Description
Book SynopsisPractical, effective steps for parents to take as they help their child overcome anxiety.
Ten million children in the United Statestwo million of them preschoolerssuffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents' sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist on performing tasks such as brushing teeth or getting ready for bed in a rigidly specific way. For many children these difficulties interfere with doing well in school and making friends as well as with daily activities like sleeping, eating, and bathing. Untreated anxiety can have a devastating effect on a child's future emotional, social, academic, and work life. And since most kids don't naturally outgrow anxiety, parents need to know how to help.
In Calming Your Anxious Child, Dr. Kathleen Trainor builds on cognitive behavioral therapy to provide practical steps for guiding parents through the process of helpin
Trade Review
Trainor provides a step-by-step approach to overcome worry-based behavior and empower both parent and child. Library Journal Readability and usability is enhanced by the book's organization, accessible writing style, and index. Recommended. American Reference Books Annual It is a practical guide but there is some explanation of brain function and neural pathways. Nursing Times
Table of Contents
Prologue. Anxious about Anxiety
1. Fighting Anxiety
2. Stepping Up to the Challenge
3. Daytime, Bedtime, Worry, Worry
4. Silent Liza and Hidden Patrick
5. Where Are You, Mom and Dad?
6. Tap, Check, Count, Wash, Repeat
7. Scared to Death
8. When Bad Things Happen to Good Kids
9. And There's More
10. Easier Said Than Done
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
