Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior: A Guide for Parents of Children With Behavioral, Social, and Learning Challenges

Curtis, Steven E., Ph.D.

ISBN 10: 0979498201 / ISBN 13: 9780979498206

Published by Lifespan Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior: A Guide for Parents of Children With Behavioral, Social, and Learning Challenges
• Publisher: Lifespan Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979498201
• ISBN 13: 9780979498206
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1753696554.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47082955
• Signed: 7/28/2025 9:55:54 AM
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Synopsis

When should you seek professional help for your child s behavioral, social, or learning challenges? That s never easy to determine, and you may find yourself wondering where to draw the line between normal behavior and a disorder that requires professional treatment. Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior is the ultimate resource for learning when to intervene and how to seek further help for a struggling child.Your child may be dealing with school performance issues, anxiety, noncompliance, angry outbursts, or a host of other difficulties. These issues may or may not stem from an actual disorder and they may even indicate a gifted child. Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior contains exhaustive information on different types of professionals, what they can offer, and when to consult them. In a sequential, step-by-step layout, this book walks parents through the often-complex process of treating your child s problems. You ll learn not to accept any quick-fix solutions, but how to holistically assess the condition and determine the nature and root cause of the behavior.

About the Author

Dr. Steve Curtis is both a licensed Child Clinical Psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. Dr. Curtis has worked in a variety of medical, school, and university settings for the over twenty-five years, specializing in working with elementary-aged children struggling with behavioral and learning difficulties at home or school. Dr. Curtis completed his doctoral training in 1992 in Professional-Scientific Psychology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.