in November 1989, by Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP, as an Independent Educational Consulting firm to help parents of teens making poor decisions select a private, parent choice program that would help return the family to normalcy.  Through interviews with parents, communication with professionals who know your child well, and then thoroughly researching viable options, we can help parents make the right choices that will help your child get back on the right path.  For more information visit http://www.strugglingteens.com.