Here are a some sample
questions for interviewing the Eides about
The Mislabeled Child. Let us know if you'd
like other questions dealing with specific
aspects of their work or book.
1. Do you think
many children are being mislabeled?
2. Why do you think so many children struggling
in school get mislabeled?
3. What were your goals in writing this book?
4. Who did you write this book for?
5. What's your take on learning styles, and do
you think parents and teachers should be doing
more with them?
6. Is there anything that a busy teacher can do
to teach students with very different learning
styles?
7. What can parents do to help when their child
is struggling in school?
8. Can talents and disabilities coexist in the
same person?
9. What is
stealth dyslexia?
10. You talk about attention not being a single
process, what do you mean by that?
11. Do you think drugs ever important for
children with attention problems? Is there an
alternative to drugs?
12. In your book you talk about seeing many
children misdiagnosed with autism spectrum
disorders. Is that a big problem in your
opinion?
13. You also have a chapter on sensory
processing disorder: that's a very controversial
diagnosis, isn't it?
14. Why is there a chapter on gifted children in
a book on learning challenges?
15. Did you learn much from writing this book
together?
16. What is the single most important
concept you would like to see the people who
read your book coming away with?
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