Is my child normal?
Subtitle: when behavior is okay, when it's not, how to tell the difference, and what to do next
By: Maria R. Burgio.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Barricade Books, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Fort Lee, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781569803431
Subjects: Child development; Individual differences in children; Child mental health; Parent and child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Parenting; title: Introduction: What is this parenting journey?; title: What parents worry about; title: First lessons of good parenting; title: Parenting styles; title: Discipline; title: Seven everyday problems and how to solve them; title: Part II: What's normal; title: Introduction: What is a well adjusted child?; title: Your normal infant (birth to 12 months); title: Your normal toddlers (age 12-24 months); title: Your normal pre-schoolers (age 3-5 years); title: Your normal school-age children (age 6-12); title: Your normal teenagers (age 13-18); title: Part III: What's not normal; title: When normal problems aren't normal; title: Characteristics of troubled children; title: Getting help when your child has a serious disorder; title: The ten most common childhood disorders and how to treat them; title: Less common disorders and their treatment; title: Part IV: What does it take to grow well-adjusted children?; title: What is developmental psychopathology?; title: Genetic, biological, and psychological causes of child behavior; title: Family and social support causes of child behavior; title: How society and environment affect child behavior; title: Psychological functioning; title: Part V: When to ask for help; title: When treatment is needed and what to know about it?; title: The comprehensive treatment approach; title: Should children take medication?; title: The future of diagnosis and treatment.