Kenneth Talan

Help Your Child or Teen Get Back on Track: What Parents and Professionals Can Do for Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Help Your Child or Teen Get Back on Track offers specific self-help interventions and a wide-ranging, practical discussion of the types of professional help available for a child or adolescent with emotional and behavioral problems. The book covers topics that would be discussed during a consultation with a child psychiatrist. The first section offers practical guidance and ideas to help parents understand their child's problems and learn to distinguish between normal disruption and that which warrants professional treatment. The second section of the book includes useful information for those parents who are considering, seeking, or already involved with professional help for their child. Essential reading for parents who are worried about a child or adolescent with emotional and behavioral problems, this book is also a useful resource for social workers, psychologists, school counselors, pediatricians, and adult psychiatrists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 180mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781843108702
• ISBN-10: 1843108704
• Artikelnr.: 22983262

Autorenporträt

Kenneth H. Talan, M.D. is board-certified in adult and child psychiatry; he completed his psychiatric training at Yale University. Dr. Talan has had long-term associations with child and adolescent clinics, a residential program, and public school systems in his area of Massachusetts. He has served for over 20 years as a psychiatric consultant to teachers, psychologists, counselors, and administrative staff working with troubled students. He has taught at the Smith School for Social Work and lectured on child-related topics to professionals and the public. Dr. Talan lives with his wife, Kitty; they have two adult daughters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Section I. Parents' Interventions. 1. What to Do When You
Think Your Child Has a Problem. 2. The Red Flags: An Alphabetical List of
Symptoms. 3. Disruptions in Development: The Whole Child. 4. Ten Steps to
Help Your Child Get Back on Track. 5. Coping With Your Feelings When Your
Child Suffers. Section II. Professionals' Interventions. 6. Evaluation and
Testing: Why, What, Who, and Where? 7. Questions about Treatment: Who are
the Helpers and Where are They? 8. Psychotherapy and Its Side Effects. 9.
Medications and Their Side Effects. 10. Complementary and Alternative
Therapies and Their Side Effects. 11. The Role of Play in Individual
Psychotherapy from Childhood to Adolescence. 12. Costs of Treatment: Money,
Energy, and Time. Appendix: Self Help Resources. References. Index.