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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 2004, ©2003.Description: 400 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0345451430
  • 9780345451439
Subject(s):
Partial contents:
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 649.154 K63 Available 33111008829422
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because classmates think she's "weird" to the geek who is terrific at math but is failing every other subject, quirky children are different from other kids in ways that they-and their parents-have a hard time understanding. They present a host of challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, in Quirky Kids , seasoned pediatricians Perri Klass and Eileen Costello provide the expert guidance that families with quirky children so desperately need.

Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms often applied to quirky children-from Asperger's syndrome and nonverbal learning disability to obsessive-compulsive behavior and sensory integration dysfunction. The authors also discuss various therapy options, coping strategies, and available medications. Most of all, they will help quirky kids lead rich, fulfilling lives at home, at school, even on the playground.

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.

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