Enriching Education - Back to School Tips for Parents with Children with Learning Disabilities

Tips from Dr. Robert Melillo

Clinician, professor, brain researcher and best-selling author

https://www.drrobertmelillo.com/

 

Children with Learning Disabilities are often very anxious about school ,so to help them prepare and feel less anxious about starting the school year here are some tips.

 

1. It is important to talk about specific goals for the upcoming school year before starting. Try to focus and what the child fears most and how that can change. They often feel like they are never going to improve, letting them know that things can change and that they can find many things they thought difficult can become much easier with consistent effort.

2. have them focus on the things they like about school, seeing friends ,playing sports, going to social events if they enjoy that. If they are afraid of social situations try to talk about what they are afraid of and use examples of when they have had successful social interactions.

3. Focus on their strengths ,most kids with disabilities are amazing and even gifted at other skills 

4. The most important thing is to actually help them overcome their disability, in my book Disconnected Kids I explain the root cause of most disabilities and give activities to overcome them. Helping to help the child take control of their own mental and physical health and helping them to correct a disability is the best long-term answer.

 

 

ABOUT DR. ROBERT MELILLO

 

Dr Robert Melillo, Director of The Melillo Center For Developing Minds ,in Rockville Centre ,NY

Brain researcher, Professor, and author of 8 Best-selling books including his most popular Disconnected Kids . Cofounder of Brain Balance Achievement Centers and developer of The Melillo Method.

 

Dr. Robert Melillo has been helping children and adults overcome learning disabilities for over 30 years. His areas of expertise include autism spectrum disorders, PDD/NOS, ADD/ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, bipolar disorder, and other mental, attention, behavioral and learning disorders. He is also an expert in diet, nutrition, and neuroimmune disorders in children and adults.

 

Dr. Melillo is an affiliate professor of rehabilitation sciences at Nazareth Academic Institute and a senior research fellow with the National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is a postgraduate professor of Childhood Developmental Disabilities. He holds a master’s degree in neuroscience, a master’s degree in clinical rehabilitation neuropsychology and is completing his doctorate in the same subjects. He holds a Doctorate in Chiropractic, a Diplomate in Neurology, Fellowship American College of Functional Neurology, Fellowship American Board Childhood Developmental Disabilities, and is the executive director of the National Institute For Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences and The Children’s Autism Hope Project.

 

Dr. Melillo has also appeared in dozens of television interviews and appearances including “The Doctors Show” on CBS and he has frequently appeared on Fox News and NBC, as an expert commentator, he has also done several hundred radio and TV interviews, nationally and internationally.

 

Dr. Melillo is currently working with a group of international research labs as well teaching as a post graduate professor. He has been teaching his theories and techniques to health professionals around the world and has taught over 7000 professionals in several different countries and continents over the past 20 years. He continues to teach over 1000 hours a year to health care professionals, teachers, researchers and parent groups.

 

For more information, please visit: https://www.drrobertmelillo.com/