Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior: A Guide for Parents of Children With Behavioral, Social, and Learning Challenges

by Steven E. Curtis

When should you seek professional help for your child's behavioral, social, or learning challenges? Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior is the ultimate resource for assessing your child's behavior, learning when to intervene, and knowing how to seek further help for a struggling child. Whether a child is dealing with performance issues, anxiety, noncompliance, angry outbursts, or a host of other difficulties, this book offers a step-by-step method that walks parents through the often-complex process of treating a child's problems. You'll learn Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior can help parents make informed and confident decisions about their child's well-being. Praise for Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior 'This is a terrific guide for knowledgeable parents who want to be informed consumers of care for their children. It reduces the often confusing abbreviations and psychobabble that we clinicians use into practical, easy-to-understand language.' -- Holly Galbreath, PhD, child clinical psychologist and former program director, Child Study and Treatment Center 'A very useful and practical guide for those wondering where to begin to help a child who is struggling with troublesome behaviors.' -- Brock Eide, MD, MA Co-Director of Eide Neurolearning Clinic and coauthor, The Mislabeled Child 'This book provides clarity for parents in situations that are often confusing and forms the basis for implementing practical and helpful changes.' -- James T. Webb, PhD clinical psychologist and author, A Parent s Guide to Gifted Children 'This book is a helpful start in giving parents a systematic approach and guide to understanding the terminology and methods used by educational, medical, psychological, and other practitioners who study and work clinically with children. If parents can speak the same language and approach professionals with good documentation, perhaps a greater understanding of the child s puzzling behavior can be arrived at sooner and more effective solutions can be implemented.' -- Bobbie Collins-Perry, Duke University's Duke Gifted Letter

Genres: Self Help

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Tam G · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting book to help parents unravel the challenges of their more complex children.

Positive: It reminds parents that there is no simple label to fix problems. It helps parents break down complex behaviors. It recommends various professionals for specific behaviors. Charts! There are at least 8 various charts to help you break down these behaviors.

Less Positive: It does try to help you break things down but it's still pretty complex. Good~8 charts! Bad~8 charts! Some people will still be overwhelmed by this book.

This wasn't something I found helpful, but I think their is an audience for this book and I'm glad someone is trying to help others sort difficult physical and behavioral problems.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a begining. It gave me tools so that I could do my own diagnosis of little or big problems. I found it helpful with deciding if we needed more profecional help and what I needed to know to get that help without a lot of running around.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still no closer to figuring out what make her tick.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

it got very clinical at the end.