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Emotional and behavioural difficulties / Dan Hughes ; with Lorna Miles and Jess and Paul Gethin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Daniel A., author.
- Series:
- Parenting matters series.
- Parenting matters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parenting.
- Adoption--Psychological aspects.
- Adoption.
- Adoptive parents.
- Adopted children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (114 p.)
- Other Title:
- Parenting a child with ... emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Parenting matters : emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Association for Adoption & Fostering, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides expert knowledge about emotional and behavioural difficulties, coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style. A foster carer and adoptive parents also describe what it is like to parent an affected child, telling it like it is', sharing their parenting experiences and offering useful advice. This combination of expert information and first-hand experience will help readers to gain knowledge and understanding, and to make informed decisions.'
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Section I Understanding emotional and behavioural difficulties
- 1 What are emotional and behavioural difficulties?
- 2 Symptoms, prognosis and treatment
- 3 Frequently asked questions
- 4 Specific parenting tasks
- 5 How the child might be affected at different stages of development
- 6 Education and social issues
- Conclusion
- Section II Parenting children affected by emotional and behavioural difficulties
- How it feels
- You have to have lived it
- References
- Useful organisations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 101).
- Description based on print version record.
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