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Item Nr: B 92359 Title: Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In--When To Worry and When Not To Worry
Grade Lvl: T Author: Klass, Perri
Length: 384 Prod/Pub: BALLANTINE
Copyright: 2003 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 0 Loan Period: 14 days
 
  Pediatricians Perri Klass and Eileen Costello define and explain the diagnoses often applied to kids who do things differently. These include Asperger's syndrome, anxiety, Bipolar disorder, nonverbal learning disability, sensory integration dysfunction, obsessive-compulsive behavior, autistic spectrum disorder, and pervasive development disorder. Also discuss therapy options, coping strategies, and available medications. Offers guidance for those dealing with these children through all the stages of life. Presents the children's long-term prospects and gives examples of the ways in which Quirky Kids and adults enrich the world.

  Subjects:
  1851 - ANXIETY
  1337 - ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
  1332 - AUTISM/ASD
  1490 - BEHAVIORAL & EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
  360 - COUNSELING
  1479 - DEPRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY)
  1299 - DISABILITIES--LEARNING
  1338 - HYPERACTIVITY
  1614 - REQUEST--LEA
  1774 - SENSORY INTEGRATION
  2024 - SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES/SIG DIS
  1227 - SOCIALLY HANDICAPPED
  1024 - SPECIAL EDUCATION
  1465 - SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS/PERSONS