Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less: A Family Guide (Seven Steps Family Guides)

Hagar PhD, Kristy,Goldstein PhD, Sam,Brooks PhD, Robert

ISBN 10: 1886941467 / ISBN 13: 9781886941465

Published by Specialty Press/A.D.D. Warehouse, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less: A Family Guide (Seven Steps Family Guides)
• Publisher: Specialty Press/A.D.D. Warehouse
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886941467
• ISBN 13: 9781886941465
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This guide for parents offers practical strategies to help teach children relaxation techniques, correct ways of thinking to combat worry and anxiety, and empowering behavioral interventions. Parents are encouraged to understand why children worry and to recognize if a child needs help with excessive worry. Explained are how to create a plan to help a child, effective strategies to reduce worry, and how to build a child's self-esteem and confidence so he or she can become more resilient. Additional guidance for medical professionals and for teachers is provided.

About the Author

Sam Goldstein, PhD, is a clinical neuropsychologist and faculty member at the University of Utah. He is the author of Raising Resilient Children. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kristy Hagar, PhD, is a pediatric neuropsychologist at Children's Medical Center and an assistant professor in psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She lives in Dallas, Texas. Robert Brooks, PhD, is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and is the coauthor of Raising Resilient Children. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.