Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical

Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children

Finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award

A pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face.

As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices â€“ and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address childrenâ€™s learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they can do to help their kids, but until Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children there were no books that explain what the parents are going through - and how they can cope with their own emotional upheaval â€“ for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of the whole family.
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With compassion, clarity, and an emphasis on practical solutions, Dr. Rita Eichenstein's Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children walks readers through the five stages of acceptance (similar to the stages of grief, but modified for parents of special-needs kids). Using vivid anecdotes and suggestions, she helps readers understand their own emotional experience, nurture themselves in addition to their kids, identify and address relationship wounds including tension in a marriage and struggles with children (special-needs and neurotypical), and embrace their child with acceptance, compassion and joy.
Country USA
Brand Tarcherperigee
Manufacturer Tarcher
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color White
ReleaseDate 2015-04-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399171765

Country	USA
Brand	Tarcherperigee
Manufacturer	Tarcher
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	unknown
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2015-04-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399171765

Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children

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