Excerpt from the Introduction to Section I, Parents' Interventions
The material in the following five chapters can be useful at any time. It can be particularly helpful before you seek professional help: before testing, before a diagnosis, and before entry into treatment. These chapters are particularly useful when you are:
- assessing the seriousness of what is going on with your child
- making sense of your child's symptoms
- figuring out what additional steps to take on your own to help your child
- struggling with your own emotional reactions.
More excerpts:
- From the Introduction
- From the Introduction to Section I, Parents' Interventions
- From Chapter 1: What to Do When You Think Your Child Has a Problem
- From Chapter 2: The Red Flags
- From Chapter 4: Ten Steps to Help Your Child Get Back on Track
- From Chapter 5: Coping with Your Feelings When Your Child Suffers
- From the Introduction to Section II: Professional Interventions
- From Chapter 6: Evaluation and Testing, Why, What, Who, and Where?
- From Chapter 7: Questions about the Helpers: Who Are They and Where Are They?
- From Chapter 8: Psychotherapy and Its Side Effects
- From Chapter 9: Medications and Their Side Effects
- From Chapter 11: The Role of Play in Individual Psychotherapy From Childhood to Adolescence
- From Chapter 12: Costs of Treatment: Money, Energy, and Time