Misunderstood Minds: Understanding Kids Who Struggle to Learn
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Misunderstood Minds is a captivating documentary that unreels like a topnotch drama–you’ll be on the edge of your seat while having a series of “aha” moments. The 90-minute production spends three years following five families with children who struggle with learning disabilities. One high-achieving boy’s strong memory masks his inability to read; the parents of a middle-school girl who has trouble focusing resist the solution (drugs). Not every story is a clear success, an… More >>
Misunderstood Minds: Understanding Kids Who Struggle to Learn
July 1, 2010
9:56 pm
I teach high school and this video did a few things for me. First, it showed me the importance of elementary school teachers in pin pointing learning disabilities. Second, it is important for parents to explore different possibilities for why students aren’t performing. I have an 8 yr old nephew who was just diagnosed with severe dislexia and the original prescription was drugs for ADD. Explore the possibilities! Third, the specific story of the teenager drove home the importance of having smaller classes in high school. I have 35 kids in each class. I know that for some, that is small. I have 6 classes. It is impossible for teachers, most of us wish we could, to be able to cater to the needs of each individual student. The video showed the importance of not only giving a correct diagnosis for a students problems, but the importance of following through and working with the student, so he or she can really succeed. The real stories showed the emotion that not only the students go through, but the families as well. It is a firm reminder that children need understanding, not labels. I recommend Misunderstood Minds.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 1, 2010
11:33 pm
I was so captivated by just the title. It is a must see for every parent with a child who has a learning disability. That not every child is an honor student or needs to be. If you see this video you must read the book A Mind at a Time, by Dr. Mel Levine.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 2, 2010
2:10 am
Parents and educators alike must get this presentation !! We must stop labeling every problem as ADD and get educated on the latest Brain Research . Many young people are suffering needlessly because there has not been enough promotion of this research .
Rating: 5 / 5
July 2, 2010
2:45 am
I’M A MOTHER OF A 7 YEAR OLD ADD DAUGHTER I LIVE IN CANCUN-MEXICO WHERE INFORMATION OTHER THAN PSICOLOGIST’S VIEW OF “THE PROBLEM” IS VERY HARD TO COME BY, MY DAUGHTER SPENT 3 YEARS IN OCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND EVERYWHERE I WENT I WAS TOLD TO MEDICATE HER, HOWEVER SOME INSTINCT TOLD ME NOT TO….IT DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SPEND A FORTUNE ON BOOKS LIKE I DID I’LL RECOMMEND 3 BOOKS THAT WILL GET YOU STARTED AND WELL ON YOUR WAY IN FINDING OUT WHAT’S GOING ON AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT AND HOW TO HELP; NO MORE RITALIN, NO MORE ADHD – RIGHT BRAINED CHILDREN IN A LEFT BRAINED WORLD – THE ADD AND ADHD DIET, UPDATED VERSION. GOOD LUCK, HELENA
Rating: 5 / 5
July 2, 2010
4:27 am
I feel this program should be seen by teachers and students who themselves have a misunderstanding of what life is like for students who need extra help. We all learn differently, and whose place is it to judge others ? Bottom line is I have seen too many times, students who will not seek help, due to stigma placed on them by peers, teachers, and family. Maybe we have lost sight of education and its purpose … isn’t getting an education the goal ? Great program for classes who cannot understand we are all not the same, we are individuals, learn differently, etc. The goal I had when purchasing was to show students who are rude and or cruel to other students in hope they will will have no misunderstandings why we all need help.
Rating: 4 / 5
July 25, 2010
11:33 pm
Did the reviewer here not read the front page stories in the New York Times and elsewhere that Levine was forced to give up his medical license in 2009 because 51 men have come forward over the last 21 years to say he molested them as children? And that the board of the All Kinds of Minds Foundation, which he founded, kicked him off last year and scrubbed all ties to him because they don’t want to be associated with the sex abuse scandal?
Are you aware that his booking agency in the US dropped him like a hot potato last year and that he has been reduced to getting speaking gigs in far off countries like Australia, who didn’t know he had sexually abused kids?
I don’t care what he wrote. He has ruined many boys’ lives