Child Development Disorders

Lina was a precocious toddler - charming, chatty, joyful. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the loss of Lina’s ability to play, use language, and control her impulses. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums.

Until recent years, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated most strongly with military personnel. However, psychologists have realized that combat veterans are not the only population that this disorder develops in. As clinicians become more familiar with the disorder, they have begun diagnosing children and adolescents with the disorder.

The stress, anxiety, and isolation of the past few years have led to a crisis among young children. Many toddlers who had been chatting away stopped altogether while others never developed language skills at all. Speech and language therapist Nicola Lathey and journalist Tracey Blake are on a mission to get your child back on track. What to Do When Your Child Isn't Talking answers parents' burning questions about their child's development and provides expert strategies to put this advice into practice.

Master co-parenting with a narcissist and protect your children—without compromising your mental well-being, even if it feels impossible. Do you often feel trapped in a toxic cycle, trying to co-parent with a narcissistic ex-partner? Do you worry about how your toxic co-parenting dynamic may affect your children's emotional well-being? Are you desperately seeking effective strategies to empower you to set boundaries, facilitate peaceful communication, and protect your mental health along the way?

Are you overwhelmed, or tired of feeling self-blame about not knowing how to best help your child deal with ADHD? You are not alone. Many parents need more tools in their toolbox in order to help their child navigate school, home and social life with a diagnosis of ADHD. This book gives you actionable strategies and supports you can use today to help stop the self-blame and build your child's self-esteem in the process.

Finding Robert chronicles a family’s journey through the world of developmental disorders. It depicts the struggles faced, examines decisions made, and offers a thorough analysis of the therapies utilized. Amid sadness and confusion, with strength and resolve, Robert and Catherine regained their son. This is their story.

When Kate Swenson’s son Cooper was diagnosed with severe, nonverbal autism, her world stopped. She had always dreamed of having the perfect family life — watching her boy play at baseball games, walking him down the aisle. She hadn’t signed up for life as a mother raising a child with a disability.

Inside ADHD Raising an Explosive Child, you will discover new ways to help your child with their condition and improve their quality of life, with tips and advice. With ADHD Raising an Explosive Child, you can learn new approaches to a demanding child that will provide you with the tools you need to improve every aspect of their life and yours.

Ryan is an eight-year-old boy, who displays symptoms of aggression, out of control behavior, and seemingly special abilities to teach himself how to learn. His father responds to Ryan's challenges with limited self control, rage, and hints of violence. The story brings out each family members level of loyalty, love, and trust, when all efforts to maintain a family bond is challenged. Go ahead and listen, maybe you will discover similar traits of yourself by engaging with the Levy family in, ADHD Reloaded!

In Body Confident You, Body Confident Kid, psychologist Dr. Charlotte Ord provides easy-to-follow, evidence-based guidance for helping your children develop positive body image, and for freeing yourself from deeply entrenched body-based anxieties. Her plan covers building appreciation of all body types, considered use of language, developing strong self-esteem, navigating social media and the advertising environment, making movement fun and much more.

A parent's day is full of tasks to be accomplished and chores to be done. Dealing with anxiety - from social anxiety to full-blown panic attacks - just adds one more thing to that lengthy list of stresses. The Busy Parent's Guide to Managing Anxiety provides a quick listen when you need quick answers. And the best part? This isn't just a quick fix! The principles in this series teach parents how to respond to children and teens in a way that is easy to remember and implement every day.

This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Of a happy life with two young daughters which suddenly falters, never to be the same again. Aged 11, the eldest stops eating and speaking, while her younger sister struggles to cope. Slowly, alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism, their desperate parents become aware of another source for their firstborn daughter's distress: her imperilled future on a rapidly heating planet.

Valentine a tout pour être heureuse, en couple, un travail épanouissant et depuis peu un merveilleux bébé, mais du jour au lendemain son monde s'écroule. " Vous devez faire le deuil de votre fils ! " a-t-il déclaré froidement. Le diagnostic tombe comme un couperet. Il n'aura fallu que cinq secondes à ce médecin pour que l'univers de Valentine s'effondre. Pourtant le choc de l'annonce passé, elle refuse de se laisser abattre et part en guerre contre le destin.

In Hidden Strengths, Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel and Claire LaZebnik explore how the strengths of children and young adults diagnosed with ASD are commonly overlooked or misjudged, even by trained professionals. The authors examine how outdated attitudes, a lack of sufficient training and an overreliance on standardised testing works against efforts to see the capabilities of autistic children. Focusing on the importance of motivation strategies, Hidden Strengths dives into ways to use a child's interests and strengths when teaching them.

"Adult ADHD in Men" is a transformative guide tailored specifically for men, providing proven strategies and empowering techniques to turn these challenges into strengths. In this audiobook, you will discover an arsenal of practical tools and innovative techniques, from time-management strategies and organizational systems to mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral exercises!

Discover a helpful and sincere workbook to assist youngsters with ADHD in learning to flourish!

Sergio se asomó al mundo sin poder verlo: nació ciego. Cuando quiso sentir y reconocer su entorno, el autismo le hizo aún más difícil su comprensión. La vida no se lo puso fácil, pero fue sumamente generosa al darle el mejor de los hermanos, Juanma, un muchacho alegre, vital y emprendedor, quien junto con Sergio se embarcó en un emocionante viaje que se convirtió en el reto de sus vidas.

Sie wurden als Kind von Ihrer Mutter beleidigt und erniedrigt und haben das Verhalten Ihrer Mutter nicht verstanden? Sie leiden noch heute unter den Folgen und möchten dafür sorgen, dass es Ihnen zukünftig besser geht? Es ist nicht einfach mit einer narzisstischen Mutter aufzuwachsen. Narzisstische Mütter können verhindern, dass ihre Kinder ein gesundes Selbstwertgefühl aufbauen und selbstbewusst durch das Leben gehen. Sie wollen, dass ihr Kind nur für Sie da ist und sich alles gefallen lässt.

Wer mit sich selbst und seiner Umwelt im Reinen ist, hat gute Chancen auf ein selbstbestimmtes und erfülltes Leben. Der narzisstische Missbrauch in jungen Jahren beeinflusst Menschen weit ins Erwachsenenalter und hemmt diese in vielerlei Hinsicht. Speziell Töchter narzisstisch veranlagter Mütter haben sehr unter geringem Selbstwertgefühl und dergleichen zu kämpfen. In diesem Ratgeber werden wir dem Narzissmus auf die Spur kommen um selbst zu verstehen was die Beweggründe für eine Mutter sein könnten sich so ihren Kinder gegenüber zu verhalten wie diese es tun.

Ab ins Bett! Dieser Satz löst in vielen Familien bei allen Beteiligten entnervtes Stöhnen aus: Das Kind ist zappelig, wälzt sich lange herum, bis es endlich in den Schlaf findet, und die Eltern fühlen sich völlig hilflos angesichts des allabendlichen Dramas. Dabei muss das überhaupt nicht sein: Denn die kinderleichte Methode des Autogenen Trainings ist ein wahres Sandmännchen für gestresste Kinder! Bauchschmerzen, Ängstlichkeit, Überdrehtheit, Konzentrationsschwierigkeiten – Experten beobachten mit Sorge, dass die typischen Folgen von Stress längst auch bei den Kleinsten überhandnehmen.