Quirky kids : understanding and helping your child who doesn't fit in-- when to worry and when not to worry /
Klass, Perri, 1958-
Quirky kids : understanding and helping your child who doesn't fit in-- when to worry and when not to worry / Perri Klass and Eileen Costello. - New York : Ballantine Books, 2004, ©2003. - 400 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: A world of quirky kids -- Introduction -- "My kid is different" -- Specialists, labels, and alphabet soup: arriving at a diagnosis -- Dealing with diagnosis: grief and loss and moving forward -- Part II: Growing up quirky -- Literary glimpses -- Introduction -- Family life: the home and the world -- The rest of the family: siblings, parents, grandparents, celebrations, disasters, and "You're just like your Uncle Joe!" -- Choosing a school -- The quirky kid and the educational system -- Social life: finding friends and getting by -- Part III: The science, the medical science, and the pseudoscience of quirky kids -- Therapies: getting help and evaluating the help you get -- Mind-altering substances: medications and the quirky child -- Medical perspectives on the quirky child -- Part IV: Looking ahead -- Adolescence and adulthood.
0345451430 9780345451439
Problem children.
Developmentally disabled children.
Child rearing.
Quirky kids : understanding and helping your child who doesn't fit in-- when to worry and when not to worry / Perri Klass and Eileen Costello. - New York : Ballantine Books, 2004, ©2003. - 400 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: A world of quirky kids -- Introduction -- "My kid is different" -- Specialists, labels, and alphabet soup: arriving at a diagnosis -- Dealing with diagnosis: grief and loss and moving forward -- Part II: Growing up quirky -- Literary glimpses -- Introduction -- Family life: the home and the world -- The rest of the family: siblings, parents, grandparents, celebrations, disasters, and "You're just like your Uncle Joe!" -- Choosing a school -- The quirky kid and the educational system -- Social life: finding friends and getting by -- Part III: The science, the medical science, and the pseudoscience of quirky kids -- Therapies: getting help and evaluating the help you get -- Mind-altering substances: medications and the quirky child -- Medical perspectives on the quirky child -- Part IV: Looking ahead -- Adolescence and adulthood.
0345451430 9780345451439
Problem children.
Developmentally disabled children.
Child rearing.