Title: The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1594630356
ISBN 13: 9781594630354
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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A collection of personal accounts by everyday parents of children with such developmental challenges as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, and autism offers insight into their daily experiences, from the emotional highs and lows of raising children with special needs to their efforts to apply case-specific treatments.

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Denise Brodey has spent the past fifteen years at the countrys top womens magazines. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Glamour, Prevention, Child, People, and O: The Oprah Magazine.

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