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
PartNumber unknown
Color White
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.2
Length 5.49
Weight 0.52470018356
Width 0.73
ReleaseDate 2015-04-07
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Tarcherperigee
Manufacturer	Tarcher
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	unknown
Color	White
IsAdultProduct
Height	8.2
Length	5.49
Weight	0.52470018356
Width	0.73
ReleaseDate	2015-04-07
NumberOfItems	1

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

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