This guide offers parents practical interventions when dealing with children who are easily angered. Discussing the problems and solutions in an empathetic and easy-to-understand manner, this book provides more than just a "standard approach" when dealing with your child.
This is an exploration of Sensory Integration Dysfunction, "the inability to process information received through the senses." The possible symptoms are bewilderingly broad. A child can be rambunctious, withdrawn, clumsy, fearful, hostile, ultra-sensitive, or lacking much apparent sensitivity, among many other unwanted traits. The three broad ...
Using breakthrough diagnostic techniques, Dr. Amen has discovered six distinct types of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), each requiring a different treatment. With recommendations for treatments, this revolutionary approach can lead sufferers of ADD to a normal, fully-functional life.
Comprehensive and passionate, this definitive new guide is for parents of children with Sensory Processing Disorder--a groundbreaking book based on more than 30 years of research and written by a foremost expert in the field.
In her bestsellers "Louder Than Words" and "Mother Warriors," McCarthy told stories about healing children with autism. Now she teams up with a preeminent autism doctor to write the first book on a remarkably effective new treatment in healing conditions associated with autism.
This companion volume to "The Out of Sync Child" presents activities parents of kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction can do at home with their child to strengthen the child's abilities--and have some fun along the way.
In this groundbreaking book, a leading clinician in the biomedical approach to autism reveals his discovery that four common childhood disorders may share the same underlying causes, and offers a plan to reverse the symptoms of all four.
The bestselling author and psychologist now addresses the trait of "high sensitivity" in children and offers a breakthrough parenting guidebook for those children and their caregivers. Parents will find helpful self-tests and case studies to help them understand their child and chapters addressing the needs of specific age groups.
McCarthy shares the frustrations and joys of raising an autistic child and shows how, with love and determination, parents can shape their child's life and happiness.
If you're a parent of one of the more than one million children in this country with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you know how confusing, even frightening, the symptoms of OCD can be. You're terrified of losing your child and angry about the havoc this disorder has wreaked in your family. More than anything, you want to be able to unlock the ...
Written in an accessible style, "Disconnected Kids" shows parents how to use Dr. Melillo's proven drug-free program that addresses the cause--not just the symptoms--of Autism Spectrum Disorders and related conditions.
"I usually say to the child, "Congratulations, you have Asperger's syndrome", and explain that this means he or she is not mad, bad or defective, but has a different way of thinking." - from "The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome". "The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome" is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's syndrome ...
Tony Attwood here provides a comprehensive guide designed to assist parents and professionals with the identification and treatment of both children and adults with Asperger's syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or ...
Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning research and clinical experience into a definitive guide to raising children with special needs. In this essential ...
In her new book, Temple gets down to the nitty-gritty. This comprehensive collection of 48 articles offers strategies, tips, and do's and don'ts, all based on her unique perspective and a great deal of research. Temple delves into issues such as economical quality EI programs, disability versus bad behaviors, alternative medicine, employment, and ...
The authors explore the reasons why children without a conscience are growing in number. They are at risk of becoming "trust bandits", con-men, liars, dance-away lovers, backstabbers of the business world, and even psychopathic killers.
Up-to-date, authoritative information about giftedness, gifted education, problems, personality traits, and more, written by an educator of gifted kids and their parents.
Two experts tackle one of the most formidable and pervasive developmental issues facing children today: Sensory Integration (SI) Dysfunction. Illustrations throughout.
The American Psychiatric Association estimates that sixteen percent of children in the United States may have oppositional defiant disorder. These kids relentlessly push the boundaries set for them by authority figures. By exploring the mindset of O.D.D. children and explaining the way they operate, Dr. Douglas Riley teaches parents how to ...
From a leading child psychiatrist, this is a comprehensive parents' guide to understanding - and managing - paediatric bipolar disorder. Once considered an adult illness, bipolar disorder (manic depression) is the fastest growing category in child psychiatry since ADHD. But often it goes misdiagnosed, and children can be prescribed medication that ...
This companion volume to "The Out of Sync Child" presents activities parents of kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction can do at home with their child to strengthen the child's abilities--and have some fun along the way.
A guide for parents of children with sensory processing difficulties cites a link between sensory processing problems and numerous childhood psychiatric disorders, sharing step-by-step information on how to recognize and treat sensory-related conditions. 15,000 first printing.
Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism are detected earlier and more accurately now than ever before. Children and teenagers with these disorders often stand out for their precocious intelligence and language abilities - yet profound social difficulties can limit every aspect of their lives. This hopeful, compassionate guide shows parents ...
For parents of children with Asperger Syndrome ordinary parenting just doesn't always do it - AS kids need a different approach. Brenda is mother to thirteen-year-old Kenneth, author of Asperger Syndrome, the Universe and Everything, and since his diagnosis at the age of eight she has gathered together the parenting ideas and tips that have had a ...
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