Your Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children

Your Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children

by John S. Dacey (Author), Lisa B. Fiore (Author)

Synopsis

Katie freezes when she's asked to perform. Jose is a clinger. Damian is terrified of animals. Felicia always worries that she's going to make a mistake. It's hard being the parent of an anxious child, watching your son's frustration grow, or seeing how your daughter tries to cope with her fears but gives up so quickly. Filled with solid information, a proven four-step program, dozens of engaging activities, and insightful personal vignettes, Your Anxious Child gives you easy, fun, and highly effective tools to help your child become a creative problem solver. Parents and teachers alike will find excellent strategies in this essential guide.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Jossey Bass
Published: 22 Mar 2002

ISBN 10: 0787960403
ISBN 13: 9780787960407

Media Reviews
...parents and indeed therapists could learn much from this book... (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol.11, No.4, 2002) ...The language is simple and easy to understand. The information is certainly relevant... (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, No.4, 2002) ...The language is simple and easy to understand. The information is certainly relevant... (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, No.4, 2002)
Author Bio
John S. Dacey, Ph.D., is professor at Boston College in the Department of Counseling, Developmental Psychology, and Research Methods. An expert in child development, he is also the author of many books and articles on parenting, creativity, adolescent psychology, and human development. Lisa B. Fiore, Ph.D., teaches courses in developmental and educational psychology at Boston College and Curry College. Her background as an early childhood educator has fostered her research in Head Start centers and her work in counseling parents of young children.