Why the Ritalin Debate Is Asking the Wrong Question: Healing Our Kids’ Soul Fever With Simplicity
Category: Attention and other disorders | Date: 5 July 2016
by Kim John Payne Parents across the country know something is wrong. All the hovering, anxiety, medicating, and overscheduling is giving voice to that parental instinct that knows when our kids and family life are in trouble. And it’s true, our kids are in crisis, victims of an undeclared war on childhood, drowning in a sensory tsunami, and because we love them so much,...
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Category: Attention and other disorders | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: Thomas Stockli, Interview of Henning Kohler AWSNA Publications Originally published in Das Goetheanum – Wochenschrift für Anthroposophia No. 11, March 11 , 2001 Translated from German by J. Collis Edited by Theresa Muller, for brevity An Interview with Henning Köhler, therapist, conducted by Thomas Stockli at Wolfschlugen near Stuttgart, Germany, on February 7,...
READ MOREHealing Our Children with Attentional, Emotional and Learning Challenges
Category: Attention and other disorders | Date: 5 July 2016
Author: Susan R. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P Contact details: (916) 638–8758 www.youandyourchildshealth.org Source: www.youandyourchildshealth.org/articles/healing-our-children.html There is an epidemic in our society. More and more children are being assigned to more and more labels. Labels such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),...
READ MOREDiscover Waldorf Education: ADHD, A Challenge of Our Time
Category: Attention and other disorders | Date: 5 July 2016
(Adapted from Millennial Child, SteinerBooks, 1999) Date published: December 18, 2008 Author: Schwartz Eugene Abstract Though widely studied and broadly medicated, ADHD remains an enigmatic disorder. Using the remarkable picture of the child developed by Rudolf Steiner we explore the nature of thinking, feeling, and willing. What lives in the young person with ADHD may serve...
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