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5 Powerful Ways to Teach Growth Mindset to Children with Special Needs
By Shawna Wingert — 2022
Consider this – for children with ADHD, anxiety, learning differences, autism spectrum diagnoses, and other behavioral disorders, already innate negative thinking patterns have been reinforced by years and years of negative messages.
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