Dad creates system to help parents of kids with ADHD
July 27th, 2008
From the Washington Post:
Inspired by his son Casey, Kirk Martin developed a business called Celebrate Calm, which uses workshops to coach parents and teachers on helping kids with ADHD and other conditions. (Kirk at left, holding a brain model, with son Casey.)
The key to Martin’s approach: His belief that “intense” kids need adults to model calm behavior.
His thinking is not that something is wrong with “intense” children, a term used to describe children who can be volatile because of conditions such as ADHD, oppositional defiance disorder, and sensory integration and anxiety disorders.
Instead, Kirk says, he believes they are simply wired differently and have “gifts, talents and passions” that are not compatible with traditional educational settings. Rather than asking how to “fix” these kids, he says he asks, “What are the advantages, what are the ways we can work with this mind to obtain good results?”
(Washington Post photo)
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Hooray for Mr. Martin! Good parenting is always celebrated and, as a teacher, I applaud you for taking an active role with your son. Parents like you make my job so much easier when facing a classroom full of 35 “intense” students every day.