Your anxious child : how parents and teachers can relieve anxiety in children / John S. Dacey, Martha D. Mack, and Lisa B. Fiore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dacey, John S., author.

Mack, Martha D., author.

Fiore, Lisa B., 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety in children.

Anxiety in adolescence.

Stress management for children.

Stress management for teenagers.

Parenting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fully-revised and updated new edition of a bestselling book designed to help parents, teachers, and counsellors support young people suffering from anxiety. * Offers an array of innovative strategies organized into the authors' four-step "COPE" program, which has undergone more than 20 years of successful field testing * Each strategy is accompanied by a set of activities contextualized with full details of the appropriate age level, materials needed, suggested setting, and a template script * Presents a straightforward account of anxiety, the most prevalent clinical diagnosis in young people, written with a careful balance of scientific evidence and benevolence * Features a brand new chapter on preschoolers and a companion website that includes instructional MP3 recordings and a wealth of additional resources

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures; Tables; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; About the Companion Website; 1 What Is Anxiety?; The Nature of Anxiety; When Anxiety Becomes a Problem; Major Causes of Anxiety in Children; Anxiety at Different Ages and Stages; Current Therapeutic Perspectives on Anxiety; The Cope Method; In Summary; 2 The Eight Types of Anxiety Disorder; Specific (Simple) Phobia; Social Phobia; Separation Anxiety; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Panic Disorder; Agoraphobia; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

3 COPE Step OneThe General Adaptation Syndrome; Physical Methods; Psychological Methods; Spiritual Methods; 4 COPE Step Two; Creating Anti-Anxiety Plans; Imaginative Problem-Solving Guidelines; 5 COPE Step Three; Imagination and Persistence; Tolerating Ambiguity; Learning to Take Moderate Risks; Acquiring a Sense of Personal Courage; Delay of Gratification; Avoiding Rigid Thinking; Avoiding Drift; 6 COPE Step Four; The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Evaluation Plans; How to Evaluate Plans; Formative Evaluation; Summative Evaluation; 7 Using Anxiety Strategies with Preschoolers

Erikson's Model of Preschool TraitsPiaget's Model of Preschool Thinking; Maslow's Model of Preschool Needs; Children All have Different Starting Points; What Does Anxiety Look Like in Preschoolers?; Cope Step 1: Calming the Nervous System; Cope Step 2: Originating an Imaginative Plan; Cope Step 3: Persisting in the Face of Obstacles and Failure; Cope Step 4: Evaluating and Adjusting the Plan; Get Your PHD: Parent Having Durability; 8 How Your Parenting Style Can Ease Your Child's Anxiety; Parenting Styles; Culture and Context; Passing on Your Fears

Understanding the Nature of Your Child's ProblemsThe Role of Perfectionism; Reflective Listening; References; Further Reading; Index; End User License Agreement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118974766

111897476X

9781118974599

111897459X

9781118974759

1118974751

OCLC:

937062371