Language - Reading & Comprehension: Read to her a lot, plus try to buy her books that interest her.[that use] simple wording. (age 13)

Lots of learning issues, so have lots of extra school support . Meet with resource people daily to keep up to date with assignments etc. (age 15-16)

Have teen read "younger" books daily to our 7 year old. Helps with teen's confidence and his improvement of reading skills. (age 15-16)

Learning: Use short sentences and photo (picture) chore lists etc. (age 14)

Understanding Abstract Concepts - Time and Money: Lower or let go of my expectations. Use digital clocks. Repeat, repeat, repeat. (age 14)

Use a countdown clock (timer).(age 13)

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Managing Money: No concept of money management; . spends freely and impulsively; so I got a joint account and discussed every purchase to a "need vs. want". This has greatly reduced impulse buying. (age 15-16)

Attention Span: Only ask her to do things that take limited time (15 minutes). (age13)

Making Friends/Keeping Friends: My daughter has trouble keeping friends. So I do a lot of reminding her about social graces/rules. (age 14)

Waking from Sleep: I'm still experimenting, as my 16 year old son does not believe there is any connection between when he goes to sleep and how easy or difficult it is to wake up. Currently, I am using a vibrating alarm (sold by Canadian Hearing Society), which seems to raise his level of consciousness slightly, and also shaking him slightly while speaking loudly. I try to keep my voice at a normal tone, and do not show frustration. I also will scratch his back or head, as this seems to help. Regular alarms do not have any impact on him - he can sleep through the loudest buzzer for an hour. (age 16)

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Self-confidence & Self-esteem; Impulse Control: For a year, I kept a notebook beside my child's breakfast plate, with two to six non-instructive examples of successes from the previous day. For example, .[Daughter's name] held on to the disk she wanted to throw down the stairs.. For difficult days, I often ended up with more examples, from having to think really hard. The notebook persuaded my daughter that I understood and appreciated her struggles. I'd said nothing about it and didn't know if it meant anything to her, but one day when I forgot to make any entries, she said, .What? I didn't do anything good yesterday? (age 13)

Insist that she try new things as she would not try or do anything. Yet once she does she usually likes it. (age 14)

Sexual Activity: Educate, educate. Use birth control. (age 13)

Confabulation and Stealing: Lots of talk, brainstorming about antecedents of behavior, identifying feelings around the time of the incident i.e. anxiety, past issues that continue to replay. (age 15-16)

In response to an appeal to precedent (i.e. child saying .You let me..), after which a refusal would produce an outburst, I would say, "That was a mistake". I'd wish I learnt this earlier. (age 16+)